Religions > Atheism > OT: April Fools That Are True. I Liked The Nuclear Chickens, Personally....
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"Therion Ware" |
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01 Apr 2004 05:08:29 AM |
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OT: April Fools That Are True. I Liked The Nuclear Chickens, Personally.... |
10 stories that could be pranks - but aren't
Today is 1 April, when jokers set out to fool and the rest of us are
on our guard. But some seemingly spoof stories are true, including
this selection of our favourites.
1. Plans to fill a nuclear landmine with chickens to regulate its
temperature were considered during the Cold War. Officials at the
National Archives say it is coincidence the secret plan was revealed
on 1 April.
2. By the time it is finished in 2008, the upgraded West Coast main
line will have cost £10bn - £3bn more than it will take NASA to put
another man on the moon, the Guardian reports.
3. A Viagra-for-votes scandal has forced a member of the Brazilian
Congress out of office. The anti-impotency drug was handed out to
"buy" voters' loyalty by a doctor working on the candidate's behalf at
a political rally.
4. Student chiefs at Hull University have reportedly threatened to ban
a student Christian Union because it doesn't admit non-believers such
as atheists. Opponents say the move is political correctness gone mad.
5. Politician on high horse shock! But MP James Gray took the concept
literally, riding into Parliament to protest against exports of live
horses. He is the first MP to exercise a right to ride his steed into
the precincts of the Commons since Sir Arthur Samuel in 1920.
6. Forget about using a pen to sign a credit card slip. In the future,
you could be authorise payments by simply moving your finger over your
flexible friend in a unique "gesture", a leading professor at MIT
says.
7. Serbo-Bradfordian and Afro-Bristolian are apparently two dialects
under discussion at a UK conference on the explosion in new forms of
speech. Delegates will also discuss the spread of phrases like
"bigging up".
8. Pop queen Kylie Minogue has an unlikely passion for housework. "I
do like a good dust. I get my Marigolds on and have a fantastic
frenzy," she tells Elle magazine.
9. Germany's surprise win in the 1954 football World Cup is claimed to
have been a fix. A new book and TV documentary says the side was given
performance-boosting drugs. But furious players have denied cheating,
and a team doctor says the injections administered were vitamin C.
10. The F1 tradition of spraying champagne from the winner's podium
has been banned at Sunday's inaugural Bahrain Grand Prix. Alcohol and
scantily-clad "pit girls" are not be appreciated in the Islamic
country, officials say.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/magazine/3589239.stm
Published: 2004/04/01 10:39:06 GMT
© BBC MMIV
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