Jean wrote: >There's been a recent (over about the last 30-40 years) for the broadcasters and newspapers to each carry one April fool story on 1st April and wait to see if it was spotted. I understand that this year the BBC banned any such broadcast, which is a shame because some were so implausible that people did believe them - probably the most famous being the story about harvesting spaghetti from spaghetti trees in Italy broadcast on one of the BBCs most >serious programmes in the days before spaghetti was common in the UK.
There was a wonderful talk on the radio in Melbourne this year. It was a repeat of one they had in the States, must have been last year as they get their 1st April after us, so couldn't be this year. It was all about maple trees exploding if they starting being tapped for syrup when they are too old. DH and I were in stitches listening to the recounting of "an explosion that was heard 50 miles away", bewaaing of tapping an unknown tree in cas it exploded, people being blown away by explosions...Great one! I still remember one year when I was young, in France, when they had an announcement on the radio (no TV yet, that dates me!) about the Eiffel Tower having been bought by an American millionaire and being dismantled "bottom part first" Of cours, that gave the game away, but not to everyone, it seems! Our neighbour came in and he was terribly concerned about the government selling the Eiffel Tower.... Yours in rainy Melbourne, after weeks of beautiful sunshine, Helene, the froggy from Melbourne Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
