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Old April 1st, 2005, 09:20 PM   #9 (permalink)
sparky
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Re: An April 1st boob at the Beeb

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Paradoxically funny and disturbing at the same time:

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...n_050401173110

Joel
What's the date today? wait for it... coin finally drops...
pjb
Not according to the article; here's the last sentence:

"A BBC press officer, contacted by AFP in London on Friday, confirmed that the gaffe was not an April Fool's joke." (Emphasis added.)

Joel
Methinks a Yahoo April Fool, not BBC? Or possibly a Fool on Yahoo by BBC (the people who brought you the report on the spaghetti harvest).

btw, this is ignoring the fact that Bob is alive and well and works in our chippy. . . on Elvis' day off :).
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