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Why is a raven like a writing desk?

Thoughts both confusing and enlightening.

Why is a raven like a writing desk?

Thoughts both confusing and enlightening.

April

elbeno, 1 April, 2007

Ah yes, April 1st. The day when the Internet becomes useless because the various editors out there don't seem to understand that it is not an April Fools' joke when every bloody article you read is a bunch of useless tripe.

Less is more, people. And since the Internet enables aggregation so well, that means that to a first approximation, a decent ratio of April Fools' articles for your particular “news” site would be 0.

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Comments (2)

  1. rum_pirate_sc says:
    1 April, 2007 at 11:34 pm

    I keep hoping each year this “holiday” will die out…

    (http://livejournal.com/users/rum_pirate_sc)

  2. greatbiggary says:
    2 April, 2007 at 12:54 am

    Perhaps it could be renamed “Topsy Turvy Day?” Then it won't need as much to be about fooling anyone so much as simply being foolish.

    (http://livejournal.com/users/greatbiggary)

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