過愚人節(jié)英文：十大經(jīng)典愚人節(jié)玩笑TheSwissSpaghettiHarvest瑞士面條樹Spaghettiharvest1957：TherespectedBBCnewsshowPanoramaannouncedthatthankstoaverymildwinterandthevirtualeliminationofthedreadedspaghettiweevil,Swissfarmerswereenjoyingabumperspaghetticrop.ItaccompaniedthisannouncementwithfootageofSwisspeasantspullingstrandsofspaghettidownfromtrees.Hugenumbersofviewersweretakenin.ManycalledtheBBCwantingtoknowhowtheycouldgrowtheirownspaghettitree.TothistheBBCdiplomaticallyreplied,"placeasprigofspaghettiinatinoftomatosauceandhopeforthebest."1957年愚人節(jié)BBC新聞中說，瑞士的面條樹大豐收，農(nóng)民都在樹上收割面條。大量觀眾上當(dāng)受騙，打電話來咨詢面條樹的種植方法。BBC對(duì)此的回復(fù)是：把一根面條插在番茄醬里，然后就等著吧?？赟iddFinch虛擬棒球天才SiddFinch1985：SportsIllustratedpublishedastoryaboutanewrookiepitcherwhoplannedtoplayfortheMets.HisnamewasSiddFinch,andhecouldreportedlythrowabaseballat168mphwithpinpointaccuracy.Thiswas65mphfasterthanthepreviousrecord.Surprisingly,SiddFinchhadneverevenplayedthegamebefore.Instead,hehadmasteredthe"artofthepitch"inaTibetanmonasteryundertheguidanceofthe"greatpoet-saintLamaMilaraspa."Metsfanscelebratedtheirteams'amazingluckathavingfoundsuchagiftedplayer,andSportsIllustratedwasfloodedwithrequestsformoreinformation.Inrealitythislegendaryplayeronlyexistedintheimaginationoftheauthorofthearticle,GeorgePlimpton。1985年愚人節(jié)，運(yùn)動(dòng)畫刊雜志發(fā)布一條假消息，稱一個(gè)名為SiddFinch的新人棒球投球手，能投出168mph時(shí)速的球，比當(dāng)時(shí)記錄高出65山口匕而且這位新人之前都沒有玩過棒球！他在一個(gè)西藏的寺廟里學(xué)會(huì)了投球的藝術(shù)。大批棒球粉絲所以被騙。其實(shí)這個(gè)僅僅文章作者瞎編的。InstantColorTV即時(shí)彩色電視Image1962：In1962therewasonlyonetvchannelinSweden,anditbroadcastinblackandwhite.Thestation'stechnicalexpert,KjellStensson,appearedonthenewstoannouncethat,thankstoanewtechnology,viewerscouldconverttheirexistingsetstodisplaycolorreception.Alltheyhadtodowaspullanylonstockingovertheirtvscreen.Stenssonproceededtodemonstratetheprocess.Thousandsofpeopleweretakenin.RegularcolorbroadcastsonlycommencedinSwedenonApril1,1970.1962年愚人節(jié)，當(dāng)時(shí)瑞典還只有一個(gè)電視頻道，而且是黑白的。電視臺(tái)的技術(shù)人員當(dāng)天在新聞中說，彩色電視已經(jīng)研發(fā)成功，用戶只需拿一雙尼龍襪蓋在電視屏幕上就行。還真有人信了。TheTacoLibertyBell塔可自由鐘TacoLibertyBell1996：TheTacoBellCorporationannouncedithadboughttheLibertyBellandwasrenamingittheTacoLibertyBell.HundredsofoutragedcitizenscalledtheNationalHistoricParkinPhiladelphiawherethebellwashousedtoexpresstheiranger.TheirnerveswereonlycalmedwhenTacoBellrevealed,afewhourslater,thatitwasallapracticaljoke.ThebestlineofthedaycamewhenWhiteHousepresssecretaryMikeMcCurrywasaskedaboutthesale.Thinkingonhisfeet,herespondedthattheLincolnMemorialhadalsobeensold.Itwouldnowbeknown,hesaid,astheFordLincolnMercuryMemorial。1996年愚人節(jié)，塔可鐘快餐公司說他們買下了美國費(fèi)城獨(dú)立廳的大鐘，并重命名為塔可自由鐘。憤怒的市民打電話給費(fèi)城的國家歷史公園，要求確認(rèn)這個(gè)消息。幾小時(shí)后塔可鐘快餐公司承認(rèn)這僅僅個(gè)玩笑。當(dāng)天最烏龍的事件還不在此。白宮記者會(huì)秘書MikeMcCurry被問到這件事時(shí)，隨機(jī)應(yīng)變回答說，林肯紀(jì)念碑也被賣了，現(xiàn)在被命名為福特水星汽車紀(jì)念碑。SanSerriffe虛擬國家Image1977：TheBritishnewspaperTheGuardianpublishedaspecialsevensupplementdevotedtoSanSerriffe,asmallrepublicsaidtoconsistofseveralsemi-colon-shapedislandslocatedintheIndianOcean.Aseriesofarticlesaffectionatelydescribedthegeographyandcultureofthisobscurenation.ItstwomainislandswerenamedUpperCaisseandLowerCaisse.ItscapitalwasBodoni,anditsleaderwasGeneralPica.TheGuardian'sphonesrangalldayasreaderssoughtmoreinformationabouttheidyllicholidayspot.Onlyafewnoticedthateverythingabouttheislandwasnamedafterprinter'sterminology。1977年愚人節(jié)，英國衛(wèi)報(bào)發(fā)行了長達(dá)7頁的增刊，全是介紹SanSerriffe這個(gè)印度洋上的小島國的，據(jù)說那里有好幾個(gè)分號(hào)形狀的小島。文章中大肆渲染了這里的風(fēng)情和民俗，介紹了它的城市和首都，甚至總統(tǒng)的名字。當(dāng)天衛(wèi)報(bào)編輯室的電話都被讀者打爆了，大家都想知道這樣美好的度假勝地在哪。只有少數(shù)人注意到，首都名字Bodoni是印刷術(shù)語，是一種印刷字體的名稱。NixonforPresident尼克松復(fù)出1992：NationalPublicRadio'sTalkoftheNationprogramannouncedthatRichardNixon,inasurprisemove,wasrunningforPresidentagain.Hisnewcampaignsloganwas,"Ididn'tdoanythingwrong,andIwon'tdoitagain."AccompanyingthisannouncementwereaudioclipsofNixondeliveringhiscandidacyspeech.Listenersrespondedviscerallytotheannouncement,floodingtheshowwithcallsexpressingshockandoutrage.OnlyduringthesecondhalfoftheshowdidthehostJohnHockenberryrevealthattheannouncementwasapracticaljoke.Nixon'svoicewasimpersonatedbycomedianRichLittle。1992年愚人節(jié)，全國公共廣播之聲宣布，尼克松又要競選總統(tǒng)了，他的競選宣言是：我沒做錯(cuò)事；我也不會(huì)再做錯(cuò)事。新聞中還穿插了一段尼克松的講話。憤怒而驚訝的聽眾紛紛打電話來質(zhì)問。隨后主持人承認(rèn)這是假的，尼克松的聲音也是一個(gè)喜劇演員模仿的。AlabamaChangestheValueofPi圓周率值的修改1998：TheApril1998issueoftheNewMexicansforScienceandReasonnewslettercontainedanarticleclaimingthattheAlabamastatelegislaturehadvotedtochangethevalueofthemathematicalconstantpifrom3.14159tothe'Biblicalvalue'of3.0.Soonthearticlemadeitswayontotheinternet,andthenitrapidlyspreadaroundtheworld,forwardedbyemail.ItonlybecameapparenthowfarthearticlehadspreadwhentheAlabamalegislaturebeganreceivinghundredsofcallsfrompeopleprotestingthelegislation.Theoriginalarticle,whichwasintendedasaparodyoflegislativeattemptstocircumscribetheteachingofevolution,waswrittenbyphysicistMarkBoslough。1998年愚人節(jié)：NewMexicans科學(xué)技術(shù)雜志宣稱阿拉巴馬州要立法改變圓周率pi的值，很快這事被傳上網(wǎng)，通過電子郵件傳遍全世界。阿拉巴馬立法機(jī)構(gòu)所以接到無數(shù)*電話。TheLeft-HandedWhopper左撇子大漢堡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年愚人節(jié)，漢堡王在今日美國報(bào)紙上發(fā)布了真?zhèn)€版面的廣告，介紹他們的新食物：左手漢堡，據(jù)說是專為左撇子人士設(shè)計(jì)，啥都沒變，就是全部旋轉(zhuǎn)了180度（小編好奇：轉(zhuǎn)了180度有區(qū)別么？）成千上萬的顧客所以前來品嘗，而且有人要求設(shè)計(jì)“右手漢堡”。HotheadedNakedIceBorers熱性裸體鑿冰蟲HotheadedNakedIceBorer1995：DiscoverMagazinereportedthatthehighlyrespectedwildlifebiologistDr.AprilePazzohadfoundanewspeciesinAntarctica：thehotheadednakediceborer.Thesefascinatingcreatureshadbonyplatesontheirheadsthat,fedbynumerousbloodvessels,couldbecomeburninghot,allowingtheanimalstoborethroughiceathighspeeds.Theyusedthisabilitytohuntpenguins,meltingtheicebeneaththepenguinsandcausingthemtosinkdownwardsintotheresultingslushwherethehotheadsconsumedthem.Aftermuchresearch,Dr.PazzotheorizedthatthehotheadsmighthavebeenresponsibleforthemysteriousdisappearanceofnotedAntarcticexplorerPhilippePoissonin1837."Totheiceborers,hewouldhavelookedlikeapenguin,"thearticlequotedherassaying.Discoverreceivedmoremailinresponsetothisarticlethantheyhadreceivedforanyotherarticleintheirhistory。1995年愚人節(jié)。探索雜志野生動(dòng)物學(xué)家AprilePazzo博士在南極洲發(fā)現(xiàn)了一種新生物：熱性裸體鑿冰蟲。這種生物的頭上有盤狀骨頭，血液豐富，溫度很高，所以能夠穿透冰層。他們以此來捕食企鵝。Pazzo博士同時(shí)聲稱，經(jīng)過詳細(xì)調(diào)查，這種動(dòng)物與1837年南極探險(xiǎn)家PhilippePoisson的失蹤相關(guān)：“對(duì)這種蟲來說，他可能長得像企鵝?！碧剿麟s志上還從來沒有哪篇文章得到如此多的讀者反饋。PlanetaryAlignmentDecreasesGravity萬有引力消失1976：TheBritishastronomerPatrickMooreannouncedonBBCRadio2thatat9：47AMa