Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site loral.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!sdcrdcf!sdcsvax!sdccs6!loral!simard From: simard@loral.UUCP (Ray Simard) Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: BBC humor Message-ID: <431@loral.UUCP> Date: Wed, 22-Aug-84 01:09:00 EDT Article-I.D.: loral.431 Posted: Wed Aug 22 01:09:00 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Aug-84 01:24:51 EDT Organization: Loral Instrumentation, San Diego, CA Lines: 27 [By Jove, Watson!] Seems one of the most avid participants in the traditional "April Fool" joke is the BBC. On their April 1 morning radio programs, invariably something outlandish is inserted among the legitimate news items and announcements. Recalling that these are being heard by persons not yet quite awake: > A decision has been made to convert Big Ben to digital format. or > A search party is being raised to locate the iceberg that sank the Titanic. There are others I can't remember at the moment; if I recall more or find my source of reference, I'll post them. Cheerio! -- [ I am not a stranger, but a friend you haven't met yet ] Ray Simard Loral Instrumentation, San Diego {ucbvax, ittvax!dcdwest}!sdcsvax!sdccsu3!loral!simard