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That headline reminded me of the old BBC prank: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVo_wkxH9dU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVo_wkxH9dU The spaghetti tree hoa
by blakesterz 5y ago
That headline reminded me of the old BBC prank:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVo_wkxH9dU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVo_wkxH9dU
The spaghetti tree hoax is a famous 3-minute hoax report broadcast on April Fools' Day 1957 by the BBC current affairs programme Panorama. It told a tale of a family in southern Switzerland harvesting spaghetti from the fictitious spaghetti tree, broadcast at a time when this Italian dish was not widely eaten in the UK and some Britons were unaware that spaghetti is a pasta made from wheat flour and water. Hundreds of viewers phoned into the BBC, either to say the story was not true, or wondering about it, with some even asking how to grow their own spaghetti trees. Decades later CNN called this broadcast "the biggest hoax that any reputable news establishment ever pulled."
Or the Pizza Farm from Funny or Die!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0weSjPKi4cs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0weSjPKi4cs
- KineticLensman 5y agoThe Guardian had a similar April fool about the island of San Serriffe [0], “a small archipelago, its main islands grouped roughly in the shape of a semicolon, in the Indian Ocean”, which was apparently celebrating 10 years of independence. But coming back to roaming Pizzas. Another anecdotal food myth (in the UK) is the haggis that roam the Scottish highlands. They allegedly have shorter legs on one side so that it is easer to go round and round the hills. [0] https://www.theguardian.com/gnmeducationcentre/archive-educational-resource-april-2012 https://www.theguardian.com/gnmeducationcentre/archive-educa...
- jfk13 5y agoHey, San Serriffe is not to be taken lightly. It even has a central bank; you can check the current balances here: https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/boss.html https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/boss.html
- dspillett 5y agoOr the episode of the original Dangermouse where herds of bagpipe were stolen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln4JOPb20l0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln4JOPb20l0
- legerdemain 5y agoDo not feed the house hippo: https://youtu.be/NBfi8OEz0rA https://youtu.be/NBfi8OEz0rA
- fanf2 5y agoThere are even restaurants called “Spaghetti Tree” named after this ancient joke
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