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Post by Henry Wed 01 Apr 2009, 18:02

"If the ICC is keen to expand into the Chinese market this might be a good start. According to a report on the Herald Sun website the Melbourne Cricket Ground was to be rebranded the Mekong Cricket Ground “following an audacious naming rights bid by a Chinese construction giant”.

After Melbourne’s other major stadium, the Docklands ground, was renamed Etihad Stadium earlier this year the new MCG moniker was just a bit too much for the patriotic pride of some readers. More than 200 comments had been posted on the story by midday Melbourne time.

More than 200 people submitted feedback to the newspaper’s website. "Let's just give up this whole country to the Asians and be done with it," posted "Mister Master. "What did our diggers fight and die for in the past wars?” he continued, ignoring the minor fact that the Chinese were actually on the Allies' side.
Other readers were alert to the fact that it was April Fool’s Day. It might have helped that the paper quoted a spokeswoman going by the name April Fulton."

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Post by Guest Wed 01 Apr 2009, 21:22

I like this one on the children's news site here

For anyone who doesn't know, we had a talent show over here called, Britain's Got Talent.

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Post by lardbucket Wed 01 Apr 2009, 21:45

Demelza wrote:For anyone who doesn't know, we had a talent show over here called Britain's Got Talent.

People didn't twig that this was a prank?

Meanwhile, in other news, a child rang my doorbell and ran away.

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Post by Guest Wed 01 Apr 2009, 21:51

It is a children's site.

Meanwhile, those Aussies really are funny (peculiar)

here

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Post by Guest Wed 01 Apr 2009, 22:23

According to Wiki the reason for playing pranks on April 1st is all a bit obscure but, if you scroll down here there's quite a good list of well known pranks.

Funny how most of the western world acknowledge it, but no one knows why!

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Post by horace Thu 02 Apr 2009, 00:10

precisely 16 days after the Ides of March is the reason young Dem
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Post by horace Thu 02 Apr 2009, 01:00

us antique Romans always got up to mischief on the 16th day following the Ides
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Post by freddled gruntbuggly Thu 02 Apr 2009, 08:03

We need to return to the medieval custom of electing a King of Fools. I nominate Bucket.
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Post by taipan Thu 02 Apr 2009, 08:08

freddled gruntbuggly wrote:We need to return to the medieval custom of electing a King of Fools. I nominate Bucket.

With Red as vice?
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Post by freddled gruntbuggly Thu 02 Apr 2009, 08:12

I've never heard of a Vice King. Although there were plenty in the past who were well qualified for the title . . .
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Post by Guest Thu 02 Apr 2009, 10:11

horace wrote:precisely 16 days after the Ides of March is the reason young Dem
What's significant about 16?

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Post by tac Thu 02 Apr 2009, 10:18

44 goes into 16 as often as it can . . .
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Post by embee Thu 02 Apr 2009, 10:21

...but if 44 goes into 15 he goes to jail
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Post by Bradman Thu 02 Apr 2009, 10:23

It's a half arsed attempt to explain to you about April Fool's Day. Though 16 after may be historically inexact, but closer than December 25th as an accurate date.
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Post by JGK Thu 02 Apr 2009, 10:27

embee wrote:...but if 44 goes into 15 he goes to jail



Of course if it was 15 it couldn't be called April Fools Day.

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Post by freddled gruntbuggly Thu 02 Apr 2009, 10:31

Not even from the girl's perspective?
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Post by Guest Thu 02 Apr 2009, 10:53

It all makes perfect sense now.

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Post by ten years after Thu 02 Apr 2009, 12:40

horace wrote:precisely 16 days after the Ides of March is the reason young Dem

That would be precisely the 31st of March.

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Post by tac Thu 02 Apr 2009, 12:41

Not in the Roman calender . . .
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Post by PeterCS Thu 02 Apr 2009, 15:12

JGK wrote:
embee wrote:...but if 44 goes into 15 he goes to jail



Of course if it was 15 it couldn't be called April Fools Day.

Unless April Phiughill is the name of the jailbait, and is well paid for her pains.
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Post by lardbucket Mon 18 Jul 2011, 22:32

embee wrote:...but if 44 goes into 15 he goes to jail


(link) in a case that has scandalised the local community, this has been proven once again

(they weren't even related)

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Post by Big Dog Mon 18 Jul 2011, 22:38

he continued, ignoring the minor fact that the Chinese were actually on the Allies' side.

...how about Korea.
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