Mail's April Fool - Ludicrous!

[andy-hughes]

Did anyone see the Daily Mail's pathetic 'April Fool' story on Saturday?

All the nationals traditionally sneak in a bogus story, and they are usually subtle enough to fool a lot of people.

But the idea that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle married in a Last Vegas wedding chapel was too stupid to fly for even a moment.

They used bad 'lookalikes' shot out of focus with 'Ms Markle' hiding her face.

It was a bad idea, badly executed.

That said - did anyone actually fall for it?

[murraymints]

it was a bit OTT and not as effective as the usually hidden away more subtle gags that just could/might be true !

[emmie]

didn't see it, but i wouldn't have fallen for it..

[murraymints]

emmie ..they walked down the aisle to Only Fools Fall In Love ! tee hee

[emmie]

poor Harry, i do feel sorry for him i must say.

[murraymints]

they should come to Gretna..just do it !

[Jennykenny]

Didn't see the Mail one, but was completely taken in by the Guardian's report of a polar bear who had drifted south on an ice floe and come ashore on a remote Scottish island.
Good one.

[andy-hughes]

emmie - //poor Harry, i do feel sorry for him i must say. //

Hooked up with Meghan Markle - I don't!!!

[ichkeria]

Surely Donald Trump's press conferences have ruined the concept of April Fool's Day :-)

[emmie]

he doesn't get nearly enough attention for the good work he does imo.

[emmie]

Harry, and the various charities he is involved in like sentebale and other good causes.

[jno]

I thought it was pretty good, just the sort of thing their readers like. I doubt they'd have been fooled - if it was true it would have been on pages 1 to 20, not page 96 - but they probably enjoyed the joke.

[Mamyalynne]

Oh no - should I cancel the flowers I ordered?

[jno]

and return the slice of cake they sent you, Mamya

[-Talbot-]

First I have heard of it. Like most stories from the Mail I have to rely on Mail readers like yourself putting them up on here, andy

[sp1814]

andy-hughes

It has become increasingly difficult for any newspaper or website to launch a genuinely good April Fools' story. I looked at this years' selection and most were pretty risible. Anyone with any common sense could sniff them out.

A good April Fools' joke would be slightly believeable - and the problem we have now is that we live in a time where we read newspaper sites that print so much fake news, and PR cobblers, that when April 1st comes around, it's just another day of nonsense.

[Prudie]

Plus we are all far more savvy in many ways. I don't believe for a second that the famous spaghetti trees wouldn't be ridiculed if it was suggested now.

[andy-hughes]

Prudie - //I don't believe for a second that the famous spaghetti trees wouldn't be ridiculed if it was suggested now. //

Indeed - it was a vcery different time indeed - 1958 to be precise.

I remember discussing it with my mum and dad, and they said that in those days, Richard Dimbleby was the equivalent to the voice of God - if he told you the sky was green you'd get your eyesight checked because it must a problem with your eyes that it still looks blue.

[Peter Pedant]

I liked the polar bears spotted in bonny Scawtland