Sometimes I Think

Happy April Fools ‘Day!   

Today I  wanted to share with you a couple of April Fools’ jokes that happened, one in 1998, and one in 1962.

      Whopper
In 1998 Burger King published a full page advertisement in USA Today announcing the introduction of a new item to their menu: a "Left-Handed Whopper" specially designed for the 32 million left-handed Americans. According to the advertisement, the new whopper included the same ingredients as the original Whopper (lettuce, tomato, hamburger patty, etc.), but all the condiments were rotated 180 degrees for the benefit of their left-handed customers. The following day Burger King issued a follow-up release revealing that although the Left-Handed Whopper was a hoax, thousands of customers had gone into restaurants to request the new sandwich. Simultaneously, according to the press release, "many others requested their own 'right handed' version."

     Instant Color TV
In 1962 there was only one tv channel in Sweden, and it broadcast in black and white. The station's technical expert, Kjell Stensson, appeared on the news to announce that, thanks to a new technology, viewers could convert their existing sets to display color reception. All they had to do was pull a nylon stocking over their tv screen. Stensson proceeded to demonstrate the process. Thousands of people were taken in. Regular color broadcasts only commenced in Sweden on April 1, 1970.

There jokes are from the site The Top 100 April Fools' Day Hoaxes of All Time.  Check out the above site to find more true April Fools' jokes.  Thanks to Valerie (valphish) for showing us this site!

Happy April Fools Day to you all,

Love, Krissy :)  

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• #11 Comment from libragem007 
  4/2/08 12:21 AM | Permalink

  both funny, and the whopper joke..LOL!  people believes so easily.
  
  Gem :-D
• #10 Comment from fasttrack58 
  4/1/08 8:18 PM | Permalink

  Happy April Fool's Day!
  Linda :)
• #9 Comment from swmpgrly 
  4/1/08 7:06 PM | Permalink

  I love the color tv joke
• #8 Comment from sunnybethe 
  4/1/08 5:21 PM | Permalink

  I had read about that LEFT HANDED WHOPPER~I bet MaMaSnowBird bought one!  She is gulible to gimmicks.
  
  hugs,  Bethe    http://journals.aol.com/sunnybethe/palm-harbor/
• #7 Comment from pamal3 
  4/1/08 1:57 PM | Permalink

  Lol. the whopper was a good one! Happy April Fool's Day Love Pam xx