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1957 – Spaghetti Bumper Crop

Panorama, a BBC news show, broadcast a report

from Switzerland, where farmers were enjoying a

bumper spaghetti crop. It showed Swiss peasants

pulling strands of spaghetti down from trees.

HOAX n [C]

a false warning about something

dangerous

a bomb hoax

hoax calls (=telephone calls giving false

information) to the police

an attempt to make people believe

something that is not true

an elaborate hoax

I got an email about another computer

virus, but I'm pretty sure it's just a hoax.

To everybody's great relief, the bomb

scare turned out to be a hoax.

The actual broadcast is available on the BBC’s website:

news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/70000/video/_70980_aprilfool_vi.ram

(You need the RealVideo player to see it.)

1993 – Asterix Village Found _(X)_

hoax [ verb ], hoaxer [ noun, person ]

to pull sb’s leg [ informal ] – to make a joke

by telling sb sth that is not actually true

to play a joke/trick on sb – to do sth to sb as

a joke or trick

I was trying to play a joke on you.

1994 Drunk Driving on the Net _(Z)_

1994 – Chewy Vodka Bars ___

1995 – Lenin in France? ___

(X) “The expedition of

archaeologists, led by Professor

Barry Cunliffe (Oxford University)

and Dr. Patrick Galliou (the

Univesity of Brest), discovered a

2000-year-old settlement. It is

situated near Lannion (France),

almost precisely in the location

where Rene Goscinny, the cartoon’s

creator, had placed it. One of the

most important discoveries was a

collection of Iron Age menhirs

(standing stones), as well as Celtic

coins with the image of a wild boar.

(Independent)

1996 – Safer Beverages ___

1997 – Internet Spring Cleaning ___

1998 – Burger King’s Innovation ___

1999 – United Europe ___

1999 – True Age of Celebrity ___

2000 – Sox Diet ___

(Z) “A new bill concerning the

internet is going through Congress.

According to the bill, using the

network while drunk will be illegal.

Similarly, it will be illegal to discuss

sexual matters. The FBI will be

allowed to tap the phone line of any

person breaking the new regulations.

To receive further information

contact Lirpa Sloof, giving the

reference number of the bill —

040194.”

2001 – Titanic in England ___

2002 – Whistling Carrots ___

2003 – ???

2004 – ???

(PCComputing)

Adapted from the The Museum of Hoaxes ( http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/ )

Definitions from Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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