历来愚人节10大恶作剧 （ZT）

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从电视透露树上长出通心粉，一直到专门为左撇子制作的汉堡的宣传广告，媒体的愚人节报导传统形成一段古怪而又有趣的历史。 圣地亚哥骗术博物馆根据这些故事的渲染张扬、荒谬程度和上当的人数，选出下行历来10大愚人节恶作剧： ●1957年BBC电视台一个节目宣布，由于暖冬和消灭了通心粉象鼻虫，瑞士农民栽种的通心粉大丰收。节目中还播出瑞士农民从树上扯下成串通心粉的影片，促使无数观众打电话询问如何在家里种通心粉。 ●1985年「运动画报」报导，能够投出时速168哩的快速球的职棒新星芬奇，正准备添加纽约大都会队。报导中宣称芬奇是在西藏寺庙练功，掌握比历来任何人更快的投球速度，使大都会球迷闻讯欣喜若狂。 ●1962年瑞典还只有一个播出黑白影片的电视频道，而技术专家上电视新闻宣布，新发展出来的科技使观众只要用尼龙丝袜罩住现有电视机，就可以接收到颜色画面。事实上，瑞典一直到1970年才有颜色电视节目。 ●1996年美国速食连锁店塔克钟(Taco Bell)宣布向联邦政府收购费城的自由钟，把这个富有历史意义的美国独立象征改名为塔克自由钟。愤怒的民众纷纷打电话抗议，塔克钟才透露这是恶作剧。当时的白宫新闻秘书麦克瑞面对询问，表示华盛顿的林肯纪念堂也卖给了福特汽车公司，将改名为福特林肯墨克利纪念堂。 ●1977年英国「卫报」出版七页专刊，庆祝印度洋上由若干分号形状的小岛形成的San Serriffe建国10周年，并以一系行报导介绍这小共和国的两个主要岛屿Upper Caisse和Lower Caisse的地理和文化。 ●1992年美国国家公共电台宣布尼克松再度参选总统，竞选口号是「我没有犯任何错，我也不会再犯错」。节目中甚至播出尼克松宣布参选的谈话。无数听众打电话表示愤怒，结果尼克松的声音只是演员模仿的。 ●1998年「新墨西哥人支持科学和理性」小报刊出文章，表示阿拉巴马州表决把圆周率从3.14159改成「圣经值」3.0。 ●1998年汉堡王速食连锁店在「今日美国报」刊登广告，宣布推出专门为美国3200万左撇子制作的「左撇子华堡(Whopper)」。广告中宣称，这种新汉堡材料与原来的汉堡相同，只是调味料转了180度。汉堡王表示有数以千计的人搜索新汉堡，还有许多人订购原来的「右手汉堡」。 ●「发现」杂志1995年宣布，极受敬重的生物学家Aprile Pazzo(义大利文的「愚人节」April Fool)在南极发现新的物种，热头钻冰虫。这种生物的头骨会变得炙热，使它们能够快速钻过冰层，用以猎捕企鹅。 ●英国著名天文学家摩尔(Patrick Moore)1976年愚人节上午9时47分，在电台宣布终生难得一见的天文奇观，冥王星将从木星后面通过，两者重力加在一起，将使地球重力减轻。摩尔告诉听众，如果他们在这三颗行星排成一行时跳跃，将能体验浮在空中的感受。数以百计的人打电话表示他们真的获得这种体验。

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有几条太搞了~~~

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大家想象下4月1号表白会是什么结果？

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第一大恶作剧是哥哥的死。。。

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某国荣？

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通心粉是一种植物？:eek:
十多年来我一直以为是中空的细圆管状面条:mad

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姐姐说完这句话。。。。。。。这个帖子就冷了。。。。。。。。。。:rolleyes:

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6楼估计不知道愚人节:eek:

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原帖由 Esther.Li 于 2007-4-1 11:01 发表
通心粉是一种植物？:eek:
十多年来我一直以为是中空的细圆管状面条:mad

禾本科的。。;d: ;d:

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哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈，笑死我了;d: ;d: ;d: ;d:
汗一个，闪~ :mad

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Google MentalPlex
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Google Copernicus Center

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Google Gulp
Google Gulp FAQ

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Google Romance™
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Gmail login page
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