April Fools day.

[mr.bluesky]

So today is 1st April- April fools day,  a good April fools story in today's Sun newspaper saying  Harry and Megan are going to star in their own video game called " call of dukey" a pun on call
 of duty  . The give away is the company releasing this game is called Flair Loop an anagram of April Fool. Any one else falling for  an April fools prank or seen any good ones 

[RMwonderer]

I read somewhere a little known fact is that back in 1912, Hellmann's mayonnaise was manufactured in England. In fact, the Titanic was carrying 12,000 jars of the condiment scheduled for delivery in Vera Cruz, Mexico, which was to be the next port of call for the great ship after its stop in New York. This would have been the largest single shipment of mayonnaise ever delivered to Mexico. But as we know, the great ship did not make it to New York.

he ship hit an iceberg and sank and the cargo was forever lost. The people of Mexico, who were crazy about mayonnaise and were eagerly awaiting its delivery, were disconsolate at the loss. Their anguish was so great that they declared a National Day of Mourning, which they still observe to this day.

The National Day of Mourning occurs each year on May 5 and is known, of course, as Sinko de Mayo.

[jackdaw]

There was a bit on radio 5 this morning about Manchester hotels imposing a tourist tax of 1 pound per night.

Not seen official confirmation, but assume was April 1st joke.

[mikecee]

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No joke.

[Corus Boy]

Sadly not April Fools;

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Russia has taken the presidency of the UN Security Council despite Ukraine urging members to block the move.

Each of the council's 15 members takes up the presidency for a month, on a rotating pattern.

The last time Russia had the presidency, February 2022, it launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

It means the Security Council is being led by a country whose president is subject to an international arrest warrant for alleged war crimes.

[PLeisure]

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No joke.

Correct. The same source previously reported this on 9th Dec last year
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[mills_and_bhuna]

Sadly not April Fools;

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Russia has taken the presidency of the UN Security Council despite Ukraine urging members to block the move.

Each of the council's 15 members takes up the presidency for a month, on a rotating pattern.

The last time Russia had the presidency, February 2022, it launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

It means the Security Council is being led by a country whose president is subject to an international arrest warrant for alleged war crimes.

nothing new there.
The Iraq war was launched in 2003.
The US and the UK took up the Presidency later on that year and several times in later years even after the lies were exposed that supposedly justified it.
One of these Presidents was John Bolton.
Rumour has it he still masturbates to videos of Shock and Awe.

[daviemac]

If something isn't an April fool gag it has no place on this thread.

[standardpostage]

I was caught out this morning 

My daughter who is visiting, told me I had a flat tyre, when I looked, to my relief, it had no flat tyre 

They were all laughing when I came back in.

[timsussex]

I was caught out this morning 

My daughter who is visiting, told me I had a flat tyre, when I looked, to my relief, it had no flat tyre 

They were all laughing when I came back in.

I would have let it down and gone back in to say it is only flat at the bottom !

[standardpostage]

I would have let it down and gone back in to say it is only flat at the bottom !

I'll have to be more alert next year.

[Dr Talueng]

A YouTube channel covers a number of DIY items around the home an garden. This morning's video was him showing how he created a pallet from a table, as (apparently) there is a shortage of pallets.

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[Squire Haggard]

I read somewhere a little known fact is that back in 1912, Hellmann's mayonnaise was manufactured in England. In fact, the Titanic was carrying 12,000 jars of the condiment scheduled for delivery in Vera Cruz, Mexico, which was to be the next port of call for the great ship after its stop in New York. This would have been the largest single shipment of mayonnaise ever delivered to Mexico. But as we know, the great ship did not make it to New York.

he ship hit an iceberg and sank and the cargo was forever lost. The people of Mexico, who were crazy about mayonnaise and were eagerly awaiting its delivery, were disconsolate at the loss. Their anguish was so great that they declared a National Day of Mourning, which they still observe to this day.

The National Day of Mourning occurs each year on May 5 and is known, of course, as Sinko de Mayo.

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[Jonestown]

Just read that the government is going to introduce regulations to compel farmers to feed cows and sheep a methane suppressant supplement to cut down greenhouse gas emissions as we head towards net zero deadlines.

That has to be an April 1st joke, no ?

[mr.bluesky]

Just read that the government is going to introduce regulations to compel farmers to feed cows and sheep a methane suppressant supplement to cut down greenhouse gas emissions as we head towards net zero deadlines.

That has to be an April 1st joke, no ?

What about the grass they graze on , are they going to spray that with methane suppressant  We can say to all those vegetarians we are doing our bit to reduce green House gases by eating beef and lamb. 

[Doc Holliday]

Just read that the government is going to introduce regulations to compel farmers to feed cows and sheep a methane suppressant supplement to cut down greenhouse gas emissions as we head towards net zero deadlines.

That has to be an April 1st joke, no ?

It wasn't (as you know), but it it a bit of a joke. Such supplements do not currently exist apparently, yet the Government proposal is to be up and running by 2025. 'Cigarette packet' stuff again.

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[Jonestown]

It wasn't (as you know), but it it a bit of a joke. Such supplements do not currently exist apparently, yet the Government proposal is to be up and running by 2025. 'Cigarette packet' stuff again.

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Well, let’s hope it’s better thought through than the last time they played around with the natural diet of cattle, when if you wanted a Sunday joint it was safer to have it brought over from France.

[Stevelondon]

Too young to see the original. But Panorama did a report of the failed spaghetti harvest of 1957.

Great broadcast.

[jackdaw]

Well, let’s hope it’s better thought through than the last time they played around with the natural diet of cattle, when if you wanted a Sunday joint it was safer to have it brought over from France.

Not sure it was really safer to eat French beef in BSE crisis. The saying among my farming mates was “we have BSE, the French have JCB”. (i.e. suggestion was that the French just buried any cattle that displayed symptoms, rather than reported them.)

Could..of course..just my friends having a pop at the French…they do that occasionally.

[nwluvit]

Not sure it was really safer to eat French beef in BSE crisis. The saying among my farming mates was “we have BSE, the French have JCB”. (i.e. suggestion was that the French just buried any cattle that displayed symptoms, rather than reported them.)

Could..of course..just my friends having a pop at the French…they do that occasionally.

100% agree. Lived in Fance during the BSE crisis. They had many problems that were covered up as it probably was in other EU countries. It was just another conveniennt way to stop Aberdeen Angus being sold in French restaurants even though there were no cases of BSE in Aberdeen Angus (at least not north of the Border, or so my French chef friend told me) AND French chefds often marched up the Champs Elysees to try and bring back their preferred steak - Aberdeen Angus. All to know avail as the French Parliament refused to budge. Akin to let them eat "foie gras!" (Hopefully you get it!!   )