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Post by patred on Apr 1, 2011 10:19:44 GMT
Happy Boards....
I've resisted it so far....
a classic April fool from the past
1976: The British astronomer Patrick Moore announced on BBC Radio 2 that at 9:47 AM a once-in-a-lifetime astronomical event was going to occur that listeners could experience in their very own homes. The planet Pluto would pass behind Jupiter, temporarily causing a gravitational alignment that would counteract and lessen the Earth's own gravity. Moore told his listeners that if they jumped in the air at the exact moment that this planetary alignment occurred, they would experience a strange floating sensation. When 9:47 AM arrived, BBC2 began to receive hundreds of phone calls from listeners claiming to have felt the sensation. One woman even reported that she and her eleven friends had risen from their chairs and floated around the room.
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Post by Furry Frank The Combat Wombat on Apr 1, 2011 10:29:36 GMT
I have now...it's not very interesting.
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Post by patred on Apr 1, 2011 10:36:00 GMT
I have now...it's not very interesting. It has to be an April fools joke surely ? |
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Post by Furry Frank The Combat Wombat on Apr 1, 2011 11:52:30 GMT
If it is, it's a very dull one...
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2011 11:58:42 GMT
Well I wish you'd just tell me rather than try to engage my enthusiasm.
- Marvin, the Paranoid Android
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