tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post5488373398398895734..comments2024-03-23T08:58:00.291+11:00Comments on Flying With Hands: April FooledPipistrellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-15825525810595914822022-04-11T10:22:07.637+10:002022-04-11T10:22:07.637+10:00I love me a Trickster! I love me a Trickster! Ur-spohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04237644452200889946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-10202378311722295642022-04-05T10:20:29.890+10:002022-04-05T10:20:29.890+10:00You may, loveliest of all Pipistrellas. Only yeste...You may, loveliest of all Pipistrellas. Only yesterday Farfalle vanished from the youngest generation's plates as if it were the famous rice no one is able to prepare as heavenly as their Opi. Sean Jeatinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08978285783271305489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-21596445474604848062022-04-05T10:04:16.995+10:002022-04-05T10:04:16.995+10:00Dear Sean, may I presume your family to be organic...Dear Sean, may I presume your family to be organic farmers? I hope their hands are stayed from nasty pesticides to ensure their Farfalle crops aren't annihilated during their caterpillar phase? Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-81290020426251390262022-04-05T09:24:42.454+10:002022-04-05T09:24:42.454+10:00Mr MacLaren Scott does OBVIOUSLY not know that our...Mr MacLaren Scott does OBVIOUSLY not know that our family in second generation is growing pasta in various moulds.Sean Jeatinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08978285783271305489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-53362596882690028782022-04-05T09:04:40.487+10:002022-04-05T09:04:40.487+10:00There's a thought, dear Jackie, Homes & Ga...There's a thought, dear Jackie, Homes & Garden et al. I was quite sure it was the likes of Hello! wherein this little treasure once hid. <br /><br />I haven't bought a Vogue-style magazine in an absolute age. I think there's a notorious pic of moi lounging about reading one when I was supposed to be cramming for my Year 12 exams. Deary me! I also recall that back in the Olden DaysPipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-1499160748094283902022-04-04T20:53:36.746+10:002022-04-04T20:53:36.746+10:00I would have believed it as they sound like most f...I would have believed it as they sound like most family’s that are spread all over Homes & Garden magazines !!! <br />Slightly off piste, as much as I love a bit of fashion ( and spent most of my time in Biba in my youth ! ) I have never been interested in the likes of Vogue etc. & never really bought those magazines ….. although I did buy the Millennium edition of Vogue ….. I thought Jacqueline @ HOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06154045482594773377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-11339983981850090062022-04-04T08:41:37.795+10:002022-04-04T08:41:37.795+10:00Thank goodness there's plenty of grumbling fro...Thank goodness there's plenty of grumbling from the corner, dear Andrew, or we'd be awash with ludicrous goings-on across the calendar. Even the jolliest and most credulous amongst us would becoming unhinged by it all!Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-75537604706291734592022-04-04T01:40:14.254+10:002022-04-04T01:40:14.254+10:00The problem is when something that is hard to beli...The problem is when something that is hard to believe occurs on April 1st, then it is never believed for years after. This happens rather a lot. I am one of those curmudgeonly souls who does not like the silliness of April's Fools Day one bit. It does, however, allow me to go "Bah Humbug" twice a years instead of just on the other silly day.Andrew MacLaren-Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01275686573421308677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-32129796380169692452022-04-03T09:29:38.604+10:002022-04-03T09:29:38.604+10:00Dear Britta, your newspaper is a killjoy and fie o...Dear Britta, your newspaper is a killjoy and fie on them! Humour and dark times do indeed go hand-in-hand for it is one of life's great coping mechanisms. The lovely thing about April Fools' is that most of the time it passes without notice so doesn't really get overdone. The magazine hoax really is the only one I've ever encountered but I'd have to say that many times absurd Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-17054146241525472352022-04-03T09:07:30.486+10:002022-04-03T09:07:30.486+10:00Isn't it wonderful, dear Rosemary! I hadn'...Isn't it wonderful, dear Rosemary! I hadn't known about this until it popped up when I was hunting for my Häagen-Dazs hoax. Such an elaborate yet gentle tease with all the hallmarks of credibility.Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-9582082502915840292022-04-03T04:35:40.740+10:002022-04-03T04:35:40.740+10:00Dear Pip, I find it marvellous to fell for such a ...Dear Pip, I find it marvellous to fell for such a joke! <br />I heard about the one Rosemary mentions (spaghetti harvest), or in 2005 in Bavaria was announced that Prince Charles and Camilla would marry in Schloss Nymphenburg in Munich. <br />And Heidi Klubs Fans were happy when she announced that she would replace Samantha at Sex in the City. <br />Yesterday we had only a sour text in our Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-53397626298833957202022-04-02T19:42:39.227+11:002022-04-02T19:42:39.227+11:00In 1957, long before people travelled the globe, t...In 1957, long before people travelled the globe, the BBC carried out a spoof on April Fools Day now remembered as the Spaghetti-tree hoax. The film showed a family on the Swiss/Italian border gathering in their Spring spaghetti harvest which was growing along the branches of trees. At that stage most Britons only knew that spaghetti came from tins in a tomato sauce then served on toast.<br />Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814070177137076757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-66218330152724976462022-04-02T15:22:23.425+11:002022-04-02T15:22:23.425+11:00Ha! So you see immediately, dear Cro, why we were ...Ha! So you see immediately, dear Cro, why we were so easily fooled. Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-8416632710764025622022-04-02T14:54:40.975+11:002022-04-02T14:54:40.975+11:00They sound like a thoroughly modern, every-day, fa...They sound like a thoroughly modern, every-day, family.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-29671490096952831642022-04-02T10:06:21.667+11:002022-04-02T10:06:21.667+11:00Hullo, dear Jim! Why do these jokes tickle us so??...Hullo, dear Jim! Why do these jokes tickle us so?? I can't remember jokes terribly well so well done you for dredging up these old chestnuts!Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-24670279746218231532022-04-02T09:57:37.040+11:002022-04-02T09:57:37.040+11:00Hullo, dear Ur-spo! Never fear, I'm no master ...Hullo, dear Ur-spo! Never fear, I'm no master prankster :)Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-57294801311629791002022-04-02T09:56:01.426+11:002022-04-02T09:56:01.426+11:00All true, despite the mere moths in Google's c...All true, despite the mere moths in Google's cupboard if you go looking for it, dear Contessa. Your parents picked an easy day to remember for their wedding!Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-89541186763155245852022-04-02T09:52:35.340+11:002022-04-02T09:52:35.340+11:00Very happy to have obliged, dear Valentina! Very happy to have obliged, dear Valentina! Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-4850608787381099112022-04-02T04:42:11.183+11:002022-04-02T04:42:11.183+11:00Hello Pipistrello, Your little tale reminded me o...Hello Pipistrello, Your little tale reminded me of those "sick" jokes that went around during the Dahmer scandal:<br /><br />--What did they find in Jeffrey Dahmer's freezer?<br />--Ben and Jerry.<br /><br />Another one was:<br /><br />--What did they find in Jeffrey Dahmer's bathroom?<br />--Head and Shoulders.<br /><br />Unfortunately, the Dahmer affair was not an April FoolsParnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-28562333849965046222022-04-02T03:20:06.240+11:002022-04-02T03:20:06.240+11:00There you are !
For a moment I feared the entry it...There you are !<br />For a moment I feared the entry itself was an april fool day joke~Ur-spohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04237644452200889946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-83693811127589729562022-04-02T01:14:45.611+11:002022-04-02T01:14:45.611+11:00ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
HAPPY April fools DAY!
TODAY W...ARE YOU KIDDING ME?<br />HAPPY April fools DAY!<br />TODAY WAS MY PARENTS ANNIVERSARY TOO!!!!!!!La Contessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01682902106545680159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-75464569553450845812022-04-01T22:59:06.339+11:002022-04-01T22:59:06.339+11:00You just made my April fools day with this story. ...You just made my April fools day with this story. What a cracker!!! Love itValentina Vintage Couturehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574994095700748335noreply@blogger.com