Best ever April Fool

[Whistler40145]

What's the best ever April Fool you've had a good old chuckle at?

I will never forget in RAIL Magazine that Railtours were going to be hauled by Track Machines!


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[221129]

I doubt the best ever but a couple from recently were Google Nose this year!! And a few years ago my headteacher said that Rio Ferdinand would be taking the Year 9s PE lessons if all students were well behaved!!

 

[Flamingo]

When I looked at my diagram for today I had to check the date - unfortunately it was not an Aprils Fool!

 

[Whistler40145]

Selling Blackpool Tower for scrap was a good one.


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[ReverendFozz]

I liked the Suns April Fool, about the Carling Cup getting wider goals to prevent boring draws and penalties

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepag...ake-goals-bigger-if-ties-need-extra-time.html

 

[swj99]

I remember years ago TVS news announced plans to refloat HMS Victory in Portsmouth.

 

[Ploughman]

Inverted Guinness with a Black head.
The contact number on the ad was the advertising company that turned down the contract.

 

[D841 Roebuck]

The best railway one was many years ago (early '80s?) in Steam Railway magazine.

Apparently City of Truro was to be painted black...

Cue a plethora of ranting and frothing in the letters column from furious GWR types making wild accusations of heresy and sacrilege, and best of all a (tongue in cheek) letter decrying the wasting of good LNWR black paint on "oddly shaped engines"...

 

[richw]

And a few years ago my headteacher said that Rio Ferdinand would be taking the Year 9s PE lessons if all students were well behaved!!

This would make me misbehave. There are numerous better role models who could be used. Personally I have no time for Rio and some of his background issues. (this is without even considering recent issues)

 

[221129]

This would make me misbehave. There are numerous better role models who could be used. Personally I have no time for Rio and some of his background issues. (this is without even considering recent issues)

At that school most year 9 boys were the sporty football types....

 

[richw]

At that school most year 9 boys were the sporty football types....

As am I. But I have little respect for Rio.

 

[Bevan Price]

Now many years ago, but the spaghetti trees on BBC TV (with the late Richard Dimbleby) are hard to beat.

 

[TheEdge]

The best railway one was many years ago (early '80s?) in Steam Railway magazine.

Apparently City of Truro was to be painted black...

Cue a plethora of ranting and frothing in the letters column from furious GWR types making wild accusations of heresy and sacrilege, and best of all a (tongue in cheek) letter decrying the wasting of good LNWR black paint on "oddly shaped engines"...

Wasn't it actually painted half black at the SVR?

 

[12CSVT]

In 1986, Rail Enthusiast magazine mentioned that 31200 was being named 'Railtour Enterprise'. The funniest bit of the story wasn't the April fool itself, but a rival magazine listing the ficticious naming in its 'stock changes' column.

More recently one of the magazines (I think it was Heritage Railway) had a story that water troughs were being laid on the Great Western Main Line for steam specials.

 

[ATW Alex 101]

Crewe heritage centre put on Facebook that the APT is running today for the first time in a while and although not under it's own power, it will be at Euston. I fell hook-line-sinker for it and told my dad and then it suddenly clicked, it was 1st of April.

Not April fools but something else that got me completely and that I fell for was David's dodgy Facebook link in this post in this thread. Sent him an angry message and then he replied and I'd completely fell for his little prank Completely had me on that one

 

[185]

Several shenanigans in the depot yesterday. I only received three death threats by lunchtime, which is an improvement on previous years.... I expect my locker to be relocated to the car park my pigeon hole to be filled (completely) with used tickets when I book on for my next shift. Quite predictable :roll:

 

[chris89]

Wasn't it actually painted half black at the SVR?

Correct it was Half Painted on one side, just before going to be rebuilt. Also believe stuck 9F style Smoke deflectors onto it as well?

 

[Ivo]

One of two. Either a story about a penguin found on the Thames in London a few years ago (in a certain rubbish red top), or a certain text message I received yesterday which was ruined by me having my phone off until 15:45.

Sorry to the person on here who sent said text message

 

[GatwickDepress]

and best of all a (tongue in cheek) letter decrying the wasting of good LNWR black paint on "oddly shaped engines"...

Absolutely brilliant! Probably my favourite thing on this thread.

 

[LE Greys]

One I fell for a few years ago on the BBC, the Grand National and the Derby will alternate venues every year from now on. I announced it to everyone in a certain Bournemouth boarding house, and some of them fell for it as well (not many were Radio 4 listeners, they thought I had made it up).