Real zombies with malaria?!?

[Bryan898]

Interesting news article... who woulda thunk that zombies are created by malaria?

http://65.127.124.62/south_asia/4483241.stm.htm

 

[Roudi]

Check the date on the article.

Oh, and Happy Belated April Fool's.

edit:This would have made a great promo for Land of the Dead or the upcoming Year of the Zombie

 

[Bryan898]

Check the date on the article.

LoL. I guess I have to start being on the lookout for April Fool's jokes all year round now.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Interesting news article... who woulda thunk that zombies are created by malaria?

http://65.127.124.62/south_asia/4483241.stm.htm

Hehehehehehe!

 

[Aeson]

Should a real news site like the BBC play april fools jokes? Do they even have april fools in England.

 

[Roudi]

Just because it looks like a BBC webpage does not mean the BBC is responsible for it.

The biggest giveaway is the URL. It is an IP address and does not contain "www.bbc.co.uk".

One thing about the internet is that it is very easy to copy another website's appearance. Great Aprill Fool's pranks look like something official. Plus, this isn't the first time I've seen a "BBC article" that was a prank... last year a "BBC article" reported that Britney Spears had been severely injured in a car crash. No such event occured.

 

[RangerWickett]

Pranks should be funny. I don't think faking the injury of a famous person is funny, unless it was something like Britney Spears, driving the Batmobile, being hit by a drunk driver, and then proceeding to jump out and beat up the drunk driver with her Batgirl kung fu training.

Hmm. Britney Spears as Batgirl?

By the way, I know what April Fool's prank EN World is going to run next year. If you ask nicely, I'll give you a hint.

 

[Aeson]

Oh Great and All Powerful and Knowing Ranger Wickett Sir could you if it so pleases you to share your knowledge of the April Fool's joke.

Does that work for you?

 

[Zander]

Do they even have april fools in England.

Yes. April Fools is 'celebrated' throughout the UK, not just England.

It is also observed in France and probably elsewhere in Europe. The Japanese don't observe it AFAIK but I could be wrong about that.

Should a real news site like the BBC play april fools jokes?

The BBC does play April Fools but usually they're pretty obvious. I don't know if they have them on their site.

 

[diaglo]

Yes. April Fools is 'celebrated' throughout the UK, not just England.

It is also observed in France and probably elsewhere in Europe. The Japanese don't observe it AFAIK but I could be wrong about that.

The BBC does play April Fools but usually they're pretty obvious. I don't know if they have them on their site.

my favorite from ages ago was the one with the ladies harvesting noodles from trees in italy.