Apr 1 2012
The April Fool’s jokes started early last night. Google always participates and this year pulls out a fantastic 8 BIT NES Google Maps.
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Sarah Wendell went old school at the Smart Bitches. Nothing beats auto play Fabio.
Dear Author’s April Fool’s Day was a kickstarter.
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Apr 01, 2012 @ 01:22:24
OMG, I was completely fooled! I knew today was the first of April, but totally forgot about April Fool’s Day!!!!
I was literally slack-jawed when I read the whole contribution to your shoes and handbags appreciation. LOL! and then this entire bit, “I could do this on my own but I don’t want to so contribute in the ongoing success of Dear Author. ”
Good job, Jane! You definitely had me there! Doh! Great great great way to start off 4/1 today! :)
Apr 01, 2012 @ 04:10:23
awesomeness! :)
Apr 01, 2012 @ 07:15:48
I can’t see the SBTB. :( All it shows is the maintenance page.
Apr 01, 2012 @ 07:36:39
Heh! And I would beg for contributions to own that bag.
The best, but I think unintentional joke was today’s email ad from Yves Rocher — with a ‘scratch and sniff’ promotion.
Excellent, Happy April Fool’s Day.
@Sarah Frantz: Yeah, poor Sarah, those damn cover models like Fabio are soooo undependable.
Apr 01, 2012 @ 07:39:24
Big fan of the DAMN project. Sending thousands your way now. A girl must have a shoe collection!
Apr 01, 2012 @ 07:48:43
I can’t see SBTB, either! Or is that the joke? :(
Apr 01, 2012 @ 07:51:46
@Milena: All I got was their maintenance page, too. Maybe Fabio brought in too much traffic and crashed the servers ;-)
Apr 01, 2012 @ 08:06:33
oh no, SBTB goes back in time. Here’s a direct link: April Fool’s Day
Apr 01, 2012 @ 08:20:41
You got me!I spent a good three minutes clicking, re-clicking, re-reading, thinking “WTF happened here? Didn’t she just tell someone the other day that they didn’t need to send a contribution, that ads were doing well?” OK- need coffee to wake up before any more April Fools hit. Thanks for the early morning laugh ;-)
Apr 01, 2012 @ 08:21:25
And SBTB was pretty darn funny as well.
Apr 01, 2012 @ 09:36:38
See, you could have had an easy $250 donation from me — I would LOVE to have a pair of shoes named after me :-) Happy April Fool’s Day.
Apr 01, 2012 @ 09:54:51
My April Fool’s Day always starts with the thought: I wonder what Jane and Sarah will get up to this year? Thanks for being so d.a.m.n. clever.
Apr 01, 2012 @ 10:05:01
Oh man. You and SB Sarah got me so good!
I went to SBTB and this thought process ensued: “I should’ve complimented her when she updated the webdesign a few months ago! I really liked it! but okay… I can work with this web design.. I guess… WAIT why can’t I click on anything??..! Argh. Okay. Off to Dear Author… Oh HOLY Crap!!! (but *crestfallen* I thought I was helping… I buy using Jane’s Amazon links…) crap, crap, crap. How will I waste time now?!?!”
Apr 01, 2012 @ 10:42:40
You’re a nut! Great joke. Dabwaha was terrific! Happy April Fools Day!
Apr 01, 2012 @ 12:53:47
I blinked a few times before my brain reset itself :-) Thank you for the laugh, and Happy April Fools day!
Apr 01, 2012 @ 13:07:00
Jane, OMG! As soon as I saw the site, I was rolling on the floor! I think it really should have been ‘Haute D.A.M.N.’!
Apr 01, 2012 @ 13:23:17
I literally stared at the screen for a few moments going “Huh? Jane has a shoe and handbag habit?” Then it finally hit me. LOL
This would have been a really good year to pull the “honey I’m pregnant” joke on my husband: we had our third child six months ago and he’s getting a vasectomy on Friday. Maybe I can do it next year and open with “I think your urologist messed up.”
Apr 01, 2012 @ 14:10:33
Aww, I missed DearAuthor’s April Fool’s Day joke. Any chance I could still catch it?
Apr 01, 2012 @ 15:38:09
@Edward:
Return to the main page, scroll to the bottom, and click on any of the page numbers there. For a limited time only!!! they all point to
http://dearauthor.com/kickstarter/
*grin*
Apr 01, 2012 @ 17:24:15
I liked the Dabwaha one best of all. Happy April Fool’s Day!
Apr 01, 2012 @ 20:05:17
I wanted to supposrt your handbag and shoe budget. but couldn’t figure out how to sign in.
The DABWAHA one was great, too.
Apr 01, 2012 @ 22:25:27
I was so totally fooled. I was on very late last night (after midnight) and so it didn’t dawn on me for a long while that it was April Fool’s. I was thinking… ok… didn’t they just do a post about kickstarters? And then as I read on and found out it was a kickstarter to fuel Jane’s shoe addiction, the light bulb finally clicked on. It’s dim but finally on : D
Too funny… I’m so totally jealous cuz I can’t do an April Fool’s joke to save my life.
Apr 02, 2012 @ 10:43:28
I’m just waiting for SBTB to come back to the present – right now I’m still getting the sparkly geocities version (which is lovely, of course – takes me back to teaching web design in the 90s)