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Title: April 1 sillyness on the interwebs
Post by: Slide Panda on April 01, 2011, 05:30:25 AM
There's bound to be a lot - so let's have what you find..

ThinkGeek carries on their decade old tradition with some new products
http://www.thinkgeek.com/ (http://www.thinkgeek.com/)
- Funny thing is a number of their past gag items are now real due to customer demands, like the Tauntaun sleeping bag, 8-bit tie and canned unicorn meat.

From Google:
http://mail.google.com/mail/help/motion.html (http://mail.google.com/mail/help/motion.html)

And for the real gamer geek set, from Games Workshop:
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/blogPost.jsp?aId=16100001a&utm_source=VoxCaster&utm_medium=twitter&utm_term=new-blog&utm_content=new-blog&utm_campaign=VoxCaster-New-Blog-Posts (http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/blogPost.jsp?aId=16100001a&utm_source=VoxCaster&utm_medium=twitter&utm_term=new-blog&utm_content=new-blog&utm_campaign=VoxCaster-New-Blog-Posts)
Title: Re: April 1 sillyness on the interwebs
Post by: Artful on April 01, 2011, 05:35:40 AM
www.jalopnik.com (//http://) has been bought by AOL.
Title: Re: April 1 sillyness on the interwebs
Post by: DesmoDiva on April 01, 2011, 05:43:20 AM
I saw that the Bacon Junkie got married... 8)
Title: Re: April 1 sillyness on the interwebs
Post by: Slide Panda on April 01, 2011, 05:49:11 AM
Sort of a derby on myself since it's got it's own thread already but

Starbucks edition Diavel:
http://www.ducatinewstoday.com/2011/04/ducati-diavel-starbucks-special-edition/ (http://www.ducatinewstoday.com/2011/04/ducati-diavel-starbucks-special-edition/)
Title: Re: April 1 sillyness on the interwebs
Post by: IZ on April 01, 2011, 06:35:46 AM
Quote from: Sad Panda on April 01, 2011, 05:30:25 AM
Tauntaun sleeping bag,

WHAT?!  :o

Putting in an order today!   ;)

I may just have it delivered to Sacs house so I don't have to haul it to DIMBY.   [thumbsup]

/Sac is thinking..IZ_ photos of IZ_Skywalker nestled in Tauntaun after too much  [wine]  ..

Priceless!   [cheeky]
Title: Re: April 1 sillyness on the interwebs
Post by: Slide Panda on April 01, 2011, 07:06:50 AM
Oh yeah, it's quite real now:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/plush/bb2e/ (http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/plush/bb2e/)

Order today and you get a free t-shirt
Title: Re: April 1 sillyness on the interwebs
Post by: Jaman on April 01, 2011, 08:17:04 AM
http://raresportbikesforsale.com/ (http://raresportbikesforsale.com/)

some chuckles there...
Title: Re: April 1 sillyness on the interwebs
Post by: Randimus Maximus on April 01, 2011, 09:32:06 AM
http://www.autoblog.com/2011/04/01/honda-accord-crosstour-cabriolet-ready-to-take-on-nissans-tople/#continued (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/04/01/honda-accord-crosstour-cabriolet-ready-to-take-on-nissans-tople/#continued)

(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/04/cabriolet.jpg)
Title: Re: April 1 sillyness on the interwebs
Post by: Triple J on April 01, 2011, 09:39:25 AM
Quote from: Jaman on April 01, 2011, 08:17:04 AM
http://raresportbikesforsale.com/ (http://raresportbikesforsale.com/)

some chuckles there...

[laugh] [thumbsup]
Title: Re: April 1 sillyness on the interwebs
Post by: Goat_Herder on April 01, 2011, 10:41:06 AM
I hope everybody is in a sitting and secured position when reading this.  I've already fallen down a couple of times since the story broke. 

http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/rumors/mercedes-benz-purchase-ducati/ (http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/rumors/mercedes-benz-purchase-ducati/)
Title: Re: April 1 sillyness on the interwebs
Post by: mitt on April 01, 2011, 11:06:17 AM
this is pretty good

http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/uslocations/mountain-view/autocompleter/index.html (http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/uslocations/mountain-view/autocompleter/index.html)
Title: Re: April 1 sillyness on the interwebs
Post by: zooom on April 01, 2011, 12:00:20 PM
http://www.kilometermagazine.com/artman2/publish/automotive/M3_Pickup_Proves_Germans_Have_a_Strange_Sense_of_Humor.html (http://www.kilometermagazine.com/artman2/publish/automotive/M3_Pickup_Proves_Germans_Have_a_Strange_Sense_of_Humor.html)
Title: Re: April 1 sillyness on the interwebs
Post by: zooom on April 01, 2011, 12:38:25 PM
HERE'S A GOOD ONE....

F1 and MotoGP merger....

http://www.motomatters.com/news/2011/04/01/f1_and_motogp_to_merge.html (http://www.motomatters.com/news/2011/04/01/f1_and_motogp_to_merge.html)
Title: Re: April 1 sillyness on the interwebs
Post by: Punx Clever on April 01, 2011, 03:25:26 PM
That beamer is make the beast with two backsing hot.  Just what I wanted!
Title: Re: April 1 sillyness on the interwebs
Post by: Randimus Maximus on April 02, 2011, 11:37:54 AM
Autoblog's recap of the automotive related ones.

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/04/01/autoblogs-2011-april-fools-round-up/ (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/04/01/autoblogs-2011-april-fools-round-up/)