April Fools Day

Anyone interested in origins and past hoaxes I have put some links:

Origin of April Fool's Day

April Fool (wikipedia)

Top 100 April Fool Hoaxes of all times

This was an April Fool hoax run in one of our national newspapers, I think it was last year. The trouble is the PM and, in particular, his lady wife have no class or taste and so it was totally believable.


A very famous hoax in the UK, back in 1957, seems to top the list. I remember this particular programme (as a child) Panorama is a serious topical news programme but it's unbelievable that so many people were fooled.

#1: The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest
In 1957 the respected BBC news show Panorama announced that thanks to a very mild winter and the virtual elimination of the dreaded spaghetti weevil, Swiss farmers were enjoying a bumper spaghetti crop. It accompanied this announcement with footage of Swiss peasants pulling strands of spaghetti down from trees. Huge numbers of viewers were taken in, and many called up wanting to know how they could grow their own spaghetti trees. To this question, the BBC diplomatically replied that they should "place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best."

Do you have a favourite hoax or joke to share with us today??