Well, mid-day seems to have come and gone without me being the victim of any deeply tedious practical jokes, which is good. Strange how I'm the only one who came to work naked today as requested, but I guess the others must have just forgotten.
I don't see an obviously fake story in the Independent today; but I haven't been through it with a fine-toothed comb, so I might have missed it. According to this round-up last year's story was about grow-your-own Viagra. The full-page BMW advertisement on page 4 of today's Indy caught my eye though, with its patented Canine Repellent Alloy Protection: more here and here. Apparently BMW have a bit of previous in this department. More classic hoaxes here and here.
A bit of further digging reveals that it's the Indy story on page 3 about Gordon Ramsay being refused a restaurant licence in Australia on grounds of "decency" that's the hoax. And it seemed so plausible. Ah well - I'm off out to the woods to harvest some spaghetti for dinner now.
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