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Your best April Fool?

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Squiffy Sat 01-Apr-23 13:51:43

Fleur I’ve no idea how long they lived, but not very long I should imagine. Potter created all sorts of animal tableaux (squirrels, kittens, birds etc), which as a small child I found fascinating, although I seem to remember that The Death of Cock Robin didn’t appeal to me very much!

Caleo Sat 01-Apr-23 13:36:35

Me. See me and you see the best April fool.

Fleurpepper Sat 01-Apr-23 13:31:34

Oh poor ... lambs. How long did they live?

Squiffy Sat 01-Apr-23 13:30:36

Fleurpepper This is a photo of a genuine two headed lamb from Potters Museum of Curiosities. It used to be in Brighton and I remember going there as a child. At that age it was fascinating, but now I’m not so sure!

Susan56 Sat 01-Apr-23 13:12:53

Have hopefully attached one my daughter was sent this morning!

V3ra Sat 01-Apr-23 12:13:53

www.mylondon.news/news/uk-world-news/king-charles-makes-shock-decision-26606361?utm_source=linkCopy&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar

This is my favourite today 😂

tanith Sat 01-Apr-23 11:46:32

Rockhopper Penguins to be reintroduced into Gibraltar which I totally believed for an hour or two this morning.

FannyCornforth Sat 01-Apr-23 11:41:58

ixion

Quite a good one from Dulux this year!

ixion I wouldn’t have realised that was an April Fool!

FP that sounds really alarming! shock

Bellanonna Sat 01-Apr-23 11:38:18

I watched the spaghetti harvest and actually believed it

JackyB Sat 01-Apr-23 11:31:34

I assumed it was April Fool but you never know these days!

I've often thought that. Things that were in the papers on 1 April as a gag several years ago would be quite possible these days thanks to advances in genetics and technology.

Remember when it was considered a silly joke if someone was asked what day it was and looked at their watch - which in those days would only have been able to tell the time and was powered by clockwork. To see what day it was you would have to consult a calendar. And that was printed on paper!

What innocents we were! How simple life was!

Mind you, I remember the first broadcast of the spaghetti tree thing and never thought it was clever, funny or believable although obviously a lot of work had gone into it (no CGI in those days!)

ixion Sat 01-Apr-23 11:22:21

Quite a good one from Dulux this year!

Fleurpepper Sat 01-Apr-23 10:27:44

I've always loved animals, and when I was about 10 I saw an article with photo in our local paper about a calf that had been born with two heads in the next village. I got on my bike and cycled there, and asked everyone where the farm was. Everyone I asked played along and sent me all over the place ... until one farmer told me to come in for hot chocolate and told me the truth and his wife took me to see the 'normal' calves.

Felt like such a fool but in a way was quite pleased the little calf did not exist.

Grannybags Sat 01-Apr-23 10:23:51

I've seen one from Frankie & Benny's offering 'Drone & Deliver" You can have your takeaway delivered by drone wherever you are as long as you are wearing a Frankie & Benny's tracking strap so they know where you are.

I assumed it was April Fool but you never know these days!

BigBertha1 Sat 01-Apr-23 10:01:52

The one that doesn't happen. grin

Foxygloves Sat 01-Apr-23 09:59:31

Spaghetti trees apart - and nobody could ever improve on that one - what has caught your eye this morning?