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Thanks pach, hope you had a good weekend btw!Originally posted by pacharan View PostHi Wimmy - thanks for posting; made me laughComment
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You saw the Nationwide mention of it, as did I; the original was Panorama in 1957: BBC ON THIS DAY | 1 | 1957: BBC fools the nationOriginally posted by Doggy Styles View PostThat was the first April Fool that I ever saw. It was on early evening TV, on a program like Nationwide or somesuch.
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In other news...

Randall at xkcd has concocted some kind of weirdness for serving today's cartoon. There's a thread on Reddit about it and the output of the algorithm is gradually being categorised; people are working on deriving the underlying equation that governs the process...
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Bloody hell, I didn't know that. No wonder I remember it in black and white, which would have been a bit strange for what, early 1970s?Originally posted by NickFitz View PostYou saw the Nationwide mention of it, as did I; the original was Panorama in 1957: BBC ON THIS DAY | 1 | 1957: BBC fools the nation
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Did anyone here hear the one on BBC radio about 10 years ago about the discovery of Viking voice recordings on fish skins? Very amusing at the time, and the muffled sound effects would have fooled many northerners and welsh people.
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My AdBlock on Chrome became CatBlock for the day. AdBlock: Inturdusing CatBlockOriginally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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For Mac fans iTerm2
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Includes Plutonium start pack. Good for 50 yearsBehold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.Comment
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Originally posted by NickFitz View PostIn other news...

Randall at xkcd has concocted some kind of weirdness for serving today's cartoon. There's a thread on Reddit about it and the output of the algorithm is gradually being categorised; people are working on deriving the underlying equation that governs the process...
Hmm, today's cartoon for me mentions ski lifts and a price in Swiss Francs.location text...
Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.Comment
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