April fool’s

I missed out on celebrating April fool’s day – the tragedy – but when this is the standard of practical jokes this year, I’m not at all regretful.

19 Responses to “ April fool’s ”

Comments:

Iain says:
April 2nd, 2007 at 9:31 am

Oh come on it was topical, it hurt nobody, and the only ones to take any offence were lefties who, for just a minute, bought it.
The ability to laugh at the most drastic events is one of the shining lights of the Aussie psyche.
Thanks for the link by the way
Cheers
Iain
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Jaŋari says:
April 2nd, 2007 at 11:12 am

I’ll admit you did have me going, that is, until the direct quote from Terry Hicks. You never get a direct quote in an article that opens with Reports are beginning to emerge….
It’s fair enough to have a crack at someone who didn’t break any laws and lost five years of his life and probably a lot of his mental health because of it, but what offended me mostly was your intro: Maybe it is some sort of justice after all….

That said, I’m not going to let this post become a right versus left, all-in brawl. There are plenty of other avenues for that.

Iain says:
April 2nd, 2007 at 12:01 pm

The whole thing was meant to be light hearted and lacking in malice, you are the second lefty blog to comment on it and have treated it a bit kinder than the other one did the hit rate for the post was pretty good, so I feel that the post was a success as far as fools day jokes go .
I have added your blog to my “blog surfer “list and I will keep an eye on how things develop here because I actually seek out a chance to debate the issues .
Cheers
Iain

Jaŋari says:
April 2nd, 2007 at 12:04 pm

Grr, I feel I lost this argument.

The rumours must be true, you are formidable.

Iain says:
April 2nd, 2007 at 3:02 pm

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Cooper says:
April 2nd, 2007 at 4:53 pm

Apparently Iain was swept away in the tsunami which struck the eastern coast today, in an ironic and tragic event.

I’ve got the scoop over at my blog.

Iain says:
April 2nd, 2007 at 7:41 pm

Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated (emoticon censored)

Jaŋari says:
April 2nd, 2007 at 10:18 pm

So, your condition has been upgraded to… alive?

Iain says:
April 3rd, 2007 at 5:52 am

Yes, the last time I checked I was still alive (emoticon censored)

Cooper says:
April 3rd, 2007 at 9:41 am

You’re living on borrowed time, Hall, the Big Macs are a comin’ for you.

Iain says:
April 3rd, 2007 at 10:15 am

Cooper I’m safe then as I usually prefer Quarter Pounders (emoticon censored)

Jaŋari says:
April 3rd, 2007 at 10:29 am

Okay, I’m censoring emoticons from now on.

Jaŋari says:
April 3rd, 2007 at 10:33 am

…retroactively, just like terrorism laws.

Iain says:
April 3rd, 2007 at 11:40 am

Why???

Jaŋari says:
April 3rd, 2007 at 12:22 pm

Because I’m an aesthetic fascist.

Iain says:
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:06 pm

Well that proves my long held belief that there is no essential difference between the hard left and the hard right, at least in terms of a tendency to totalitarian thought….(imagine a smiley here)
I am of course reading a lot into your choice of Lenin’s profile here. (Imagine a winking smiley here)

Jangari says:
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:40 pm

Yeah, you are reading a little too much into it.

I think it’s a brilliant illustration first and foremost, but it also resembles slightly my own profile, or, how I would like my profile to look. Finally, it matches the colours of the banner.

And no, it proves nothing; I was clearly being facetious. Having said that I think that left vs. right is one axis and totalitarian vs. democratic is another, and that they are independent variables with respect to each other. But I’m a linguist, not a politician (unaesthetic wink).

Iain says:
April 3rd, 2007 at 4:01 pm

Well given this topic I’m being rather light hearted as well; I chose the image of Shiva for my avatar and I’m not a Hindu (big cheesy Grin here)