Worst "holiday" ever

[thistlechaser]

Gods above, I hate April Fool's Day. It's only 8:45 AM and I've already run into three "jokes" by major websites.

Newsflash: It's not funny.

(Or perhaps I'm just a stick in the mud.)

Edit: *DIES* Okay world, prove me wrong within a minute of me posting this. From the makers of Bacon Salt and Bacon Mayo, it's Bacon Lube! "It's not for sale yet, but we're looking for early product testers to put our "Everything should taste like bacon" tagline to the test." *rolls and dies* Now that is funny! :D

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My brain gets a cookie this morning. Usually I get annoying stress dreams or nightmares, or dreams that just make no sense at all (why the heck did I dream about RL Yosari two nights ago? We don't talk/interact at all...). However, last night I had the bestest dream ever! It was the perfect fantasy (of an *cough* adult nature -- trying to keep work safe!). I couldn't have thought up a hotter situation if I had tried. :D *pats brain* Very good, keep it up!

Comments

[gmth.livejournal.com]

April Fool's is still better than blog like it's the end of the world day or whatever the hell that blog about the fake zombie attack thing is called.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Agreed. *grump*

[veloxe.livejournal.com]

Personally, I liked what JPButton.com did. It was a good laugh.

[atdelphi.livejournal.com]

I'm not generally a fan of April's Fools (though I had a good snicker at the bacon lube) because so few people know how to do it right. Which of course always makes me think of: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-WoO40nXok

[peppygrowlithe.livejournal.com]

Hate to say it, Thistle, but... lighten up! :D It's only one day, and some of the stuff others are doing is clever. Did you see WoW's "dance-off"? Or the forums?

Check out what they did to the WoW forums!

I can see how some of it might be a little annoying, but I hear so much anger/annoyance over this day when it's so clear people put a lot of time and effort into creating little cute pranks, you know? Just run with it!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I glanced at it long enough to see it was a joke, then hit the back button. ;) Maybe I should read it!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Ha! That's great. :D Is the whole show like that? We don't get it here, but I could BT it if so!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Ha ha, okay I approve of the WoW forums! I haven't seen anything about a dance off though.

but I hear so much anger/annoyance over this day when it's so clear people put a lot of time and effort into creating little cute pranks, you know? Just run with it!

Well that's the thing. It's not that funny when it's being forced on you, you know? If you could opt in/out of these things, I'd be much more amused. :) I'm sure lots fewer people would be angry if we had a choice in the matter.

If there was an April Pie Day, where everyone was supposed to throw pies at each other, so you couldn't walk to your car/go to work/shop without getting hit by pies thrown by random strangers, would that be funny?

...maybe that's not a good example. Mmm pie.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I found you on the boards! :D

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“That is quite possibly the dumbest thing I've heard all day”, he remarked, his leather corset beginning to chafe uncomfortably.

[atdelphi.livejournal.com]

It took a while to find its feet in the first season, in my opinion, but it's been pretty funny ever since. I originally thought it wouldn't appeal to audiences outside of Canada, since it does have a lot of in-jokes (curling, Participaction, The Littlest Hobo), but apparently it's a cult favourite in the U.S. and U.K., so that showed me. :-D

[veloxe.livejournal.com]

If there was an April Pie Day, where everyone was supposed to throw pies at each other, so you couldn't walk to your car/go to work/shop without getting hit by pies thrown by random strangers, would that be funny?

Yes, yes it would be XD

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

*snickers* Maybe so!

[achika-soladia.livejournal.com]

I actually had a lot of fun making the WindShire April Fool's joke this year. Should go take a look, it'll be obvious from the main page, but I also have a post in the News/Announcements board. XD

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Ha ha, I like the new banner. :D