Monday, April 1, 2013
"Panorama - April Fool's Day Hoax - Spaghetti Harvest - 1st April 1957"
"On April 1, 1957 the British television programme Panorama broadcast a three-minute segment about a bumper spaghetti harvest in southern Switzerland. The success of the crop was attributed both to an unusually mild winter and to the virtual disappearance of the spaghetti weevil. The audience heard Richard Dimbleby, the shows highly respected anchor, discussing the details of the spaghetti crop as they watched video footage of a Swiss family pulling pasta off spaghetti trees and placing it into baskets. The segment concluded with the assurance that, For those who love this dish, theres nothing like real, home-grown spaghetti.
"The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest hoax generated an enormous response. Hundreds of people phoned the BBC wanting to know how they could grow their own spaghetti tree. To this query the BBC diplomatically replied, Place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best"
Read more: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27ugSKW4-QQ
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Crazy
Orb's, I fairly certain, a large number of citizens of this town would believe It grow's on tree's, and I'm not shittin. "How many pancakes does It take to cover a dog's house?" Yup, "So don't I" Friggin Neanderthals.
I'm saving up money to buy a herd of mostaccioli. Git along, little pasta.
Orb's, You did It again.
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