Why You Can’t Blog On April 1st
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Yes it’s April 1st, also known as April Fools Day. It is a day when the commission of practical jokes and hoaxes is accepted among most people who have a sense of humor. But on this day, it is next to impossible to try to blog about stuff since most of the news articles may or may not be a hoax.
This morning I say articles being written about Microsoft finally buying Yahoo. Then one about Google buying a company that doesn’t exist. Another story said that the Chinese must approve the Microsoft-Yahoo deal along with the EU and others. I even read that Microsoft has finally convinced 86% of people that it’s new standard dubbed XXML or something similar and that these folks were forced into it.
The one bad thing about April Fools jokes is that they are dependent on the gullible in order to be successful. With this in mind, I think it is a good day to hide out and do as few posts as possible in an attempt to not embarrass myself.
On a non-April Fools joke day, I did receive one piece of good news. Microsoft was generous enough to select me once again as a MVP for the 5th year in a row. NO JOKE! REALLY!
Have a good day.
Comments welcome.
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2 Comments
Jeremy
April 1st, 2008
at 5:53pm
Yeah, April Fool’s day jokes can get a little out of hand at times.
I still remember when one site did a prank story about a guy who got arrested for playing the stock market too well. He said he was from the future and knew how the stocks were gonna go ahead of time and was quoted saying that “there was too much money to be made by coming back”. That story spread to a lot of serious news sites as actual news…it was funny yet sad at the same time…
Ron Schenone
April 2nd, 2008
at 5:13am
Hi Jeremy,
I hear you. It was hard to figure out what was truth and what was fallacy. I agree that some jokes were taken to far and lost their humor.