Amusing April Fool's Joke
annemehr
annemehr at yahoo.com
Wed Oct 13 01:52:44 UTC 2004
--- In HPFGU-Catalogue at yahoogroups.com, "Smythe, Boyd T {FLNA}"
<boyd.t.smythe at f...> wrote:
> Just coded John Walton's April Fool's Joke of 2001 in which he
stated that
> AOL-TimeWarner had sued Yahoo! to shut down its HP-related Groups,
and that
> HPfGU would be closed in 24 hours. Very funny, especially the ensuing
> threads on possible new sites, legal action and general exasperation.
>
> See his post #15691. Coded it and all subsequent chatter to
Reject-OT. Also
> coded his initial joke post to Just for a Laugh.
>
> Enjoy! (and Carolyn, I'm ready for my next batch)
>
> Boyd
Ah, the infamous April Fool post! Good, now I'll finally get the
chance to read it after having heard the legend.
I don't know, though, about coding it OT -- seems like it ought to
have a topic of its own, like... "Subversive Writings," maybe? :D
Then later we can use the category for all the "Kneasy" posts...
Anne
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