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It's April fools day

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  • #32
    Brussels Sprout
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,972 ✭✭✭Brussels Sprout


    The programme of events to commemorate the 1916 Easter Rising was launched yesterday.

    However, one element of the plan that did not get much attention was the proposal to remove the Spire from Dublin's O'Connell Street for the two weeks while the commemorations are taking place.

    A number of parades, recreations and street theatre events will be taking place on the capital's main thoroughfare, and RTÉ News has been told that the organisers hope to recreate the streetscape of 100 years ago.

    It is also believed that organisers want to maximise the space available for events and fear the Spire could block people's view of the events.

    link


  • #33
    the groutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,096 ✭✭✭✭the groutch


    joke or not, I wish they'd get rid of it for good.


  • #34
    Teyla Emmagan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,638 ✭✭✭Teyla Emmagan


    Brussels Sprout wrote: »
    link

    I was listening to this on the radio this morning thinking WTF??? Only realised now it was April's Fools Day.

    I hope to God that's a joke anyway.


  • #35
    ibarelycare
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 58,456 ✭✭✭✭ibarelycare


    whiskeyman wrote: »
    What about the Center Parcs plan for Longford?
    It's on rte and indo though which seems odd for an April Fools gag as I'd usually just expect it on one news outlet?

    http://www.rte.ie/news/2015/0401/691243-center-parcs-longford/
    http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/center-parcs-to-open-100m-holiday-resort-park-in-longford-31110233.html


    Who the fupp wants to go to Longford on holidays??



    Edit - seems like it's not an April Fools at all!
    http://www.shannonside.ie/news/speculation-mounts-over-major-tourist-development-in-ballymahon/
    great news I guess..


    I was sure this was an April Fool's joke until I googled it and found the same links as you!


  • #36
    Fred Swanson
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  • #37
    razorblunt
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    Cork Radio Call In Show had a story that a congestion charge was being implemented for anyone entering the city island in a car.
    Seems like they had a few bites on FB.

    They'll never top the year one of their "high flying" presenters was doing the hourly guess the number call for €1000, it was his brother who he rang and he gave him clues to guess the number. Callers were threatening legal action and everything.

    Or Today FM announcing Ronan Collins had won the Lotto.


  • #38
    Fred Swanson
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  • #39
    Mr. CooL ICE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,060 ✭✭✭✭Mr. CooL ICE


    My office has signs on the doors saying that the card swipe system now has voice recognition, and that employees can simply open the door by speaking their name. Hasn't caught anybody out yet


  • #40
    keano_afc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,713 ✭✭✭keano_afc


    Nicolas Cage wrote: »
    My office has signs on the doors saying that the card swipe system now has voice recognition, and that employees can simply open the door by speaking their name. Hasn't caught anybody out yet

    Similarly, the printer engineer has placed a sign on our printer saying its now voice activated, shouting "print" and "scan" will get the job done.


  • #41
    messrs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,853 ✭✭✭messrs


    http://www.sundayworld.com/news/ireland-s-euro-2016-qualifier-against-poland-may-have-to-be-replayed


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  • #42
    scdublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 643 ✭✭✭scdublin


    Did anyone else get this email from Domino's? Here' a link to the blog too - https://www.dominos.co.uk/blog/dominos-rolls-out-driverless-delivery-vehicles/

    "We’re uber-excited to reveal an earth-shattering-stomach-rumbling innovation in pizza deliveration.

    Our Delivery Innovation and Planning Squad (D.I.P.S) have worked tirelessly over the past 18 months to ensure we deliver Greatness to our customers in new and exciting ways. And now they’ve even managed to do it with no hands. Introducing the world’s first driverless delivery vehicle – the Domi-No-Driver.

    It boasts a tree-hugging eco-electric Heatwave 2.0 system that carries more piping-hot pizza than ever before! That’s 400% more pizza thanks to 100% less driver. You do the math.

    These whizzy wheelers will be hitting roads in select parts of the UK today. So make sure you tweet us with the hashtag #DomiNoDriver to find out if one of our pioneering pizza pods is delivering near you.

    The Domi-No-Driver – delivering a slice of tomorrow, today!"


  • #43
    alchemist33
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,969 ✭✭✭✭alchemist33


    Here are some stories that ARE NOT April Fools jokes, apparently...

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-32144005
    1. Swedish MPs have backed a ban on unlicensed dancing in public or "illegally moving your feet to music". Bar, restaurant and nightclub owners without permits can be fined if customers "dance spontaneously and without permission" as a result of a vote in the nation's parliament. Police say dancing can cause fighting and disorder.


  • #44
    Scarinae
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,362 ✭✭✭✭Scarinae


    One of my colleagues was looking at Twitter this morning, and exclaimed "Oh wow, CERN has confirmed the existence of The Force!" - she actually believed it :D

    The story is actually well worth a read.
    “Very impressive, this result is,” said a diminutive green spokesperson for the laboratory.
    Kenobi's seminal paper "May the Force be with EU" – a strong argument that his experiment should be built in Europe – persuaded the CERN Council to finance the installation of dozens of new R2 units for the CERN data centre


  • #45
    eviltimeban
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,194 ✭✭✭eviltimeban


    Re: Centreparcs - this sentence makes me suspicious: "Wang Jianli and Guo Guangchang are understood to be in the early stages of bidding for Center Parcs."

    Wang Jianli? The former Prince of Han, who died in 940? Amazing.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Jianli


  • #46
    nelly17
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,209 ✭✭✭nelly17


    Its a rare occasion that I get to say it but well played RTE


  • #47
    ThisRegard
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    eviltimeban wrote: »
    Re: Centreparcs - this sentence makes me suspicious: "Wang Jianli and Guo Guangchang are understood to be in the early stages of bidding for Center Parcs."

    Wang Jianli? The former Prince of Han, who died in 940? Amazing.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Jianli

    He's some Chinese billionaire, and that's nothing to do with the Longford place, his name came up previously as a potential buyer when Centre Parcs gets floated.


  • #48
    WoollyRedHat
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    keano_afc wrote: »
    Similarly, the printer engineer has placed a sign on our printer saying its now voice activated, shouting "print" and "scan" will get the job done.

    Ha reminds me of this


  • #49
    maconof
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 84 ✭✭maconof


    You should tune into 4fm at the moment, Niall Boylan is hosting his 1pm to 3pm talkshow. They have an expert named 'Chris Rivers' on from a new body 'Uisce for Life' explaining how they can come into your home and take your belongings to pay your Irish Water bill (if you haven't paid yet).

    It's absolutely hilarious hearing those calling in getting very frustrated, great wind-up.


  • #50
    Conall Cernach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,999 ✭✭✭Conall Cernach


    Well, Holy God! Irish Government to Levy Landowners With Holy Wells

    https://voxhiberionacum.wordpress.com/2015/04/01/holy-well/

    irisharchaeology.ie posted this on Facebook today.


  • #51
    whiskeyman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,564 ✭✭✭✭whiskeyman


    eviltimeban wrote: »
    Re: Centreparcs - this sentence makes me suspicious: "Wang Jianli and Guo Guangchang are understood to be in the early stages of bidding for Center Parcs."

    Wang Jianli? The former Prince of Han, who died in 940? Amazing.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Jianli

    Nope - this guy apparently:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Jianlin
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/11487604/Whats-next-for-an-increasingly-big-fish-called-Wanda.html


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  • #52
    TwoShedsJackson
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    WoollyRedHat wrote: »
    Ha reminds me of this



  • #53
    LikeTheseOdds
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 93 ✭✭LikeTheseOdds


    Youtube have a good one. It's a long running joke. See if you can spot it haha.

    Hint.
    Search for any music artist.


  • #54
    IamNotNumber
    Closed Accounts Posts: 450 ✭✭IamNotNumber


    Voice Activated Search!

    http://www.irishjobs.ie/


  • #55
    Ruu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,622 ✭✭✭Ruu


    Amazon.com went retro. :)


  • #56
    blackwhite
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,991 ✭✭✭blackwhite


    Google Maps have pacman on it today :pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac:


  • #57
    Jasper79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 522 ✭✭✭Jasper79


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bPUaLpNcMY&feature=youtu.be&et_cid=em_183691&et_rid=1692232&Linkid=APRIL-B-010415-CE-1ST-WES_en_IE

    Got an email this morning from Sony, for new playstation product .....


  • #58
    thelad95
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,812 ✭✭✭thelad95


    LikeTheseOdds wrote: »
    Youtube have a good one. It's a long running joke. See if you can spot it haha.

    Hint.
    Search for any music artist.
    I'm a bit slow. Is the joke that you search Youtube and then you search for the joke for ages but all along the joke was that there actually is no joke?


  • #59
    IamNotNumber
    Closed Accounts Posts: 450 ✭✭IamNotNumber


    Check the' did you mean ' suggestions for any artist you are searching for


  • #60
    Shannon757
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,847 ✭✭✭✭Shannon757


    blackwhite wrote: »
    Google Maps have pacman on it today :pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac:

    Yesterday too.


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  • #61
    IamNotNumber
    Closed Accounts Posts: 450 ✭✭IamNotNumber


    Day is almost over another aspect to the youtube aprils fools day jokes that I didnt know about till now.Press the button repeatedly to create your own mini mix.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpsWyQpCFLc


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