tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post4039103578990211684..comments2023-10-12T02:21:40.102-07:00Comments on English Historical Fiction Authors: April Fool!Debra Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03256313302199653185noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-48980813796481361512013-04-01T04:06:51.137-07:002013-04-01T04:06:51.137-07:00Fun post! Shared.Fun post! Shared.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-11326629221802050972013-04-01T01:12:44.148-07:002013-04-01T01:12:44.148-07:00Sorry, forgot... in the UK jokes/pranks are until ...Sorry, forgot... in the UK jokes/pranks are until noon, true, but post-noon is known as "legging up" (think prat-falls such as slipping on a banana skin) except they are not self-induced. I can still recall the grazed knees from my childhood!Linda Acasterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03096791092366530129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-36019694018442562742013-04-01T01:06:41.338-07:002013-04-01T01:06:41.338-07:00The spaghetti crop: yes we can laugh now, but it s...The spaghetti crop: yes we can laugh now, but it shows how "new" spaghetti was in the British diet of 1957. <br /><br />Great post. I love the ticket to view the "Washing of the Lions".Linda Acasterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03096791092366530129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-49306016489739135132013-03-31T13:27:01.297-07:002013-03-31T13:27:01.297-07:00I was there! Heard the spaghetti hoax live - and v...I was there! Heard the spaghetti hoax live - and very entertaining it was too. Actually the BBC was usually quite good at April Fool's day stuff. We used to be agog to hear / see what was said on the news on April 1st - trouble was they were sometimes so well done that they took us all in! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-15509246750430033462013-03-31T13:11:55.164-07:002013-03-31T13:11:55.164-07:00What a fun post! I remember a friend telling me ab...What a fun post! I remember a friend telling me about the spaghetti tree hoax. It was on "This Was The Week That Was", and showed the harvest of the spaghetti trees, with people pulling strands of spaghetti into their baskets.Elizabeth Varadan, Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01708206753256682635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-1521308827466419042013-03-31T04:03:57.151-07:002013-03-31T04:03:57.151-07:00I remember seeing a bit of the "spaghetti tre...I remember seeing a bit of the "spaghetti tree" hoax show. They had it on TV one time when discussing hoaxes, and had interviews with farmers worrying about the spaghetti crop. Another hoax show was centred around the notion that there was going to be a world disaster and the politicians and their friends were going to leave the Earth. There was some "secret" footage "proving" life on Mars, with the typical camera date showing as April 1. Before the show went on, viewers were urged to watch it till the end. No doubt they don't want a repeat of the War of the Worlds panic. :-)Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.com