Definitely not an April Fool

KevR · **Posted:** Tue Apr 01, 2008 6:48

Flying Penguins!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/01/npenguin101.xml

sinister agent · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 7046

Fuck's sake. I hate journalists.

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Apr 01, 2008 7:50

It is a photoshop I can see the pixels.

The BMW one with the 'fake BMW's' was my favourite ever though.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

MaliA wrote:

It is a photoshop I can see the pixels.

The BMW one with the 'fake BMW's' was my favourite ever though.

Entirely OT, I first heard the expression "Bavarian Masturbation Wagon" the other day. Some aggrieved chap posting in the comments section on The Register was bemoaning the ghastly driving skills of all BMW drivers, and I came close to taking offence.

I'm doing my bit to rehabilitate the reputation of BMW drivers (by always letting people out, being courteous, not tailgating people etc), but it's an uphill struggle. There're just too may of them to be able to make a dent in their overwhelming crapness with my small acts of gentlemanry.

sinister agent · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 7046

Mr Chris wrote:

I'm doing my bit to rehabilitate the reputation of BMW drivers (by always letting people out, being courteous, not tailgating people etc), but it's an uphill struggle.

You'd do it in half the time if you ran one over every couple of days.

AceAceBaby · **Posted:** Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:27

Mr Chris wrote:

I'm doing my bit to rehabilitate the reputation of BMW drivers (by always letting people out, being courteous, not tailgating people etc), but it's an uphill struggle.

To fight the urge to turn into a road wanker from diving a BMW?

pupil · **Posted:** Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:48

Bugger, i just posted the penguin BBC iPlayer link in the penguins thread thinking no one else had posted it. Damn you! Watch the video though, it's ace

Tmuk · **Posted:** Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:56

I fell for it, but then I had only been awake about 2 minutes.

Dudley · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8679

BMW are popular for April fools it seems, they're the subject of the Metro's one too.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26185

I best remember the polo one, where EU guidelines decided that it was wrong to sell sweets with a hole in them so from now on polos would be supplied with the missing plugs from the holes.

A year or two later though they did start to market 'polo holes' or whatever they were called - tiny little cylindrical mints that fit into a Polo's hole.

andyb · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 489

Also from the BBC:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyUvNnmFtgI

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26185

Quote:

Is this true? I no u w/ moderon technology can make sphagetti from grains but does it also grow on trees? It explains why it is always the same length, even from brands around the world since the origin of the length is when it was grown on trees. I mean oranges grow on trees, but dont look like trees, thats pretty weird so it dont surprise me that sphagetti does to!! i also aint never seen an orange tree either lol

'I mean, oranges grow on trees, but don't look like trees...' :?:

Da5e · **Posted:** Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:22

Looks like Maddox hasn't bothered this year:

Maddox wrote:

News (04-01-08): What?

Pod · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2568

He hasn't even bothered with a post this year, THE LAZY SCHMUCK.

Da5e · **Posted:** Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:40

Yeah, he's clearly going to have to charge people to view his site, soon. How can he possibly be surviving?

Blucey · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2115

Tmuk wrote:

I fell for it, but then I had only been awake about 2 minutes.

this.

in my defense work recently has been traumatic and I'm used to doing fuck all.

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Apr 01, 2008 12:57

Mr Chris wrote:

I'm doing my bit to rehabilitate the reputation of BMW drivers (by always letting people out, being courteous, not tailgating people etc), but it's an uphill struggle. There're just too may of them to be able to make a dent in their overwhelming crapness with my small acts of gentlemanry.

I drive like a wanker in my Mazda, but I'm often on my best behavior in my Range Rover, for the same reasons.
I even obey speed limits, ffs.

GazChap · **Posted:** Tue Apr 01, 2008 13:29

I was sarcastically applauded by a Mercedes driver yesterday because I rushed past him and pulled back in front of him in front of a red light.

Clearly to most people that would seem to be bad driving. I normally wouldn't do it.

However, I found myself in the wrong lane, with the other lane being full of traffic bumper to bumper, in a slow rolling roadblock going towards the red light, with Mr. Merc in front.

So, rather than signal and hope someone lets me in, I decided to power it up to the front of the queue and pull in front of him. I didn't cut him up or anything, made sure it was all safe.

But the twunt still applauded me and shouted names at me, and then proceeded to aggressively tailgate me for the next 2 miles.

ElephantBanjoGnome · **Joined:** 22nd Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 8175

I see youtube has changed its front page so that all of the featured videos rick'roll you. That's just... poo.

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Apr 01, 2008 13:34

GazChap wrote:

I was sarcastically applauded by a Mercedes driver yesterday because I rushed past him and pulled back in front of him in front of a red light.

Clearly to most people that would seem to be bad driving. I normally wouldn't do it.

However, I found myself in the wrong lane, with the other lane being full of traffic bumper to bumper, in a slow rolling roadblock going towards the red light, with Mr. Merc in front.

So, rather than signal and hope someone lets me in, I decided to power it up to the front of the queue and pull in front of him. I didn't cut him up or anything, made sure it was all safe.

But the twunt still applauded me and shouted names at me, and then proceeded to aggressively tailgate me for the next 2 miles.

If noone died and there was no accidents, it was perfectly safe then.
Reminds me, need to get bike going this month.

ElephantBanjoGnome · **Joined:** 22nd Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 8175

Christ, the BBC have just caught wind of Rick-rolling and are now reporting on it as if it's a new thing, when actually it's been kicking around for aaaaages.

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16651

Yes, about half of North West Tonight last night was dedicated to it, because Rick Astley was from up north somewhere. They managed all this coverage despite it being painfully obvious that, other than knowing who Rick Astley was, none of the studio presenters had the faintest idea what it was they were talking about.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26185

This made me chuckle.

Rebel at Tescos · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 13

Davydd Grimm wrote:

Looks like Maddox hasn't bothered this year:

Maddox wrote:

News (04-01-08): What?

Thank god.

KevR · **Posted:** Tue Apr 01, 2008 21:44

Bad news for bookies.

http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,25642,23460961-5014239,00.html

GazChap · **Posted:** Tue Apr 01, 2008 22:04

Yahoo! Japan's is fucking awesome: Aliens invade Japan.

Pod · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2568

Are we just laughing at their whacky moon language or am I meant to try and see something in all that pixels?

Dudley · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8679

Um, your browser sucks

Pod · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2568

ahhhhhhhhhh, I _seeeeeeeeeee_. I wasn't see the descreet "please turn on javascript" bit. NoScript for the win!

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