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Talk About Tulsa => Other Tulsa Discussion => Topic started by: Admin on March 31, 2008, 02:55:01 PM

Title: April Fools day
Post by: Admin on March 31, 2008, 02:55:01 PM
In case you didn't guess, TulsaNow ran two fake news stories on it's homepage and forum to celebrate april fool's day. The news stories can still be seen here:
https://tulsanow.org/wp/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=9521
and here:
https://tulsanow.org/wp/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=9522


As well as two fake banner ads:
(http://www.tulsanow.org/ads/aprilfools1.jpg)
(http://www.tulsanow.org/ads/aprilfools2.jpg)

All of the above was done in good fun overly obvious to avoid anyone actually believing them to be real (although not everyone spotted the ruse)

Hope it lightened the day of a few readers, at least.
Title: April Fools day
Post by: sgrizzle on April 02, 2008, 06:50:21 AM
I feed a cat to my atm once, but not a gerbil to my car.
Title: April Fools day
Post by: cannon_fodder on April 02, 2008, 08:26:31 AM
I wanted to comment on the Gerbil banner, but didn't want to give away the ruse to anyone that might have been fooled.  Also, on the "TulsaNow buys building" article, I read it first thing in the AM and bought in for about 2 sentences before the oddity of such an act caused me to realize the date.

Good one(s).  [}:)]
Title: April Fools day
Post by: Conan71 on April 02, 2008, 09:31:44 AM
You mean it wasn't ride your gerbil to work day?  Crap, took me darn near two hours to get there yesterday.  Poor little guy was exhausted by the time we got there.

Title: April Fools day
Post by: sgrizzle on April 02, 2008, 09:42:53 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Conan71

You mean it wasn't ride your gerbil to work day?  Crap, took me darn near two hours to get there yesterday.  Poor little guy was exhausted by the time we got there.





I heard a rumor once about Richard Gere riding a gerbil...
Title: April Fools day
Post by: Conan71 on April 02, 2008, 10:45:59 AM
quote:
Originally posted by sgrizzle

quote:
Originally posted by Conan71

You mean it wasn't ride your gerbil to work day?  Crap, took me darn near two hours to get there yesterday.  Poor little guy was exhausted by the time we got there.





I heard a rumor once about Richard Gere riding a gerbil...



And one of the Mathis Brothers... [xx(][xx(]

Where's that "ghack" smilie when you need one?