Back to the articleI was taken in... #
Posted Tuesday 1st April 2008 12:23 GMT
until the third paragraph. Didn't bother reading the rest.
Jimmy Wales resigns from Wikipedia
Too late was the cry #
Posted Tuesday 1st April 2008 12:23 GMT
you posted the story at 12:02pm, thus meaning you are the fool.
Well, the icon... #
Posted Tuesday 1st April 2008 12:23 GMT
...says most of it... Best one so far...
April Fool #
Posted Tuesday 1st April 2008 12:23 GMT
It's after 12 o'clock now, making you the fool, not us...
A title is required - WHY??? #
Posted Tuesday 1st April 2008 12:23 GMT
Thanks for this; after a late night pratting around with RedHat, I needed a laugh
62 minutes too late? #
Posted Tuesday 1st April 2008 12:23 GMT
I got as far as "In a candid interview with The Register" before I twigged!
Unsure #
Posted Tuesday 1st April 2008 12:30 GMT
Hmmm, you realise that, with a published date of 12:02PM this makes the author an April fool as UK April fool is only until midday. Unless this is actually legit, which I doubt, considering how much Wales was enjoying his expense account.
Fools... #
Posted Tuesday 1st April 2008 12:30 GMT
.. we been all fools stone is the way forward not Web 2.0 lol
Nice one guys
Gone but not forgotten #
Posted Tuesday 1st April 2008 12:30 GMT
How sad to see Jimmy leave like this. I hope he didn't feel compelled to resign because of all the horrid stories El Reg kept publishing about him.
</fool>
if only #
Posted Tuesday 1st April 2008 12:30 GMT
would seriously decrease the amount of stuff the reg could write about
Published Tuesday 1st April 2008 12:02 GMT #
Posted Tuesday 1st April 2008 12:30 GMT
Is that 7 years bad luck, or just time differences... :D
*Mourns* #
Posted Tuesday 1st April 2008 12:37 GMT
Oh Why oh why oh why,
Such sadness fills my heart,i weep at this terrible news,
Ahh,I have come undone,what is me but a mere shell of a man in the face of such
dreadful knowledge,
Oh help me for i fear that dread shall overtake me,
If i fall,remember me on this April day,
Paris,cause she aint kno fule
Not yet the fool... #
Posted Tuesday 1st April 2008 12:44 GMT
Apparently the Author is in San Fransisco, where it would be about 3-4am, on 01-04-08...so it should still be okay..
12:02 in the afternoon. #
Posted Tuesday 1st April 2008 12:54 GMT
Er, it sez GMT, so whoever called 62 minutes has the win here.
But aside from that folks, read the byline. It's from Cade in SF, GMT -8 it says here, cut the poor beggar some slack. Nobody gets up at sparrow chirp just to avoid being taken to task by pedants.
Besides, it's funny and worth stretching a point for........
Lightened my day, anyway #
Posted Tuesday 1st April 2008 12:54 GMT
Quote: "In a candid interview with The Register, Wales said he intends to join the brotherhood of Franciscan Friars, taking the traditional vows of poverty, celibacy, and obedience"
Brilliant, just effing brilliant. I burst out laughing when I got to the bit above. :)
But wait a mo - that's about the third or fourth April Fool on the site today. Don't you Vultures have *any* work to do? On second thoughts, silly question...
A load of baloney... #
Posted Tuesday 1st April 2008 12:54 GMT
It's going to be illuminated-manuscript-o-pedia FFS
You know it's an April Fool #
Posted Tuesday 1st April 2008 13:23 GMT
...when it claims to be a Reg exclusive!
Hopeful? #
Posted Tuesday 1st April 2008 13:23 GMT
maybe it should be more of a xmas wish than an april fool?
Posted in San Francisco... #
Posted Tuesday 1st April 2008 13:23 GMT
...so it's an April Fool. It only appears to have been posted after 12 noon to GMT users ?
Heh, I took the headline seriously until I noticed it had been posted in Bootnotes.
April fools DAY #
Posted Tuesday 1st April 2008 14:01 GMT
It's called April fools DAY not April fools before noon.
On the other hand #
Posted Tuesday 1st April 2008 14:45 GMT
It made as much sense as any other story from Wikipedia-land.
I still prefer the virutal human story
Re: @Eddie - RE: Not yet the fool... #
Posted Tuesday 1st April 2008 15:03 GMT
OK, folks, we know, April Fool's ended at midday/this or other silly story is not very subtle and did not fool you not even for a second/etc. We know.
We know.
In other news, we are aware of these factors. Plus, everyone is fully up to date with the situation.
WE KNOW.
Please post something amusing about Ann Coulter now. Thanks.
We'll never forget... #
Posted Tuesday 1st April 2008 15:13 GMT
the day El Reg turned into the Onion.
Hilarious! #
Posted Tuesday 1st April 2008 15:50 GMT
I liked this story, best effort of the day!
Ann Coulter has freakish arms by the way.
@Hilarious #
Posted Tuesday 1st April 2008 21:44 GMT
"Ann Coulter has freakish arms by the way."
Just the arms!? Sheesh, she's quite all around scary no matter the angle...
Yes but... #
Posted Tuesday 1st April 2008 22:25 GMT
> OK, folks, we know, April Fool's ended at midday/this or other silly story is not very subtle and did not fool you not even for a second/etc. We know.
Yes, but perhaps you don't know why?
It's because every story by Cadz about Wikipedia sounds like a lot of bollocks...this one just happened to fall on a date that gives a half decent excuse for it :)
Pity the Fool #
Posted Wednesday 2nd April 2008 08:10 GMT
The tradition (in the UK at least) goes that if you attempt a prank after 12 noon on April 1st, you are the fool.
Paris, because we are talking about fools
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