In article , (Earl
Evleth) wrote:


1999 : la radio BBC 4 affirme à ses auditeurs que
l'hymne national anglais "God save the Queen"
va être prochainement remplacé par un chant européen
en allemand. Des milliers d'auditeurs appellent
l'antenne, scandalisés.

Probably the best ones ever in Britain were the famous TV "spaghetti
trees" news bulletin on the plight of pasta farmers, and the Guardian
newspaper's supplement on the island nation of San Seriffe (think:
typography). I also fondly remember a Financial Times revelation that
cricket was invented by the ancient Greeks, a successful April Fool
because it was played entirely straight.

In recent years they seem to have become less common. Or maybe the world i
s weirder and I just can't identify them so easily. The Times today has a
BMW ad that I'm fairly sure is a spoof, but nothing I could see in
editorial.