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!

ah its April....

the birds are chirping.
the coat is getting off...for a while
and dentists are rubbing there hands in delight when a child who eat too much chocolate doesn't have a medical card

of course its was unless you don't have a cruel bone in your body,the first of april yesterday

and i have a story to tell you have what could be the most infamous April fools joke ever

I'm refering to the Iceberg in Sydney incident

i'll explain.

in the 1920s an australian millionaire in the mould of howard hughes,(read eccentric) claimed that he was making money on a mining operation but what and where was he mining?
gold in columba?
diamonds in south africa
no .

ice from antartica.
yes you read it right ICE!
he then said that he was going to barge a giant iceberg to syndey to his factory to be rendered into icecubes and selling them for $20 dollars each
the public argued that was too dear for an fecking icecube
but the millionairre said that a icecube pure and centuries old, would be the compliment to any drink.
the day arrived and so did the iceberg 40 ft high and wide the crowd was buying it they should have payed attention to the date:
april the first
and the weather report
Heavy rain as soon as the rain hit the "iceberg" it was revealed on the crowd.
all over the crowd.
because the ice berg was made of shaving cream and a 40 ft stack of blankets
the crowd then realised that they were covered in an elaborate hoax as the barge owned by the millionaire was christened....
APRIL FOOLS!!!