http://www.tagesschau.de/inland/fdpgala100.html
The F.D.P., the only relevant other party besides conservatives and social democrats for much of post-war Germany, is floundering and is quickly disappearing from parliaments. Hence, public broadcaster ARD will hold a charity event to collect donations for the party's survival.
A rather obvious one. What other 1st of April stories are out there?
Apparently HBO is sending the first episode of season 2 of Game of Thrones, in reality it has been cancelled. It was all an elaborate april fools joke..
Peter Dinklage doing the reveal (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0)
local newspapers
- calf found with six legs
- fernado torres scores a goal
- pig used a drug dog at local airport
Tabloid homepage Oe24 (web page of free tabloid "Österreich") reports that the state secretary for integration will launch an Islam offensive which sounds realistic enough but which I guess is an April Fools Joke:
- Open Door in all mosques in Austria, probably in summer (100th anniversary of Islam being fully recognized as religion in Austria)
- Brochures about the basics of Islam
- Islam Map, with all mosques in Vienna for university students
Reason for this is trying to get more understanding and removing prejudice/fears about muslims.
The comments section is in extreme uproar about this appeasement and kow-towing to the musselmen, and ask in rather harsh tones why Austrians should adjust to Muslims and Islaimists and not vice versa (never mind that half the Muslims in Austria are Austrians. Typical Oe24 readers.
I think showing the Austrians that there are more Turks in the country at any time since 1683 is probably not the best strategy to encourage societal harmony.
Quote from: Viking on April 01, 2012, 04:33:57 AM
I think showing the Austrians that there are more Turks in the country at any time since 1683 is probably not the best strategy to encourage societal harmony.
Funny thing is that Turks are in fact only the third largest group of foreigners. 1st Place are Ex-Yugos (Serbs+Croats+Bosnians etc.), 2nd are Germans. However, they're rather concentrated in Vienna as opposed to other etnicities - similar in Germany. In our rural town I grew up with more blacks and hispanics (courtesy of the U.S. Army Battalion stationed there) than with Turks.
Vienna has about 40% people who were born abroad or who have a parent born abroad.
ad block, the firefox app, has a good one
Google's 8 bit map and Youtube's TheYouTubeCollection made me giggle.
Claude Guéant (French for Dick Cheney), announcing that voters will have to pay in order to exercise their right :lol:
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/presidentielle-il-faudra-payer-pour-voter.html (http://fr.news.yahoo.com/presidentielle-il-faudra-payer-pour-voter.html)
Quote from: Liep on April 01, 2012, 05:58:58 AM
Google's 8 bit map
I liked the inclusion of sprites for the statue of liberty and white house.
XKCD is doing a rather elaborate one. The comic changes based upon browser, window-size, OS, location and probably some other variables...
Quote from: Syt on April 01, 2012, 12:15:50 AM
A rather obvious one. What other 1st of April stories are out there?
The Guardian ran a story about Shaun Ryder of the Happy Mondays being appointed to advise Downing Street on class :lol:
It was rather spoilt in the UK this year by the government jumping the gun and playing several pranks before the actual day :mad:
Ah, see this is why I don't leave my house on April fools day. Or most other days. :(
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on April 01, 2012, 05:25:57 PM
It was rather spoilt in the UK this year by the government jumping the gun and playing several pranks before the actual day :mad:
I was going to order some stuff from the UK, but I'm waiting until you people stop acting all weird. :mad: