Baker's Dozen II (Part 1)

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Proof this isn’t the year 1999

  1. Everyone is carrying around those funny intelligent phone thingies
  2. “Y2K” is quaint, not worrisome.
  3. Prince isn’t partying at all.
  4. Appears to be some bizarre fashion trend with lotsa folks wearing surgical masks in public
  5. Donald Trump was recently President
  6. You can watch a whole season of the television show of your choice, whenever you want, in a single day.
  7. I’m not in my late 20s.
  8. The Twin Towers do not dominate the Manhattan skyline
  9. TVs are flat and light, what happened to the picture tubes at the back?
  10. Seattle doesn’t have an NBA franchise.
  11. Science is openly mocked by the conservative media.
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Proof this isn’t the year 1999

  1. Everyone is carrying around those funny intelligent phone thingies
  2. “Y2K” is quaint, not worrisome.
  3. Prince isn’t partying at all.
  4. Appears to be some bizarre fashion trend with lotsa folks wearing surgical masks in public
  5. Donald Trump was recently President
  6. You can watch a whole season of the television show of your choice, whenever you want, in a single day.
  7. I’m not in my late 20s.
  8. The Twin Towers do not dominate the Manhattan skyline
  9. TVs are flat and light, what happened to the picture tubes at the back?
  10. Seattle doesn’t have an NBA franchise.
  11. Science is openly mocked by the conservative media.
  12. 1999: “Tom Brady? Never heard of him. What’s his deal? Local news anchor in Idaho?”
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Proof this isn’t the year 1999

  1. Everyone is carrying around those funny intelligent phone thingies
  2. “Y2K” is quaint, not worrisome.
  3. Prince isn’t partying at all.
  4. Appears to be some bizarre fashion trend with lotsa folks wearing surgical masks in public
  5. Donald Trump was recently President
  6. You can watch a whole season of the television show of your choice, whenever you want, in a single day.
  7. I’m not in my late 20s.
  8. The Twin Towers do not dominate the Manhattan skyline
  9. TVs are flat and light, what happened to the picture tubes at the back?
  10. Seattle doesn’t have an NBA franchise.
  11. Science is openly mocked by the conservative media.
  12. 1999: “Tom Brady? Never heard of him. What’s his deal? Local news anchor in Idaho?”
  13. Nobody talks much about the Clinton impeachment these days

Pass.

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April Fool’s (or any other day) Pranks

  1. Richard Nixon announces his 1992 Presidential campaign

Actually, it was Richard Little on NPR Radio

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April Fool’s (or any other day) Pranks

  1. Richard Nixon announces his 1992 Presidential campaign
  2. BBC runs the spaghetti harvest segment in 1957.
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April Fool’s (or any other day) Pranks

  1. Richard Nixon announces his 1992 Presidential campaign
  2. BBC runs the spaghetti harvest segment in 1957.
  3. 2022 - Lego introduces the MaxiFigure!

A full-human size copy of the MiniFigure.

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[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:8969, topic:846938”]
April Fool’s (or any other day) Pranks

  1. Richard Nixon announces his 1992 Presidential campaign
  2. BBC runs the spaghetti harvest segment in 1957.
  3. 2022 - Lego introduces the MaxiFigure!
  4. A local radio station announced that a then-new Stealth Bomber would be flying into Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, TX on April 1st, 1989. Hundreds of spectators were devastated.
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April Fool’s (or any other day) Pranks

  1. Richard Nixon announces his 1992 Presidential campaign
  2. BBC runs the spaghetti harvest segment in 1957.
  3. 2022 - Lego introduces the MaxiFigure!
  4. A local radio station announced that a then-new Stealth Bomber would be flying into Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, TX on April 1st, 1989. Hundreds of spectators were devastated.
  5. Sixty-five years after the spaghetti harvest video is aired, the Beeb was at it again. Earlier today (01/04/2022) BBC Wildlife Magazine announced through their online website that the ‘song’ of the blue whale, when replayed at twice normal speed, is eerily similar to the “Ode to Joy” chorale from Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.

-“BB”-

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April Fool’s (or any other day) Pranks

  1. Richard Nixon announces his 1992 Presidential campaign
  2. BBC runs the spaghetti harvest segment in 1957.
  3. 2022 - Lego introduces the MaxiFigure!
  4. A local radio station announced that a then-new Stealth Bomber would be flying into Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, TX on April 1st, 1989. Hundreds of spectators were devastated.
  5. Sixty-five years after the spaghetti harvest video is aired, the Beeb was at it again. Earlier today (01/04/2022) BBC Wildlife Magazine announced through their online website that the ‘song’ of the blue whale, when replayed at twice normal speed, is eerily similar to the “Ode to Joy” chorale from Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.
  6. National Geographic announced via Twitter 4/1/ 2016 that it would no longer print photos of naked animals
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[quote=“gkster, post:8972, topic:846938, full:true”]
April Fool’s (or any other day) Pranks

  1. Richard Nixon announces his 1992 Presidential campaign
  2. BBC runs the spaghetti harvest segment in 1957.
  3. 2022 - Lego introduces the MaxiFigure!
  4. A local radio station announced that a then-new Stealth Bomber would be flying into Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, TX on April 1st, 1989. Hundreds of spectators were devastated.
  5. Sixty-five years after the spaghetti harvest video is aired, the Beeb was at it again. Earlier today (01/04/2022) BBC Wildlife Magazine announced through their online website that the ‘song’ of the blue whale, when replayed at twice normal speed, is eerily similar to the “Ode to Joy” chorale from Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.
  6. National Geographic announced via Twitter 4/1/ 2016 that it would no longer print photos of naked animals
  7. Burger King announces its left-handed whopper sandwich in 1998.
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April Fool’s (or any other day) Pranks

  1. Richard Nixon announces his 1992 Presidential campaign
  2. BBC runs the spaghetti harvest segment in 1957.
  3. 2022 - Lego introduces the MaxiFigure!
  4. A local radio station announced that a then-new Stealth Bomber would be flying into Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, TX on April 1st, 1989. Hundreds of spectators were devastated.
  5. Sixty-five years after the spaghetti harvest video is aired, the Beeb was at it again. Earlier today (01/04/2022) BBC Wildlife Magazine announced through their online website that the ‘song’ of the blue whale, when replayed at twice normal speed, is eerily similar to the “Ode to Joy” chorale from Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.
  6. National Geographic announced via Twitter 4/1/ 2016 that it would no longer print photos of naked animals
  7. Burger King announces its left-handed whopper sandwich in 1998.
  8. Circa 1981: our college radio station announced that the dollar bill changer in the student union pinball arcade was giving five quarters for a dollar. It didn’t, but it was a great prank.
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April Fool’s (or any other day) Pranks

  1. Richard Nixon announces his 1992 Presidential campaign
  2. BBC runs the spaghetti harvest segment in 1957.
  3. 2022 - Lego introduces the MaxiFigure!
  4. A local radio station announced that a then-new Stealth Bomber would be flying into Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, TX on April 1st, 1989. Hundreds of spectators were devastated.
  5. Sixty-five years after the spaghetti harvest video is aired, the Beeb was at it again. Earlier today (01/04/2022) BBC Wildlife Magazine announced through their online website that the ‘song’ of the blue whale, when replayed at twice normal speed, is eerily similar to the “Ode to Joy” chorale from Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.
  6. National Geographic announced via Twitter 4/1/ 2016 that it would no longer print photos of naked animals
  7. Burger King announces its left-handed whopper sandwich in 1998.
  8. Circa 1981: our college radio station announced that the dollar bill changer in the student union pinball arcade was giving five quarters for a dollar. It didn’t, but it was a great prank.
  9. April 1 2010 Google announces that Google Drive can be used to store physical objects like those pesky keys or wallet you’re always losing
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[quote=“gkster, post:8975, topic:846938, full:true”]
April Fool’s (or any other day) Pranks

  1. Richard Nixon announces his 1992 Presidential campaign
  2. BBC runs the spaghetti harvest segment in 1957.
  3. 2022 - Lego introduces the MaxiFigure!
  4. A local radio station announced that a then-new Stealth Bomber would be flying into Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, TX on April 1st, 1989. Hundreds of spectators were devastated.
  5. Sixty-five years after the spaghetti harvest video is aired, the Beeb was at it again. Earlier today (01/04/2022) BBC Wildlife Magazine announced through their online website that the ‘song’ of the blue whale, when replayed at twice normal speed, is eerily similar to the “Ode to Joy” chorale from Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.
  6. National Geographic announced via Twitter 4/1/ 2016 that it would no longer print photos of naked animals
  7. Burger King announces its left-handed whopper sandwich in 1998.
  8. Circa 1981: our college radio station announced that the dollar bill changer in the student union pinball arcade was giving five quarters for a dollar. It didn’t, but it was a great prank.
  9. April 1 2010 Google announces that Google Drive can be used to store physical objects like those pesky keys or wallet you’re always losing
  10. On 10/30/38, Orson Welles broadcasts on radio “War of the Worlds”, causing a near-panic.
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April Fool’s (or any other day) Pranks

  1. Richard Nixon announces his 1992 Presidential campaign
  2. BBC runs the spaghetti harvest segment in 1957.
  3. 2022 - Lego introduces the MaxiFigure!
  4. A local radio station announced that a then-new Stealth Bomber would be flying into Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, TX on April 1st, 1989. Hundreds of spectators were devastated.
  5. Sixty-five years after the spaghetti harvest video is aired, the Beeb was at it again. Earlier today (01/04/2022) BBC Wildlife Magazine announced through their online website that the ‘song’ of the blue whale, when replayed at twice normal speed, is eerily similar to the “Ode to Joy” chorale from Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.
  6. National Geographic announced via Twitter 4/1/ 2016 that it would no longer print photos of naked animals
  7. Burger King announces its left-handed whopper sandwich in 1998.
  8. Circa 1981: our college radio station announced that the dollar bill changer in the student union pinball arcade was giving five quarters for a dollar. It didn’t, but it was a great prank.
  9. April 1 2010 Google announces that Google Drive can be used to store physical objects like those pesky keys or wallet you’re always losing
  10. On 10/30/38, Orson Welles broadcasts on radio “War of the Worlds”, causing a near-panic.
  11. In 1986, According to Le Parisien the Eiffel Tower was going to be dismantled and rebuilt inside the new Euro Disney park.
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April Fool’s (or any other day) Pranks

  1. Richard Nixon announces his 1992 Presidential campaign
  2. BBC runs the spaghetti harvest segment in 1957.
  3. 2022 - Lego introduces the MaxiFigure!
  4. A local radio station announced that a then-new Stealth Bomber would be flying into Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, TX on April 1st, 1989. Hundreds of spectators were devastated.
  5. Sixty-five years after the spaghetti harvest video is aired, the Beeb was at it again. Earlier today (01/04/2022) BBC Wildlife Magazine announced through their online website that the ‘song’ of the blue whale, when replayed at twice normal speed, is eerily similar to the “Ode to Joy” chorale from Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.
  6. National Geographic announced via Twitter 4/1/ 2016 that it would no longer print photos of naked animals
  7. Burger King announces its left-handed whopper sandwich in 1998.
  8. Circa 1981: our college radio station announced that the dollar bill changer in the student union pinball arcade was giving five quarters for a dollar. It didn’t, but it was a great prank.
  9. April 1 2010 Google announces that Google Drive can be used to store physical objects like those pesky keys or wallet you’re always losing
  10. On 10/30/38, Orson Welles broadcasts on radio “War of the Worlds”, causing a near-panic.
  11. In 1986, According to Le Parisien the Eiffel Tower was going to be dismantled and rebuilt inside the new Euro Disney park.
  12. Last week, the National Park Service announced it was turning around the statue in the Lincoln Memorial.

I have two smart, historically-savvy friends who actually thought this was true: National Park Service Announces Plan to Turn Abraham Lincoln Statue Around - National Mall and Memorial Parks (U.S. National Park Service).

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[quote=“Elendil_s_Heir, post:8978, topic:846938”]
April Fool’s (or any other day) Pranks

  1. Richard Nixon announces his 1992 Presidential campaign
  2. BBC runs the spaghetti harvest segment in 1957.
  3. 2022 - Lego introduces the MaxiFigure!
  4. A local radio station announced that a then-new Stealth Bomber would be flying into Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, TX on April 1st, 1989. Hundreds of spectators were devastated.
  5. Sixty-five years after the spaghetti harvest video is aired, the Beeb was at it again. Earlier today (01/04/2022) BBC Wildlife Magazine announced through their online website that the ‘song’ of the blue whale, when replayed at twice normal speed, is eerily similar to the “Ode to Joy” chorale from Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.
  6. National Geographic announced via Twitter 4/1/ 2016 that it would no longer print photos of naked animals
  7. Burger King announces its left-handed whopper sandwich in 1998.
  8. Circa 1981: our college radio station announced that the dollar bill changer in the student union pinball arcade was giving five quarters for a dollar. It didn’t, but it was a great prank.
  9. April 1 2010 Google announces that Google Drive can be used to store physical objects like those pesky keys or wallet you’re always losing
  10. On 10/30/38, Orson Welles broadcasts on radio “War of the Worlds”, causing a near-panic.
  11. In 1986, According to Le Parisien the Eiffel Tower was going to be dismantled and rebuilt inside the new Euro Disney park.
  12. Last week, the National Park Service announced it was turning around the statue in the Lincoln Memorial.
  13. 1972 - The body of the Loch Ness Monster floats to the surface. (Actually, it was the body of a bull elephant seal, supposed to be a joke for the perp’s co-workers, but it quickly went viral.)

I’ll try again…

US Vice-Presidents that later became President

  1. Joe Biden
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US Vice-Presidents that later became President

  1. Joe Biden
  2. Theodore Roosevelt
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US Vice-Presidents that later became President

  1. Joe Biden
  2. Theodore Roosevelt
  3. Richard Nixon
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US Vice-Presidents that later became President

  1. Joe Biden
  2. Theodore Roosevelt
  3. Richard Nixon
  4. John Tyler

He was the first Vice President to succeed to the Presidency after the death of his predecessor.

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US Vice-Presidents that later became President

  1. Joe Biden
  2. Theodore Roosevelt
  3. Richard Nixon
  4. John Tyler
  5. John Adams