April Fools' Day tricks - after midday?

Factual Questions
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[QUOTE=Mangetout]
They’ve moved it off that page. Still viewable here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/page/item/epeng001.shtml?src=ip_potpw
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That’s excellent. That iceberg with the arches that they fly through at about 0:57 to 1:00 - it almost looks like it might spell something?

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I posted a long directive this morning on the intranet from the company “Environmental Committee” telling people that there would be no more heating in the building, but balaclava vouchers would be available from HR, and that the parking lot would be closed down and turned over to collective, sustainable farming.

I took it down at 11.59 this morning, and immediately received an email from a German colleague who was concerned that it had got me in trouble. So, yeah, I adhere to the rule!

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[QUOTE=Mangetout]
They’ve moved it off that page. Still viewable here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/page/item/epeng001.shtml?src=ip_potpw
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Not viewable if you are outside the UK, I’m afraid.

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[QUOTE=amarone]
Not viewable if you are outside the UK, I’m afraid.
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Now on YouTube.

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Canadian here - we followed the “only in the morning rule”

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[QUOTE=Northern Piper]
Canadian here - we followed the “only in the morning rule”
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Same here.

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Norwegian, never heard of it before now.

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Never realized there were so many people that celebrated April Fool’s Morning.

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[QUOTE=Santo Rugger]
Never realized there were so many people that celebrated April Fool’s Morning.
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Not quite as catchy of a phrase, is it?

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[QUOTE=Santo Rugger]
Never realized there were so many people that celebrated April Fool’s Morning.
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Nah, it’s fooling the whole day - it’s just that the ones fooling in the afternoon are themselves the fools.

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Tradition aside, there is an undeniable advantage to getting thar fustest (where or not you got the mostest). If you’ve been played at 9am about the office restrooms being replaced with a two-story outhouse, you may not be fresh enough to appreciate even the most finely constructed goof pulled at 3pm.

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Never heard of an ‘only before noon’ rule here in Germany, but the jokes are certainly sprung mostly in the morning (like sending the new hire for WLAN cable).

Oh.

I believed everything that I read in the paper over breakfast. :eek: Must check it again in the evening.

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Wow, I’ve never heard of this rule either. It makes me glad that I live in America, where we have plenty of foolishness and don’t have to ration it.

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I’ve never heard the morning-only rule. Are you sure the rule wasn’t itself a joke?

One of the most spectacular, the Taco Bell purchase of the Liberty Bell, was launched later in the day.

Voice-mail gags, “This is Steve Lyons. Please get back to me at (number of the zoo) as soon as possible.” sometimes don’t get picked up until the next day. Gags in magazines will be read before and after April 1st.

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NPR usually has an April Fools joke news story on their “All Things Considered” program, which airs in the afternoon.

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Mid-east coast resident here, never heard of this rule.

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[QUOTE=Mangetout]
Nah, it’s fooling the whole day - it’s just that the ones fooling in the afternoon are themselves the fools.
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'Tis funny, since the German girl quizzed me today, I have been thinking about it, and I’ve realised that the tradition makes no sense to me whatsoever. What does it mean that they are the fool? I don’t get it: I’ve just been adhering to it in a knee-jerk style.

(Not that pranking people on a certain day of the year makes any sense per se, anyway.)

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[QUOTE=AskNott]
I’ve never heard the morning-only rule. Are you sure the rule wasn’t itself a joke?
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No, it’s been for real for as long as I can remember. I’ve always assumed it recognises that the key aspect of April Fools’ Day is catching out those who haven’t yet realised that it’s 1 April. By noon most people have cottoned on. So anyone trying a prank later in the day is going to have a much harder time fooling people.

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Canadian and we only do it to mid-day as well. My mom beat that one into me.

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[QUOTE=AskNott]
I’ve never heard the morning-only rule. Are you sure the rule wasn’t itself a joke?..

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Ah, but if it were a joke, would we tell you? :slight_smile:

No, the rule seems to be one of those U.K. Australia, and much of Canada, but not many others places rules. I used the peaceful uninterrupted afternoon to pack for my trip to San Seriffe.