过愚人节英文：十大经典愚人节玩笑

过愚人节英文：十大经典愚人节玩笑TheSwissSpaghettiHarvest瑞士面条树Spaghettiharvest1957：TherespectedBBCnewsshowPanoramaannouncedthatthankstoaverymildwinterandthevirtualeliminationofthedreadedspaghettiweevil,Swissfarmerswereenjoyingabumperspaghetticrop.ItaccompaniedthisannouncementwithfootageofSwisspeasantspullingstrandsofspaghettidownfromtrees.Hugenumbersofviewersweretakenin.ManycalledtheBBCwantingtoknowhowtheycouldgrowtheirownspaghettitree.TothistheBBCdiplomaticallyreplied,"placeasprigofspaghettiinatinoftomatosauceandhopeforthebest."1957年愚人节BBC新闻中说，瑞士的面条树大丰收，农民都在树上收割面条。大量观众上当受骗，打电话来咨询面条树的种植方法。BBC对此的回复是：把一根面条插在番茄酱里，然后就等着吧。口SiddFinch虚拟棒球天才SiddFinch1985：SportsIllustratedpublishedastoryaboutanewrookiepitcherwhoplannedtoplayfortheMets.HisnamewasSiddFinch,andhecouldreportedlythrowabaseballat168mphwithpinpointaccuracy.Thiswas65mphfasterthanthepreviousrecord.Surprisingly,SiddFinchhadneverevenplayedthegamebefore.Instead,hehadmasteredthe"artofthepitch"inaTibetanmonasteryundertheguidanceofthe"greatpoet-saintLamaMilaraspa."Metsfanscelebratedtheirteams'amazingluckathavingfoundsuchagiftedplayer,andSportsIllustratedwasfloodedwithrequestsformoreinformation.Inrealitythislegendaryplayeronlyexistedintheimaginationoftheauthorofthearticle,GeorgePlimpton。1985年愚人节，运动画刊杂志发布一条假消息，称一个名为SiddFinch的新人棒球投球手，能投出168mph时速的球，比当时记录高出65山口匕而且这位新人之前都没有玩过棒球！他在一个西藏的寺庙里学会了投球的艺术。大批棒球粉丝所以被骗。其实这个仅仅文章作者瞎编的。InstantColorTV即时彩色电视Image1962：In1962therewasonlyonetvchannelinSweden,anditbroadcastinblackandwhite.Thestation'stechnicalexpert,KjellStensson,appearedonthenewstoannouncethat,thankstoanewtechnology,viewerscouldconverttheirexistingsetstodisplaycolorreception.Alltheyhadtodowaspullanylonstockingovertheirtvscreen.Stenssonproceededtodemonstratetheprocess.Thousandsofpeopleweretakenin.RegularcolorbroadcastsonlycommencedinSwedenonApril1,1970.1962年愚人节，当时瑞典还只有一个电视频道，而且是黑白的。电视台的技术人员当天在新闻中说，彩色电视已经研发成功，用户只需拿一双尼龙袜盖在电视屏幕上就行。还真有人信了。TheTacoLibertyBell塔可自由钟TacoLibertyBell1996：TheTacoBellCorporationannouncedithadboughttheLibertyBellandwasrenamingittheTacoLibertyBell.HundredsofoutragedcitizenscalledtheNationalHistoricParkinPhiladelphiawherethebellwashousedtoexpresstheiranger.TheirnerveswereonlycalmedwhenTacoBellrevealed,afewhourslater,thatitwasallapracticaljoke.ThebestlineofthedaycamewhenWhiteHousepresssecretaryMikeMcCurrywasaskedaboutthesale.Thinkingonhisfeet,herespondedthattheLincolnMemorialhadalsobeensold.Itwouldnowbeknown,hesaid,astheFordLincolnMercuryMemorial。1996年愚人节，塔可钟快餐公司说他们买下了美国费城独立厅的大钟，并重命名为塔可自由钟。愤怒的市民打电话给费城的国家历史公园，要求确认这个消息。几小时后塔可钟快餐公司承认这仅仅个玩笑。当天最乌龙的事件还不在此。白宫记者会秘书MikeMcCurry被问到这件事时，随机应变回答说，林肯纪念碑也被卖了，现在被命名为福特水星汽车纪念碑。SanSerriffe虚拟国家Image1977：TheBritishnewspaperTheGuardianpublishedaspecialsevensupplementdevotedtoSanSerriffe,asmallrepublicsaidtoconsistofseveralsemi-colon-shapedislandslocatedintheIndianOcean.Aseriesofarticlesaffectionatelydescribedthegeographyandcultureofthisobscurenation.ItstwomainislandswerenamedUpperCaisseandLowerCaisse.ItscapitalwasBodoni,anditsleaderwasGeneralPica.TheGuardian'sphonesrangalldayasreaderssoughtmoreinformationabouttheidyllicholidayspot.Onlyafewnoticedthateverythingabouttheislandwasnamedafterprinter'sterminology。1977年愚人节，英国卫报发行了长达7页的增刊，全是介绍SanSerriffe这个印度洋上的小岛国的，据说那里有好几个分号形状的小岛。文章中大肆渲染了这里的风情和民俗，介绍了它的城市和首都，甚至总统的名字。当天卫报编辑室的电话都被读者打爆了，大家都想知道这样美好的度假胜地在哪。只有少数人注意到，首都名字Bodoni是印刷术语，是一种印刷字体的名称。NixonforPresident尼克松复出1992：NationalPublicRadio'sTalkoftheNationprogramannouncedthatRichardNixon,inasurprisemove,wasrunningforPresidentagain.Hisnewcampaignsloganwas,"Ididn'tdoanythingwrong,andIwon'tdoitagain."AccompanyingthisannouncementwereaudioclipsofNixondeliveringhiscandidacyspeech.Listenersrespondedviscerallytotheannouncement,floodingtheshowwithcallsexpressingshockandoutrage.OnlyduringthesecondhalfoftheshowdidthehostJohnHockenberryrevealthattheannouncementwasapracticaljoke.Nixon'svoicewasimpersonatedbycomedianRichLittle。1992年愚人节，全国公共广播之声宣布，尼克松又要竞选总统了，他的竞选宣言是：我没做错事；我也不会再做错事。新闻中还穿插了一段尼克松的讲话。愤怒而惊讶的听众纷纷打电话来质问。随后主持人承认这是假的，尼克松的声音也是一个喜剧演员模仿的。AlabamaChangestheValueofPi圆周率值的修改1998：TheApril1998issueoftheNewMexicansforScienceandReasonnewslettercontainedanarticleclaimingthattheAlabamastatelegislaturehadvotedtochangethevalueofthemathematicalconstantpifrom3.14159tothe'Biblicalvalue'of3.0.Soonthearticlemadeitswayontotheinternet,andthenitrapidlyspreadaroundtheworld,forwardedbyemail.ItonlybecameapparenthowfarthearticlehadspreadwhentheAlabamalegislaturebeganreceivinghundredsofcallsfrompeopleprotestingthelegislation.Theoriginalarticle,whichwasintendedasaparodyoflegislativeattemptstocircumscribetheteachingofevolution,waswrittenbyphysicistMarkBoslough。1998年愚人节：NewMexicans科学技术杂志宣称阿拉巴马州要立法改变圆周率pi的值，很快这事被传上网，通过电子邮件传遍全世界。阿拉巴马立法机构所以接到无数*电话。TheLeft-HandedWhopper左撇子大汉堡1998：BurgerKingpublishedafullpageadvertisementinUSATodayannouncingtheintroductionofanewitemtotheirmenu：a"Left-HandedWhopper"speciallydesignedforthe32millionleft-handedAmericans.Accordingtotheadvertisement,thenewwhopperincludedthesameingredientsastheoriginalWhopper(lettuce,tomato,hamburgerpatty,etc。)，butallthecondimentswererotated180degreesforthebenefitoftheirleft-handedcustomers.ThefollowingdayBurgerKingissuedafollow-upreleaserevealingthatalthoughtheLeft-HandedWhopperwasahoax,thousandsofcustomershadgoneintorestaurantstorequestthenewsandwich.Simultaneously,accordingtothepressrelease,"manyothersrequestedtheirown'righthanded'version."1998年愚人节，汉堡王在今日美国报纸上发布了真个版面的广告，介绍他们的新食物：左手汉堡，据说是专为左撇子人士设计，啥都没变，就是全部旋转了180度（小编好奇：转了180度有区别么？）成千上万的顾客所以前来品尝，而且有人要求设计“右手汉堡”。HotheadedNakedIceBorers热性裸体凿冰虫HotheadedNakedIceBorer1995：DiscoverMagazinereportedthatthehighlyrespectedwildlifebiologistDr.AprilePazzohadfoundanewspeciesinAntarctica：thehotheadednakediceborer.Thesefascinatingcreatureshadbonyplatesontheirheadsthat,fedbynumerousbloodvessels,couldbecomeburninghot,allowingtheanimalstoborethroughiceathighspeeds.Theyusedthisabilitytohuntpenguins,meltingtheicebeneaththepenguinsandcausingthemtosinkdownwardsintotheresultingslushwherethehotheadsconsumedthem.Aftermuchresearch,Dr.PazzotheorizedthatthehotheadsmighthavebeenresponsibleforthemysteriousdisappearanceofnotedAntarcticexplorerPhilippePoissonin1837."Totheiceborers,hewouldhavelookedlikeapenguin,"thearticlequotedherassaying.Discoverreceivedmoremailinresponsetothisarticlethantheyhadreceivedforanyotherarticleintheirhistory。1995年愚人节。探索杂志野生动物学家AprilePazzo博士在南极洲发现了一种新生物：热性裸体凿冰虫。这种生物的头上有盘状骨头，血液丰富，温度很高，所以能够穿透冰层。他们以此来捕食企鹅。Pazzo博士同时声称，经过详细调查，这种动物与1837年南极探险家PhilippePoisson的失踪相关：“对这种虫来说，他可能长得像企鹅。”探索杂志上还从来没有哪篇文章得到如此多的读者反馈。PlanetaryAlignmentDecreasesGravity万有引力消失1976：TheBritishastronomerPatrickMooreannouncedonBBCRadio2thatat9：47AMa