April Fools Jokes

[K]

Anyone done anything good? I posted the following on my friend's apartment door:

TO: (name), TENANT of
   Apartment (number)
   (address)
   Boulder, CO 80303

   YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED That pursuant to the lease or rental agreement under which you now hold the possession of the hereinafter described premises, there is now due, unpaid, and delinquent rent in the total sum of TWELVE HUNDRED ($1,200.00) representing rent due from 01-JAN-2005 through 01-APR-2005.
   YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED That within THREE (3) days after service of this notice you must pay the amount of said rent in full or quit said premises and deliver up the possession of the same to the undersigned or (our landlord), who is authorized to receive possession of the same, or the undersigned will institute legal proceedings for the unlawful detainer against you to recover possession of said premises, and to recover rent and damages.
   YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED That by this Notice the undersigned does not elect to declare a forfeiture of said lease or rental agreement if said rent is not paid in full within the said THREE (3) days.




   THE PREMISES HEREIN REFERRED To are situated in the City of Boulder, State of Colorado, designated by the number and street as (address).
Dated this
X________________
The only way you can stop this eviction is if you have a Judge sign and issue an order to show cause. You may call the Legal Aid Society or obtain this order yourself at the Civil Court of Boulder County. If you are a senior citizen and require legal assistance you may contact the Boulder County Department of Senior Citizens in Lafayette.

[Thing]

About a month ago the cleaning lady left one of our office doors unlocked.  Somebody that night came in and stole the laptop sitting on the bookkeepers desk.  We replaced it and she now locks it up in a filing cabinet.  Last night, before I left, I took the laptop and hid it, leaving a note thanking her for the new laptop. 

./edit  She should be discovering the note right about now.

[shout]

I am guessing s0me0ne in vL has a 1337 sense 0f hum0r. All the frickin' 0s were replaced with zer0s, then wtf is g0ing 0n with tags. ARG.

But my sig still works.

[CrAz3D]

Tags aren't right because there are o's in the tag itself


Notice how my above comment had no os, except the 1.

[iago]

http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4041.txt?number=4041 (you will, of course, have to change the .org to not have a zero)

1.1.  Conventions Used in This Document

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
   document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119 [RFC2119].

   The key words "SHALT", "SHALT NOT", "SMITE", and "PILLAR OF SALT" in
   this document are to be interpreted as expected.

[CrAz3D]

What is that?  An extensive joke?

[iago]

Yeah, there's a prank RFC every year, ranging from a pigeon protocol to the "Evil bit", etc.

[CrAz3D]

RFC?

[K]

My friend came back from class and fell for it hardcore.  He took my fake eviction notice down to the office and was like "what the fuck is this?" to the lady working at the desk, who had to explain to him that it was obviously a joke.

Now he feels like the biggest sucker in the world.

Success!

[Blaze]

Congrats.

[iago]

Well, this was going to be a joke that never went through:

-------- Original Message --------
Subject:     RE: Battle.net Login Server (BNLS) technology
Date:     Wed, 30 Mar 2005 08:54:13 -0600
From:     [email protected]
To:     [email protected]

Organization:
Valhalla's Legends

Software:
Battle.net Login Server (BNLS)

Dear Sir or Madam,

Recently, we have received an increasing amount of feedback from our customers in regard to the probable copyright infringement of Diablo, Diablo II, Starcraft, Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition, Warcraft III and World of Warcraft products (each, a "Program") on the Internet. We here at Blizzard share the concerns that many gamers are voicing. In this regard, we have contacted one of your users in connection with the aforementioned site and the infringement of Blizzard intellectual property.

Please note that all title, ownership, and intellectual property rights in and to each Program and any and all copies thereof (including, but not limited to, any titles, computer code, objects, characters, character names, stories, dialog, catch phrases, locations, artwork, animations, sounds, musical compositions, audio-visual effects, methods of operation, any related documentation, and "applets" incorporated into a Program) are owned by Blizzard Entertainment or its licensors. Each Program is protected by the trademark and copyright laws of the United States, international copyright treaties and conventions, and other laws. Blizzard reserves all rights in each Program, except those rights granted by Blizzard in writing. Each Program contains certain licensed materials, and Blizzard's licensors may protect their rights or rely on Blizzard to protect those rights in the event of any violation of the end user license agreement and copyright law.  As part of our effort to protect all proprietary rights related to Diablo, Diablo II, Starcraft, Warcraft, Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition, Warcraft III and World of Warcraft, we would like you to promptly remove all materials infringing onand/or all materials which allow others to infringe on the copyrights and/or trademarks of Blizzard Entertainment's products from the aforementioned site which you host or disable access to such site. This includes any unauthorized software, artwork, images, sounds or derivative works thereof that may be on the aforementioned site. Additionally, we would appreciate it if you would communicate this request to those individuals involved in the creation and maintenance of your web site. Please be advised that at this time you have forty eight (48) hours in which to comply with our request otherwise we will be forced to pursue formal action.

We would like to thank you in advance for choosing to work with us in a
unified effort to promote the integrity of our games and the well being of our online gaming community.

If you require formal notice pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright (DMCA), please let us know and we will have our attorney provide such notice.

Regards,
Anti-Piracy Team

Blizzard Entertainment
http://www.blizzard.com/support

If you respond to this email, please attach all previous messages and files
relating to this issue.

it could have been interesting :/

[UserLoser.]

RE:?  So [email protected] would have first sent an email about BNLS?

[Blaze]

Well, this was going to be a joke...

If Grok posted that 5 days ago it would have been good.

[Newby]

If Grok posted that 5 days ago it would have been good.

It was probably supposed to be played out while StealthBot was being harassed.

[Arta]

IANA should think carefully about the protection of their immortal souls.

*grin*