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Made in jp
[MOD]
Anti-piracy Officer






Somewhere in south-central England.

As everyone knows today is April Fool's Day, when many newspapers and broadcasters put out an amusing, plausible but fake story.

If you spot a good one, put it in this thread inside a spoiler tag.

From The Observer and Guardina...

I'm writing a load of fiction. My latest story starts here... This is the index of all the stories...

We're not very big on official rules. Rules lead to people looking for loopholes. What's here is about it. 
   
Made in gb
Wrathful Warlord Titan Commander





Ramsden Heath, Essex

Not new but I watch a BBC classic this morning that made me laugh again. I actually saw this first time around.


How do you promote your Hobby? - Legoburner "I run some crappy wargaming website " 
   
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Secret Force Behind the Rise of the Tau




USA

HornHub. No direct link for obvious reasons. I offer this SFW alternative.

Honestly gotta say I didn't think they'd top CornHub, but well this just might be funnier XD

   
Made in us
Contagious Dreadnought of Nurgle





From the independent:
Spoiler:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-deletes-twitter-tweeting-white-house-social-media-a8282956.html


This got my wife.

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 insaniak wrote:
Sometimes, Exterminatus is the only option.
And sometimes, it's just a case of too much scotch combined with too many buttons...
 
   
Made in gb
Veteran Inquisitorial Tyranid Xenokiller





Watch Fortress Excalibris

These days, it's hard to find a news story that doesn't sound like a ludicrous April Fool's hoax...

A little bit of righteous anger now and then is good, actually. Don't trust a person who never gets angry. 
   
Made in gb
Contagious Dreadnought of Nurgle





Lego

 insaniak wrote:
Sometimes, Exterminatus is the only option.
And sometimes, it's just a case of too much scotch combined with too many buttons...
 
   
Made in jp
[MOD]
Anti-piracy Officer






Somewhere in south-central England.

The Grauniad roundup of the best fake stories:

https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2018/apr/01/april-fools-day-best-of-the-days-seasonal-fake-news

Spoiler:
Chocolate mayonnaise sounds like a pretty good product to me!

I'm writing a load of fiction. My latest story starts here... This is the index of all the stories...

We're not very big on official rules. Rules lead to people looking for loopholes. What's here is about it. 
   
Made in us
Longtime Dakkanaut




On a surly Warboar, leading the Waaagh!

Donald Trump is POTUS...I would have nominated this as the April Fool's news joke but...(sigh).
   
Made in us
Ragin' Ork Dreadnought




Monarchy of TBD

Get back in the US politics thread! Not that you're wrong, of course.....

Back on topic, this is simply glorious.

https://videosift.com/wtf/video/4d6-Me-Stat-Discovery-Kit-from-ThinkGeek

Klawz-Ramming is a subset of citrus fruit?
Gwar- "And everyone wants a bigger Spleen!"
Mercurial wrote:
I admire your aplomb and instate you as Baron of the Seas and Lord Marshall of Privateers.
Orkeosaurus wrote:Star Trek also said we'd have X-Wings by now. We all see how that prediction turned out.
Orkeosaurus, on homophobia, the nature of homosexuality, and the greatness of George Takei.
English doesn't borrow from other languages. It follows them down dark alleyways and mugs them for loose grammar.

 
   
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Longtime Dakkanaut




Halandri

I heard some middle eastern dude rose from the dead after being crucified yesterday.

Thats a pretty nifty trick.

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Pragmatic Primus Commanding Cult Forces






nareik wrote:
I heard some middle eastern dude rose from the dead after being crucified yesterday.

Thats a pretty nifty trick.

I think you might be a bit behind on the news...

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Wrathful Warlord Titan Commander





Ramsden Heath, Essex

But what’s amazing was that he was white and not brown...

How do you promote your Hobby? - Legoburner "I run some crappy wargaming website " 
   
 
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