十个愚人节经典英文笑话
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The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest
The respected BBC news show Panorama announced that thanks to a
very mild winter and the virtual elimination of the dreaded spaghetti
weevil, Swiss farmers were enjoying a bumper spaghetti crop. It
accompanied this announcement with footage of Swiss peasants pulling
strands of spaghetti down from trees. Huge numbers of viewers were
taken in. Many called the BBC wanting to know how they could grow
their own spaghetti tree. To this the BBC diplomatically replied,
sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best.
Sid Finch
Sports Illustrated published a story about a new rookie pitcher who
planned to play for the Mets. His name was Sidd Finch, and he could
reportedly throw a baseball at 168 mph with pinpoint accuracy. This was
65 mph faster than the previous record. Surprisingly, Sidd Finch had
never even played the game before. Instead, he had mastered the
the pitch
poet-saint Lama Malarias.
luck at having found such a gifted player, and Sports Illustrated was
flooded with requests for more information. In reality this legendary
player only existed in the imagination of the author of the article, George
Plimpton
。
Instant Color TV
In 1962 there was only one TV channel in Sweden, and it broadcast in
black and white. The station's technical expert, Knell Stemson, appeared
on the news to announce that, thanks to a new technology, viewers could
convert their existing sets to display color reception. All they had to do
was pull a nylon stocking over their TV screen. Stemson proceeded to
demonstrate the process. Thousands of people were taken in. Regular
color broadcasts only commenced in Sweden on April 1, 1970.
The Taco Liberty Bell
The Taco Bell Corporation announced it had bought the Liberty Bell and
was renaming it the Taco Liberty Bell. Hundreds of outraged citizens
called the National Historic Park in Philadelphia where the bell was
housed to express their anger. Their nerves were only calmed when Taco
Bell revealed, a few hours later, that it was all a practical joke. The best
line of the day came when White House press secretary Mike McCurry
was asked about the sale. Thinking on his feet, he responded that the
Lincoln Memorial had also been sold. It would now be known, he said, as
the Ford Lincoln Mercury Memorial
。
San Sherriff
The British newspaper The Guardian published a special seven-page
supplement devoted to San Sherriff, a small republic said to consist of
several semi-colon-shaped islands located in the Indian Ocean. A series
of articles affectionately described the geography and culture of this
obscure nation. Its two main islands were named Upper Cuisse and
Lower Cuisse. Its capital was Bodoni, and its leader was General Pica.
The Guardian's phones rang all day as readers sought more information
about the idyllic holiday spot. Only a few noticed that everything about
the island was named after printer's terminology
。
Nixon for President
1992: National Public Radio's Talk of the Nation program announced that
Richard Nixon, in a surprise move, was running for President again. His
new campaign slogan was,
again.
delivering his candidacy speech. Listeners responded viscerally to the
announcement, flooding the show with calls expressing shock and
outrage. Only during the second half of the show did the host John
Huckleberry reveal that the announcement was a practical joke. Nixon's
voice was impersonated by comedian Rich Little.
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