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The goofy and the not so goofy
2 Apr 2013
NEWSWATCH: April Fools' day has come and gone, with the usual round of the weird and the wonderful, so here are some of the best - and a few that you would think were gags, but weren't...
For more:
- PCWorld: April Fools' Day 2013: A roundup of the best tech gags... If you happened to miss April Fools' Day yesterday, but still reckon you need a smile or two, have a look at the best tech gags - even Google became a bit goofy.
- BBC: April Fools Day: 10 stories that look like pranks but aren't... Sometimes it's difficult separating the goofy from the genuine, the bizarre from the... er... well, you know... so here are some stories that might look like April Fools' gags, but aren't... unfortunately.For instance, in a somewhat career-limiting move, a British police officer is suing a garage owner after she responded to an emergency call... and tripped over the kerb, apparently hurting herself. She reckons the garage owner should have warned her about the kerb, or ensured it was lit better. The mind boggles!
About Rod Baker
Rod Baker is Content Director at Bizcommunity.com. A journalist since before computers, he worked on a wide range of magazines and, in his youth, rose through the ranks from being a lowly and abused sub-editor, to a high and still abused editor and publisher. He has been editor and publisher of a number of magazines, as well as a newspaper. He has edited many books, and written a number too. Email him at moc.ytinummoczib@dor.
