★Nakaleong★

:: little secrets ::

>Name: Aik Leong
>Zodiac: Cancer
>25th June
>20+ male
>Likes: Supper Soccer Friends Sleep Lamejokes No8 Fuschia SHE(Esp Hebe)
>Dislikes: Work Study Wakingupearly Stupidreferees Liars


Web Counter

:: Links ::

>my old blog
>lixian aka co
>kenneth
>steph
>SHE blog
>edmund
>phyllis
>huiwen aka moley
>my friendster

:: Archive ::

May 2007 June 2007 July 2007 August 2007 September 2007 October 2007 November 2007 December 2007 January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 August 2008 September 2008 October 2008 November 2008 January 2009 May 2009 June 2009 August 2012 September 2012

:: Credits ::

>Template designed by R. Gould
>Available for free download at BlogSkins.com

tAgboArd

---

My Life story...

---

:: PicFlicks ::

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

~* April 1st *~

April first is april fools day! Curious how the day came about?lets see...

The origins of this custom are complex and a matter of much debate. It is likely a relic of the once common festivities held on the vernal equinox, which began on the 25th of March, old New Year's Day, and ended on the 2nd of April.
French and Dutch references from 1508 and 1539 respectively describe April Fools' Day jokes and the custom of making them on the first of April. France was one of the first nations to make January 1 officially New Year's Day (which was already celebrated by many), by decree of Charles IX.Thus the New Year's gifts and visits of felicitation which had been the feature of the 1st of April became associated with the first day of January, and those who disliked or did not hear about the change were fair game for those wits who amused themselves by sending mock presents and paying calls of pretended ceremony on the 1st of April

If u din understood what the above means...u r not alone..ahahha..anyway..some of the well-known pranks made during this day includes:

• Spaghetti trees: The BBC television programme Panorama ran a famous hoax in 1957, showing the Swiss harvesting spaghetti from trees. They had claimed that the despised pest the spaghetti weevil had been eradicated. A large number of people contacted the BBC wanting to know how to cultivate their own spaghetti trees. It was in fact filmed in St Albans.[3]
• Left Handed Whoppers: In 1998, Burger King ran an ad in USA Today, saying that people could get a Whopper for left-handed people whose condiments were designed to drip out of the right side.[4] Not only did customers order the new burgers, but some specifically requested the "old", right-handed burger.[5]
• Smell-o-vision: In 1965, the BBC purported to conduct a trial of a new technology allowing the transmission of odor over the airwaves to all viewers. Many viewers reportedly contacted the BBC to report the trial's success. This hoax was also conducted by the Seven Network in Australia in 2005.[9] In 2007, the BBC website[2] repeated an online version of the hoax.
• Tower of Pisa: The Dutch television news reported once in the 1950s that the Tower of Pisa had fallen over. Many shocked people contacted the station.[10]
• Death of a mayor: In 1998, local WAAF shock jocks Opie and Anthony reported that Boston mayor Thomas Menino had been killed in a car accident. Menino happened to be on a flight at the time, lending credence to the prank as he could not be reached. The rumor spread quickly across the city, eventually causing news stations to issue alerts denying the hoax. The pair were fired shortly thereafter

So looks like not all pple have a acceptable sense of humour...especially in the last case..ahhaha..also found was a quote that says...

April 1st: This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three-hundred and sixty-four." — Mark Twain

How funny....yet true.And 1 last thing to know more abt april fool...April Fool is the codename for a spy and double agent who allegedly played a key role in the downfall of the Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. No prizes for guessing whos the fool in this case...

extracted from nakaleong at 3:09 AM.