Top 100 April Fool's Day Hoaxes of All Time

[AlbertPacino]

#100: The British Postal Address Turnabout
In 1977 the BBC gave airtime to Tom Jackson, General Secretary of the British Union of Post Office Workers. Mr. Jackson was up in arms about a recent proposal that the British mail adopt the German method of addressing envelopes in which the house number is written after the name of the road, not before it (i.e. Downing Street 10, instead of 10 Downing Street). Jackson spoke at great length about the enormous burden this change would place upon postal employees, insisting that “Postal workers would be furious because it would turn upside-down the way we have learned to sort.” His comments elicited an immediate reaction from the audience, many of whom phoned up to voice their support for Jackson’s campaign. What the audience didn’t realize was that there were no plans to change the way the British addressed their mail. Mr. Jackson’s diatribe was an elaborate April Fool’s Day joke.

#50: Solar Complexus Americanus
In 1995 the Glasgow Herald described the recent arrival in Britain of a new energy-saving miracle: heat-generating plants. These plants, known by the scientific name Solar Complexus Americanus, were imports from Venezuela. One plant alone, fed by nothing more than three pints of water a day, generated as much heat as a 2kw electric fire. A few of these horticultural wonders placed around a house could entirely eliminate the need for a central-heating system. And when submerged in water, the plants created a constant supply of hot water. The Scandinavian botanist responsible for discovering these hot-air producers was none other than Professor Olaf Lipro (an anagram of April Fool).

For #1 and the rest check here:

http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/aprilfool/

[paws]

nice ones ther