if you thought yesterdays story was good

i would like to apologise for my assumption that the "iceberg in Sydney" hoax was the greatest hoax in the world. it was a mere icecube in relation to this hoax one so famous it completley made everyone into a hysterical idiot

No not the War of worlds radio-play that is too famous.

i mean the pararama "spaghetti trees" hoax

for this hoax i would like to bring you on a journey on my verbal TARDIS

the 1950s
war was over
and with it came the television
with the first television rolling across britian there was mass hysteria for buying a television as the bbc promised to show the cornation of queen only on television.
during that time the televison itself, not just the programs in it was a talking point.
it was working. the public were in there hands
now to the main story
Pararama was (and still is) one of the most influencial current affairs program. Giving views on current affairs on places seem so far away. In short if it was on pararama. it must be true.
just what they wanted.
one night they were showing footage (which by today standards were obviously doctored) of a spaghetti being grown on a tree. Pasta wasn,t well known in the fifties and most people only saw spaghetti in hoops. in short they didn't know where it came from.
from footage in "swizterland" (in truth, Yorkshire) the harvest was taking place.
then the good bit. the reporter then revealed that british soil was the optimum condition for growing pasta all one had to do is plant a tin of spaghetti and within a month a fully grown tree
with a bounty of £200 worth of pasta every month
now pararama was (and still is) an hourly programme from 10pm
so imagine those who missed the programme waking up to neighbours digging and burying tins of spag hoops into the early hours of the morning
the next night - April 2nd pararama revealed the truth
APRIL FOOLS!