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mertle 02-04-2012 22:49

10 things which should be april fools but are actually true
 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17580629

The england one dont suprise me FA uselesss as chocoholick in chocolate factory.

Wow number 2 apparantly which use electromagnetic radiation like that found in microwave ovens. Dont like the idea if that got in wrong hands.

Can you imagine army of them disabling enemy force. Seem to remember someone designed microwave deathray.

1. The England football team are likely to have their preparations for Euro 2012 severely disrupted

2. Russian leader Vladimir Putin central nervous system gun.

3. A 20-year-old "superhero" who calls himself the Knight Warrior, first elected mayor of Salford. He promises to tackle crime.

4. Prime Minister David Cameron has contributed a recipe for spicy sausage pasta for the Eton Cookbook, which is to raise money for underprivileged and sick children.

5. Children will be made to read fake words like "terg", "fape" and "ulf" in an effort to gauge their reading levels.

6. Scientists at Oxford University are applying for government approval to put the first driverless car on British roads.

7. The mystery of "beer goggles" - the phenomenon by which people find other people more attractive after drinking alcohol - has been solved. Scientists

8. A hiker who was about to be mauled to death by a mountain lion was saved by a bear.

9. A traditional Palm Sunday donkey parade was cancelled because of health and safety fears.

10. A stuntman is to attempt to fall from 2,400ft on to a pile of cardboard boxes using a "wingsuit"

Please go beeb link for links to stories

idi banashapan 02-04-2012 23:54

Re: 10 things which should be april fools but are actually true
 
that's quite a copy and paste there! might have been better off leaving that at the hyperlink!! :)

mertle 03-04-2012 00:02

Re: 10 things which should be april fools but are actually true
 
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Originally Posted by idi banashapan (Post 35408823)
that's quite a copy and paste there! might have been better off leaving that at the hyperlink!! :)

Now edited orig post

I just felt it was easier mean jumping hoops to links which all the news thing on the beeb is link to those newspapers.

Gary L 03-04-2012 10:45

Re: 10 things which should be april fools but are actually true
 
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Originally Posted by mertle (Post 35408789)
7. The mystery of "beer goggles" - the phenomenon by which people find other people more attractive after drinking alcohol - has been solved.

It's still works though? I mean they haven't fixed the goggles or nothing?


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