April Fools Day 2019

Seen any pranks out & about today or on the internet? Share them here! :slight_smile:

BBC iPlayer

British Transport Police

http://media.btp.police.uk/r/16372/smelly_food_banned_following_ground_breaking_brit

Chip

Formula 1

The Guardian

Google

Lego

McDonalds

MoneySavingExpert

Razer

https://www.razer.com/campaigns/razer-ping

Stack Overflow

They’ve taken a trip back to the 90s…
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55449788/quartz-net-3-0-scheduling-is-incorrect

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Big question is what - if anything - is Monzo doing? :thinking::laughing:

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Releasing cheque imaging.

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Stack Overflow is rolling back to the 90s.

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I actually got halfway through this article before I recognised it as an April Fool :upside_down_face:

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One from Razer …

https://www.razer.com/campaigns/razer-ping

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The disclaimer is hilarious:
Disclaimers

ChipLead will not fit into most (or any) payment terminals. Contactless payment functionality is unavailable due to the signal insulating properties of lead. Mild poisoning may occur if you lick the card or sweat excessively whilst holding it.

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Great one here from MSE:

Particularly love these two paragraphs:

"One family of MoneySavers based in the Oxford area claimed their meter had twice changed the TV channel to tune into University Challenge, and had once even blurted out an answer via an Amazon Echo smart speaker.

Another MoneySaver in Glasgow told us their smart meter appeared to have developed patriotic tendencies, and on several occasions had set ‘Flower of Scotland’ to start playing through the household speaker system."

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British Transport Police have banned smelly food on trains:

http://media.btp.police.uk/r/16372/smelly_food_banned_following_ground_breaking_brit

Also McDonalds:

iPlayer: