# What's the best April Fool's gag you've seen on the 'net? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 1, 2004, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-april-fools-gag-youve-seen-on-the-net/237670 "2004-04-01T04:53:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-april-fools-gag-youve-seen-on-the-net/237670/21 "2004-04-01T22:31:00Z")
[This one](http://graphicssoft.about.com/b/a/075997.htm) had me going. I first thought, well, why not? They’ve done just about all they can with it… ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-april-fools-gag-youve-seen-on-the-net/237670/22 "2004-04-01T22:46:53Z")
If you know anything about the topic, [www.politicsnj.com](http://www.politicsnj.com) has a good string of jokes. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-april-fools-gag-youve-seen-on-the-net/237670/23 "2004-04-01T23:54:21Z")
[This](http://www.thehobbitfilm.com/press_release.html) one’s real! Really, it is! ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2004, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-april-fools-gag-youve-seen-on-the-net/237670/24 "2004-04-02T00:01:54Z")
A relatively obscure web comic I enjoy, Elf Only Inn, has a pretty good comic today: [Dark Elves Love Us!](http://elfonlyinn.keenspace.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2004, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-april-fools-gag-youve-seen-on-the-net/237670/25 "2004-04-02T00:26:41Z")
Saw this in Electronic Gaming Monthly [Lord of the Rings:Mordor GP](http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/myahon/rings.jpg) It sounds like fun! ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2004, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-april-fools-gag-youve-seen-on-the-net/237670/26 "2004-04-02T00:37:09Z")
It’s from another thread, but you just have to go and see the tradegy that [www.landoverbaptist.org](http://www.landoverbaptist.org) has become 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mirasol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Mirasol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirasol)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2004, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-april-fools-gag-youve-seen-on-the-net/237670/27 "2004-04-02T02:06:02Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > I thought the gag on the SD main page was pretty clever. You do mean the Straight Dope main page, yes? So what did I miss/am I missing? Am I being whooshed? ---
**Author:** ![dotchan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@dotchan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dotchan)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2004, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-april-fools-gag-youve-seen-on-the-net/237670/28 "2004-04-02T02:15:44Z")
> [@av8rmike](#): > > Dunno if it’s new today, but Google is hiring for jobs on the [moon](http://www.google.com/jobs/lunar_job.html). _gasp_ Google is the EVIL EMPIRE! … Where do I sign up? 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-april-fools-gag-youve-seen-on-the-net/237670.md?page=1)