Non-motoring > April 1st 2013	Miscellaneous
Thread Author: Old Navy	Replies: 27

New Mon 1 Apr 13 08:57   April 1st 2013 - Old Navy

Can we put all the April 1st stuff Like Virgin introducing glass bottomed planes on their new domestic routes here, so that simpletons like me don't get too embarrassed. :-) Last edited by: Old Navy on Mon 1 Apr 13 at 08:59 Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 1 Apr 13 09:29   April 1st 2013 - Slidingpillar

Most of them bore me silly. BMW did a 'fool' presumably on the grounds it was not possible in mid 80s. The 'fool' device they claimed to have invented was actually available in 1944 on the DUKW. Claiming to have invented something on the motoring front is often doomed to failure as quite often, you'd be surprised by just how early it first appeared. Twin cam engine? I've seen one made before the First World War. Flush glazing, before the Second World War, and front wheel drive - which Audi claimed to have invented in the mid 30s, was around in the 1890s - you could buy a two wheeled engine pack to replace the front axle and horses of your horse and cart! Decent hoaxes are a rarity, perhaps the Spaghetti Harvest and the Sans Seriffe Islands are about the best. Spaghetti Harvest news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/1/newsid_2819000/2819261.stm Sans Seriffe en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Serriffe Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 1 Apr 13 09:32   April 1st 2013 - Meldrew

BMW usually make an effort. A few years ago they were offering a limited edition ceramic model of a 5 series by the distinguished Finnish sculptor Lirf Loopa. Nothing in my broadsheet daily today, from them. Budget cuts perhaps? Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 1 Apr 13 09:38   April 1st 2013 - Zero

www.bmw.co.uk/en/publicPools/campaign-pages/bmw-pram/bmw-pram-maam.html Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 1 Apr 13 09:44   April 1st 2013 - bathtub tom

I enjoyed the piece on BBC R4 Today program. Just before 9:00. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 1 Apr 13 09:45   April 1st 2013 - Crankcase

Hop over to a Google page and you'll see that Google Nose is in beta release today. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 1 Apr 13 10:07   April 1st 2013 - Meldrew

Well spotted indeed Zero! On the corporate website by the look of it. Usual good effort! Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 1 Apr 13 10:17   April 1st 2013 - -

Very good BMW spoof, it would sell well if they cared to make it. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 1 Apr 13 11:24   April 1st 2013 - zookeeper

glass bottom planes ...yeah i saw through that one, surely the only view would be the cargo hold ? Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 1 Apr 13 12:15   April 1st 2013 - Meldrew

tinyurl.com/blu8jzc This has been posted by both the the Times and the Independent and, unless they have both picked on the same spoof, it may actually be true. Maybe a double bluff. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 1 Apr 13 15:08   April 1st 2013 - zookeeper

glass cockpit is a real concept though... all your instruments are on a screen www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rwfOcFSxgo Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 1 Apr 13 15:12   April 1st 2013 - zookeeper

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21991622 deffo a wind up this one Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 1 Apr 13 15:50   April 1st 2013 - Zero

>> www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21991622 >> >> >> deffo a wind up this one TING Wrong - score none for the zookeeper www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21993582 Last edited by: Zero on Mon 1 Apr 13 at 15:51 Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 1 Apr 13 18:30   April 1st 2013 - Pat

It's my birthday today........ Pat Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 1 Apr 13 18:36   April 1st 2013 - zookeeper

yeah its my birthday too Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 1 Apr 13 18:38   April 1st 2013 - R.P.

Get More Candle Greetings Reply to this message | Report message       1

New Mon 1 Apr 13 18:48   April 1st 2013 - Pat

Thanks RP, I didn't expect anyone to believe me! Zookeeper, are you hot headed, fiery and loyal to the end too:) Pat Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 1 Apr 13 18:53   April 1st 2013 - swiss tony

happy birthday Pat, hope you had a great day Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 1 Apr 13 19:39   April 1st 2013 - Armel Coussine

>> hope you had a great day So do I if you're not having us on Pat. Either way, the night is still young. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 1 Apr 13 21:52   April 1st 2013 - zookeeper

hey just checking my blind side...true through zero one eighty Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 1 Apr 13 19:38   April 1st 2013 - Zero

>> It's my birthday today........ >> >> Pat Attention Seeker. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 1 Apr 13 22:33   April 1st 2013 - CGNorwich

a virtual present tinyurl.com/c35dtg9 Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 2 Apr 13 05:57   April 1st 2013 - Pat

What a rubbish pressie, they don't work! Pat Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 2 Apr 13 09:06   April 1st 2013 - Zero

>> What a rubbish pressie, they don't work! >> >> Pat but dipped in batter and deep fried they are gorgeous. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 1 Apr 13 20:20   April 1st 2013 - Bromptonaut

A personal one. We spent the Easter weekend at Center Parcs is Sherwood Forest. Mrs B and I together with our two adult offspring, Miss B's boyfriend (who's the son of Mrs B's oldest friend) and my sister, her husband and their three under 14s. My mother's treat for her grandchildren. The boyfriend left at 10:30 this morning as he needed to be back at Uni in Southampton for an assignment. We went for a bike ride and then lunch before stetting off home. Arrived around 16:00 to find post etc on kitchen table. Not that unusual as neighbour often pops in if we're away. Then we realise several other things not as we left them. A chair moved. Lad's guitar not where he left it. 'Welshcakes' added to the shopping list. Three candles on the dining table (albeit unlit) Miss B's bed made, not the mess she left it in. After a minute or two she finds a Creme Egg and a card worded 'April Fool' under her pillow. The b/f has keys to our house........ Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 1 Apr 13 22:15   April 1st 2013 - BobbyG

Brompton, how was CP? I was first there about 20 years ago and last there 4 years ago and it didn't look as if they had spent much in between times? Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 2 Apr 13 19:46   April 1st 2013 - henry k

One for Zero. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21993455 A summary for all www.thepoke.co.uk/2013/04/01/april-fools-round-up-2013/ Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 2 Apr 13 19:50   April 1st 2013 - Zero

>> One for Zero. >> www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21993455 Dont need it, my mobile phone now lists all the traffic (inc goods) live through a particular spot on the railway. Where its been, where its going, and all the technical details about it. Reply to this message | Report message