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I love April Fool's!!

And dirty vaginas.

And Stacey.

And comment thread circle jerks.

And Zombie Jesus.

Hee...I was wondering when you'd fess up, you were scaring everyone away :)

Good job with the joke--I was seriously wondering where the hell I was for a while.

That wasn't a joke, it was just masturbatory.

All is forgiven, although that was somewhat agonizing for a while. Hope people had a chance for some serious self-reflection, and stop taking themselves sooooo seriously all the time.
So, y'all kiss and make up, 'k?
Let's do it again next year!

Whatever. At least I got a good sangria recipe out of it.

OK, lemme get these out of the way off the bat:

Vermillion, I take back the legos and comics crack. Alex, I'm sorry I called you a cunt. Stacey, I'm sorry I talked shit about your review. Ranylt, you know I love you. Dustin, I was REALLY kidding about quitting.

And Darkling is TOTALLY sorry about his excessive use of the word "retard".

Kolby, it did sound divine, didn't it? I'm definitely going to try it.

TK: I meant everything.

Awww, gawrsh. Who am I kidding? We're all still the big incestuous, congratulatory pile of love puddin' we occasionally get accused of being.

Oh my God! Okay, long-time lurker here, and probably no one is going to believe me...but I was following that thread for the past hour or so, and when I FINALLY got it (like ten minutes ago) and was ready to call you out on it, the Comments section was already closed down.

Well played, everyone.

Ha! For a room full of smart people, y'all sure got stoopid up in there.

I had wondered if it was all a joke, but that got rather personal, don't you think? So that means that a lot of regulars were in on the joke? I have been coming here for a few years and always disagreed with the elitist arguments that get floated around, but this is the first time I would agree with them. If this was your way of thinning the herds, then you've probably been successful (not that I would complain).

I haven't been commenting as much lately because of my two small youngsters and being a grad student, but also because the main commenters of late annoy the shit out of me. I think being an occasional reader and lurker for a while may be the way to go.

But Dan, as long as you write the Lost recaps you're never allowed to leave ; )

I am with you MissMaddie. I had also finally decided to delurk - great job with the foolin'.

Obvious April Fool's shenanigan nothwistanding, don't you think that this baited thread still unearthed some unpleaseant stuff? I was convinced it was a hoax, but at the same time it felt like the bubble burst, you know? As if all you people, after constantly circle-jerking repeatetly for months, now only have one thing left to do: turn on each other.

And this is why I HATE April Fool's Day. I just trust you guys so much. Good one, jackasses.

The whole thing smelled like primal scream therapy disguised as a joke.

The need for a cigarette was strong after reading through all that silliness.

Hope you guys had fun, crazy bahstahrds.

ok, so who was who? i tried to figure it out for a while, but that involves waaaay too much thinking when i have so much actual work to do.

my life is sad.

Yay! I figured it was an April Fool's joke. And it was pretty good because it teetered on being downright hilarious to totes uncomftahbuls.

Awkward, indeed!

But the thing that made me laugh the most was hillbilly-stan and that wasn't even from the folks instigating everything.

Well played... it was like watching a group therapy session between certain housemates that I just happen to know... Bravo.

I did semi- call it, kinda

Heh-heh...good one, guys.

::manages a weak smile::

I mean, okay, I suspected as much when I tried to diffuse the tension with an April Fool's remark...which wasn't allowed thru while a WHOLE lotta nasty did. But you guys were just so damn convincing. Seriously, I adopted a half-starved, feral cat yesterday, and he's not NEARLY as scary as that thread was!

All in all, I'm so very glad y'all still love each other. I seriously hope to never be on an Eloquent's proverbial shit list.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm just going to go vomit and pass out somewhere inobtrusive.

I don't think there was any demon exorcising; and for the record, no one fired Jeremy. He stopped writing on his own. -- DR

Seriously. I hate you guys. I kinda thought "Yeah, yeah, it's an April Fools thing"... But then it just kept goingandgoingandgoing and I thought your were all douching out f'reals... How friggin' long did that take to plan?

Seriously though... I hope everyone involved falls asleep with their mouths open tonight and spiders lay eggs in your brains...

...make me friggin cry at work....

Holy crap guys, I had my vicodin at the ready so that me and Cthulhu could crawl into a happy place. Once a year I always learn what a naive idiot I am. You think I could figure out how to look at a calendar.

Is "pwned" actually a word? Or is it one of those Internet words, like "teh", that are guaranteed to fill me with murderous rage (which, as per my driving school instructor's recommendation, I keep where it belongs -- in the home)?

Hee, Skitt, I feel you, until I realized it was a joke it felt as if my parents were in the same room together again. And they haven't spoken in almost 2 years.

Douche chill!

Hugs, Skittimus.

Look at it this way: only a group that really gets along well and is solid together would be laughing so hard and having so much fun planning and executing this thing. We're all aces at laughing at ourselves.

Wow. That April Fool's joke was disturbing as hell. You almost scared me off this site for good. There was some real ugliness up in there and I'm still not convinced that most of the comments were a joke. Here's hoping that they were. I like my scathing and bitchiness aimed at the content reviewed here, not the people who work and comment here. Don't do THAT again.

Skittimus - I'm with you. I'll be here at work late tonight, and I'll be spending the extra time wishing evil on the perpetrators.

My grandmother once told me about a story she read in The Globe. In the story a woman starts feeling a tickling sensation in her face, not ON her face, IN her face. She scratches and scratches to no avail. Finally she goes to the doctor and they discover that a colony of ants had crawled up her nose while she was asleep and took up residence in her sinuses. All the tickling was from their wee little feet tap-tap-tapping from the inside of her face. Yes, it was in The Globe, but I still kinda want that to happen to all y'all who fooled us. Jerks!

For the record:

my nastiness (in the thread) was all theater.

I love EVERYONE.

(Even if there were a few serious ones in there. Buh!! Those people are CRAZY...gawd....)

Yeah... well... still. I hope something lays eggs in your collective cake-holes this evening. I thought for sure I was gonna have to go hang out on NAMBLA's site again...

You had me very worried... I HAD A STAPLER AT MY THROAT FERTHELUVVAGAWD!!

(...sob...)

Well thank the Most Holy Godtopus that it really was an April Fools prank. Ya'll are damn nasty when you want to be (part of the attraction to the site, I must admit), but the comments were starting to sound like a Thanksgiving at the old family homestead.

I'm off to the num num store to get some rum to help me get my bearings.

Skittimus-- I agree with you. The only thing that allowed me to keep the tears in check was the thought of my 10th graders wondering why I was crying while teaching the pluperfect.

Marifer71: How can you NOT cry teaching the pluperfect? That's the stuff of satan rite thar'...

Oh my holy Hannah Montana, are we talking about bugs again? Because I have had a lottalottalotta caffeine, and I totally have both earwig and chiggers related stories of kids at camp that I am generously willing to relate! C'mon, raise your hands if you wanna hear about a guy who went deaf from a bug in his ear. Or, I also know a girl who worked as a missionary (even though she's one of the biggest sluts I've ever met in my entire life, but I guess she had a lotta love to share) and she had Giardia, a tapeworm, AND Guinea Worms. Have you ever seen a Guinea Worm exit the human body?

Sweet Darkwing Duck, I gotta lay off the energy drinks.

As far as April Fool's jokes go, that one was kind of like your parents sitting you down and telling you they're getting a divorce... psych! And then kicking you in the box.
Stay together for the kids, Pajiba.

See, usually I don't care about or like the movies Ranylt is talking about, so her writing style is a non-issue for me since I'm not reading it (which is the correct response to such "problems"). I can't talk shit about someone being verbose anyway. I read most of this one though and thought "well, it all makes sense but this is the Ranylt-est piece EVER......hang on". Ingenious idea to have the "controversial" contributor bring down the entire site. The staff infighting was either masterfully choreographed in detail or masterfully improvised. Either way, a nice piece of work. I was just checking in to say "hey is the prank over yet?", even though I wasn't entirely positive, but when Daniel huffed off an hour or so ago I thought this must be a giant hoax....or this site will be gone in a few hours. And I was having a slow day so I was gonna be pissed if there was no Love for that late afternoon lull.

Anyway, I applaud you all.

Now, explain why my computer at home suddenly became stupid this morning. Vista Fool's Day? I left the Service Pack installing and I'm hoping that straightens it out, but if I have to reinstall my C drive late tonight....well...I don't have any stress relief karaoke to go to tonight! At least I've got a few cans of Boddington's. Work's been a bit of an IT nightmare since Friday so I'm a little tired of fucked computers.

Now...oh shit, there's VIDEO of Mosley? Of course the print story hit the Elvis Costello mailing list yesterday afternoon but, yeah, that was weird enough. And I knew Tina'd clear that up, but I never doubted her intentions. Besides, I do love Jon and Steve but my heart belongs to Lemon.

"Pwned" is indeed like "teh". Basically a mispelling that became cool. I used to think that perhaps it had some sorts of basis behind it, such as "pawned" = "pawn takes queen" = "you've been beaten". Wikipedia says it is merely "owned" with a accidentially typed "p". How sad. Sometimes there's even a "t" to signify past tense. I really do wonder what our language will look like in 25 years.

Maybe I'm just still sad from all those fake angry comments. I need my blankey.

This concludes my overuse of quotation marks for today.

Okay, at the risk of causing a serious bloodbath...who gets credit for this thing? Whose idea was it and who organized it?

Annoying lurker here (again).

I'm glad you guys don't all hate each other. I really am. But this kind of elaborate inside joke among staff and (selected) commenters is exactly the kind of thing that's become so annoying about this site. As much as I was cringing reading that thread, I must admit I enjoyed some of the particulars being said as I hoped that some good would come about from this snit.

That....was awesome. I'm super serial...I was laughing for hours, in a kinda nervous "Ohshitohshitohshitohshitohshit" kinda way. I didn't know whether to participate or watch in horrified fascination...I decided on the latter, since nothing I could say would make anything in that thread blink twice, before throwing me over its shoulder and making me its bitch for daring to open my mouth in the presence of my betters.

[slow clap]

And this is why I love this site.

On a topic-related note...that video was actually really, really good. That's actually something that might get through to the Josh Jackson fanbase. Now if only they had Pacey putting the Norplant in...

Just when I was starting to get irritated at this site for being so god-damn pretentious, y'all go and throw a shit fit for April Fool's Day. Awesomesauce. Also, I called it on the thread and knew I was right when I checked back and my comment was no more.

Regarding your other links there, the Madonna picture reminds me of a pic I saw on one of the *chans yesterday, which I really hope was shooped and not real, because it was two little girls (I'd say around ten or so) in bikinis with six-packs a bodybuilder would've been proud of. It was freaky, shoop or not.

First of all, I think Jay should get a prize for being the first to catch us out as an April Fool's prank (and for the record, I was joking under all my pseudonyms).

Sarina:

Do tell. I have a friend to collects tapeworm stories so if you have something good, he'd love to add it to the portfolio. And yes, I have seen a Guinea worm exit the human body. What kind of camp are you at anyway? Is Bono there?

"I have a friend to collects tapeworm stories "

That is terrifying. I am terrified. GUH.

Boo-- How can you say that? I teach Spanish and the pluperfect (el pluscuamperfecto) is one my favorites. I loooooooooooooooove the Spanish word for it--it is soooo yummy.

Julie:

Yeah. I'm waiting for BlogMeATale to pick tapeworms as its theme for the month and then I'll share some of my friend's stories. On a related note: another friend's mother has the distinction of having hosted "the largest tapeworm known to have been extracted from a human". Of course, she wasn't pursuing that record intentionally.

I only read the April Fool after it had been outed but... wow, that got kinda heated. Just to clarify, how much of that was joking? I really hope the regulars were in on it as well as the staff, 'cause otherwise that's some serious shit hit the fan right there. And what's this about Jeremy leaving?! When did that happen?

Paddy, the worm-infested turbo-slut wasn't at the tiny tot camp. She worked as a missionary for awhile. She wasn't morbidly obese or anything, but she was pretty heavy when she went to share the gospel and her bodily fluids. She got Giardia first, and I think she lost around 25 pounds. Then she got the tapeworm and she probably lost a little more than that, again. They gave her some pills to take, and over a few weeks she...uh...shed the tapeworm. She still has parts of it in little jars that she keeps, and she likes to show people when they come over. Then she got the Guinea Worms. One exited through her left thigh, one through her abdomen, and one through her breast.

That WAS fun, but I'd be disappointed to learn that you had to do much planning, it wasn't cleverer than usual, just nastier :-). But making it so that my 'hey it's April Fools' post SEEMED to be posted was a nice touch.

Gumble - it was 100% fake. Several regular commenters were in on the gag, and a couple figured it out and ran with it, instead of calling us on it.

I believe it started out as the brainchild of Ranylt and Mr. Rowles.

Man, you guys think this was bad? You should have seen some of the stuff that we wrote that Dustin didn't let us post. In particular, Vermillion and I would have made some people weep.

And Stacey, good buddy... I meant everything I said about Supernatural. Seriously, that show blows.

::giggles::

You know, I suspected, but I just decided to stay out of the line of fire. Hope y'all had fun, it was definitely a trip.

And just the mere suggestion of the bug stories to come is going to send me running for the hills AGAIN. *shudder*

I definitely was NOT in on it.

[weeps silently]

I'm so pissed that I actually had to do my job this morning and I missed the whole thing. Stupid job. I got here after y'all posted that it was a joke on Plove. I have to say, while I enjoyed reading through the entire exchange, Daniel's comment telling DR and Seth "not in front of the help," made me laugh so hard I had to leave the room, seriously.

One exited through her left thigh, one through her abdomen, and one through her breast.

Sarina, you need to stop posting insecty wormy things that break my brain, I think I just had a stroke reading that.

Oh my lovely wormless boobs. It'll all be ok.

Oh phew. Ah, I love pajiba. No half-arsed april fools for you :)

Now let's all be big people (TK and Vermillion) and take back what we said about Supernatural.
Besides, isn't it widely agreed that Firefly is merely a sexual predator's portrayal of his dream world?

The comment section shitstorm was fabulous. Nicely done, all.

I tried to post APRIL FOOL in that thread you guys wouldn't let me.

Umm...yeah, Sarina...that made me cringe...

On an unrelated note...were you the one telling me about Killer Bunnies? Because I bought it, and convinced my roommies to play. We are now thoroughly addicted, and have ordered the next three sets to play with. Thank you...this game is awesome!

Oh my lovely wormless boobs. It'll all be ok.

I'll massage them for you! Out of...ahem...charity...yeah...

"...I think I just had a stroke reading that.
"

Um. You're welcome?

Okay for real, I'm sorry I grossed you out. I'm a bad judge of what's an appropriate story because nothing in the universe grosses me out.

Except oatmeal. And coffee. And French silk pie.

Hee! Shadows, you're so selfless :p

I want to play the bunny game!

French Silk pie? Is it the delicious chocolate or the delicious oreo crust that grosses you out?

There is a small yet specific list of things that make me nauseous Sarina: worms, maggots, compound fractures, eye injuries, and lunchmeat.

That didn't stop me from Googling Guinea Worms and squealing though.

"On an unrelated note...were you the one telling me about Killer Bunnies?"

Yes, Shadows, I was. I'm glad you like it, for it is indeed awesome. If only my asshole friends would play it with me!

French Silk pie? Is it the delicious chocolate or the delicious oreo crust that grosses you out?

Posted by: Stacy at April 1, 2008 5:15 PM

Both, for neither are delicious. Ew, yucko trucko and ickypoo. Also, barf-o-rama. I effing hate chocolate mousse and chocolate pudding, and French silk pie is like their double disgusting bastard love child, covered in excessive whipped cream. Blech.

I like Swedish fish, though!

Sarina

I think after today, we can all agree that there's very little left that falls into the "inappropriate" category here, so post away. I love me some parasitic stories. You can always post a Squeamish Spoiler warning so the lily-livered know to just pass on the story.

I like Swedish fish, though!

Hairbo Coke Gummies are so much better. Coke gummies are happy and better for you than regular coke.

"...so post away. I love me some parasitic stories. You can always post a Squeamish Spoiler warning so the lily-livered know to just pass on the story."

In that case, Paddy...

!! WARNING !! !! ICK ALERT !! !! WARNING !!

...have you ever seen a cross-section of a brain with trichinosis? It is awesome. All those little worm burrows, in someone's brain.

Holy crap, I'm eating Swedish Fish right goddam now! Actually, Minimus is, but we share the same digestive tract, so...

Completely unrelated, but what the effing hell is "Coyote Arm"? Is there some hipster term floating around that I'm completely unaware of?

Skitt, my knowledge comes from the movie Coyote Ugly (shut. up. Piper Perabo and Maria Bello are pretty and Sweet Dee has a small role!), but I think it's when you wake up after a crazy night out next to a person who is so unattractive that you would rather gnaw your arm off than wake them.

I'd imagine Coyote Arm has something to do with Coyote Ugly, Skitt...

Yup...just looked it up under urbandictionary.com...

'''The coyote is one of the only animals that will chew off its own arm to get out of a trap. A human having coyote arm means that he or she is almost willing to chew off their own arm to prevent waking up the ugly mess they fell asleep next to where the mess may be lying on their arm.'''

I hate gummy. HATE anything gummy. Swedish Fish included...it's just, icky, and...sticks to your teeth...and nauseatingly sweet without any fucking flavor!!! UGH! No, thank you.

Although I will devour me some pie...

Sarina:

Yup! Love the brain worms. Have you ever traced an trichinosis infection all the way back to where they start? NOW, we're talking icky.

Melody:

You just mentioned my favourite snack in the world. Gummy cola bottles! You can also get gummy fizzy cola bottles that have sherbert fizz all over the outside. I eat them by the sack.

Nothing wrong with Coyote Ugly...them's some pretty, pretty bar dancers...not very bright, but they wouldn't have to be...

Julie, I love Coyote Ugly. I know it's total crap, but I really like Maria Bello, and Piper Perabo is endearing in a way that baffles me since she's complete shit as an actress. Also, John Goodman is in it, and I love John Goodman. He's even sexy as a middle aged, vaguely downtrodden transit worker with a bum ticker. Of course, he's sexier as a deranged exterminator.

Hey, lookit that, we've totally come full circle to Arachnophobia again!

Also, Skits, I love anyone who loves Swedish fish, therefore I love you. But not in a creepy way or anything. I totally won't lampify you like socalled was gonna do to Alex.

The women here are always finding new ways to bewilder me.

Guess that's life!

BAAAAAHHHH I'm so pissed that I missed the comments without seeing the April Fools reminders in between. It was still pretty hilarious.

I love April Fools.

Oooohh story time!! Sarina my friend who was pregnant at the time came back from Mexico. After being home for about two weeks she pulled out almost a foot long worm. When she threw it on the ground, it wriggled. The doctors at her hospital had never seen anything like it, I think she holds some kind of record in Edmonton.

"The women here are always finding new ways to bewilder me."

Well Jay, everybody's good at something. I know a girl who's good at nothing but sluttin' and cuttin' hair, but that's talent enough for her to get by in this life.

Although, just out of curiosity, which specific bit of weirdness puzzled you today?

Hahaha...

"...The type of burger that you want to tell your mom about, but are too afraid because she would think you were shooting up heroin with the wrong crowd."

Because I'm always scared to tell my mom about my gastronomical embarrassments...

Well, Sarina, I do have to respect your aversion to some things, though I can't fathom it, because that'd be calling the kettle with my distaste for other things people generally love to eat. The precise way that chocolate mousse and coffee, for instance, are perceived by your brain is hard to get my head around though. Then people wanted to share parasite stories and that old familiar feeling was back.

I've been a woman's man for many, many years (not to be confused with a ladies man). My friends are usually women and I'm perfectly happy with that, but I do sometimes wonder "how does your brain come to thinking that?" or "boy I wish I wasn't privy to this bit of truth". Since the statistics apparently says females are the majority here it's basically like the rest of my life where I sometimes look around and realize there's nothing to say, no reason to protest or question, just let it go, I'm the exception here listening in.

I'm not squeamish about gynecological matters, but most everything else (and I ain't askin where the Edmonton worm was pulled from). Oh and thanks for mentioning compound fractures and eye injuries. Yeesh!

That was good...and to think I meant everything I said. Glad I didn't sub today, I would be stuck in some freshman's locker next to their stinky gym clothes.

But it was a fun read

It's about time you let everyone know you were just kidding. It was scary the way you guys were acting. I mean, I knew you were joking but it was still creepy. Not as bad as last years though.

The Mad link is amazing! :)

Explanations, my lovelies, because I'm the one who really cares:

- There were choreographed rules ahead of time about who could snipe at whom;

- Involved parties had aliases (asscracker here!) that we could argue with and snipe at;

- We could crack on each other with advance warning about where it was coming from;

- Participants were e-mailing steadily behind-scenes to control the shitstorm;

- Dustin moderated the comments to protect staff and commenters;

- There was ample concern about reader impact -- it was all we talked about for the last week -- but, in the end, the joke was too good to pass up.

To me, the joke embodied everything good about the site:

No taboos other than discussed, agreed-upon taboos;

Opening up the sore spots to the glare of the kleig-lights, e.g., Seth's well-established sexual insecurities;

Overwhelming, not-a-spot-of-doubt confidence in the readers and commenters to stay with it till the joke was out;

Painful decisions about who to include from the non-staff commenters.

All you regulars, believe me this: Participants were selected largely based on long-standing contact and the ability to reliably control their schedules during the work day to be at-station for the event. No favoritism implied or intended -- the inclusion of a small number of non-staff was a late decision based on doubts about the durability of the facade, and we went with folks we could easily get in touch with because of familiarity.

Viva Pajiba!

Ooh, and related rule and reason:

No posting as someone who was actually a known commenter, no matter how sporadic.

Which meant we had to have a few knowns who would jump in quickly at their own initiative to establish the plumb line.

Et voila!

Richmac:

I apologize: parasites and other disgusting things that happen to the human body via pathogenic infection are a part of what I do for a living. It rarely occurs to me that they completely gross out the lay man. Although I have been asked to leave the dinner table over at the in-laws' house when I have digressed into "a funny thing happened at the office today"....

Utterly brilliant brawl you people faked up. I just got home and started reading the Trading Spaces review, because, dang, Jamie Lee did have a perfect body.

Now keep in mind that this was AFTER the comments wer closed and your TOLD ME IN ADVANCE that it was a gag...

Y'all still made a grown man cry. I'm keeping it and stduying - I grasp on invective has always been weak.

Best joke, today. Thanks again!

Thank you, socalled...I was wondering about who was invited for why. I am very grateful to be a part of a community that thinks in out-of-the-box, inane, yet intellectual ways to keep kicking itself in the butt to always be focused on having fun. I feel at home here, in a way that I don't always get when I'm actually at home.

My thanks to all of you fellow commenters who've accepted my eccentricities by revealing your own, and to the moderators and editors who've allowed this site to become such a great place to be by revealing that they are not the only ones.

Viva Pajiba indeed.

P.S. I so woulda wanted to be a collaborator on that...maybe I should start my own blog to reveal contact information...

Wow, was that April Fools joke ever made of fail and AIDS. Nice one, guys. The vitriol was flying. I think Pajiba needs a forum so we can all spread our joy together.

Jeeze you guys thought that gag out well. That's a lot of rules and regulations. You all deserve a pat on the back and a kick in the shin.

For those of you who thought this gag was unfair, consider that a good friend of mine this morning thought she'd AF her husband by telling him she was pregnant (expecting he would be shocked and dazed). Instead, he hit the roof, reached insane levels of anger at her for not using protection and stormed out of the house. Now, she's sitting at home wondering if she needs to call a divorce lawyer.

Ummm...ouch, Paddy...that's uncomfortable on so many levels. She shouldn't have done something that bad...at least without knowing in advance what his thoughts on something like that would be (and she clearly didn't know). On the other hand...he did go a little ballistic for something he should have thought about before it could ever happen. Yeah, that's just...I hope things work out for them.

a good friend of mine this morning thought she'd AF her husband by telling him she was pregnant (expecting he would be shocked and dazed). Instead, he hit the roof, reached insane levels of anger at her for not using protection and stormed out of the house.

Hmmm. Ugly-stoopid on her part -- we're even less mature than you women-folk seem to understand -- but dude needs to clue in on the definition of the word "married." That's just a lose-lose situation.

Best case: He calls up and says, "I totally got you back! April Fool's, bee-yatch!"

TK: you are more than forgiven. It was all meant in fun.

Glad to see the thread continued on well after my departure. I was a little nervous about returning to it this evening, It was kind of cathartic getting to vent, in a completely "oh god, I really don't mean this I hope nobody decides they hate me forever and ever" kind of a way.

I think it was poor abused Vermillion that I laid into the most and for that I heartily apologise - you know (as I told you at the time) I meant none of it my lovely. It bears repeating though, just in case.

Kudos on the explanation socalled - I feel perhaps one was needed ;)

Yeah, what Socalled said.

Uhh, yeah...please don't ever do that again, eh?

Us Sub-Eloquents were scared there.

That comment thread gave me the squirmies even after my suspicions were confirmed (i.e., when my AF call-out got moderated out).

One question, though: was Jesus H. Whinyguy for real, or was that one of you punks? 'Cause he (she?) was funny!

Shadows: yeah.
They've been married for 4 years and she has always made it clear she wants children so this may be a tough one.

Geez, I knew Madonna was more of a man than her husband but seriously: ack, those muscles are gross! If it's true about her remaking Casablanca, perhaps she should consider taking Bogie's part instead of Bergman's.

I think the folks at Jezebel doth protest too much. The View gals aren't as upset as is made out; stunned is more like it, although the redheaded Bette Midler clone was hilarious re her husband & hookers. Come on, lady, get a clue. If your husband hasn't cheated on your bitchy brassy self by now, he's gayer than Mr Madonna.

I was hoping and praying the Madonna blurb in the trade round-up was the April Fools' joke today. Even after an exhausting day in St. Augustine gawking at monstrous gators and rotisserie barbecues made of human bones, I still figured out that review was a joke on sight. How come everyone else took it seriously?

As hard as it is to believe, we all really do like each other. Every time a particularly stinging comment was slung, the culprit would immediately apologize to the "victim."

We are disgustingly civil, aren't we?

Sigh... April Fools is fun, even when the jokes on me. Especially since today I managed to toilet paper the hell out of my boss's car.

KatyBelle you can do that and not get fired? Have a job opening?

Come on guys, that didn't even reach Perez level of viciousness. It was far too civil. I blame Dustin for editing comments out. I'm sorry I missed it. Very very funny though on the one hand I'm glad I did miss it because I would have made such an ass of myself. I will forever die laughing at the references to "the help".


PaddyDog, I would LOVE to hear your stories! The Parasitology section of my Animal Biology was by far my favorite.

Damn it, I hate April Fools Day. Seriously. Why? 'Cause I always hit the joke thread that night 'cause I forget what day it is, so it's not at all funny with 50 "it's uh, just a joke, right? April 1st! I'm the only one on earth who has figured it out and posted! Yay me!" comments interspersed. I hate that. *sigh*

Madonna and Casablanca. That just screams comedic gold. I think TP should play her resistance leading husband only he escapes a bunch of angry pajiban nazis by NOT being in drag because not one of us would recognize him without breasts. Now, who is going to replace Humphrey Bogart ... I think a la "Indian Jones" ... Humphrey Bogart should play himself ... just prop that old boy up on a chair and watch him out act the leading lady ...

Thanks for the explanation, Socalled. But that was still the most fucking uncomfortable exchange of comments I've ever read. Yeah, I'm gullible, which is why this AF shit works on me, but some of that shit was downright brutal (even though it was clearly thought out, you all really do like each other, and you apologized in email to each other after every nasty comment). I guess its 'cause I like all you guys so much and I love this site, but DAMN that was messed up.

Last year's AF joke was fun and clever. This year's joke - not so much, even though I know I'm in the minority because most readers got a kick out of it. I'll be sure to hit this site the day after April Fool's next year when the joke is clearly outed for those of us easily fooled.

P.S. I still have much love for Pajiba

P.S.S. I fucking hate April Fool's day.

Sweet baby Ganesh I love the people on this site. If only this were real life...

I'm always too fucking late, so let me just tell you I laughed my ass off at that review and the whole fight. From scratch, I mean (reading it tonight, unfortunately). I do hate this April fools thing that makes no sense, but thanks for that!

Oh, and... "sweet Lincoln as a newkidontheblock" or whatever. Just not to be completely left out.

not much for commenting but just wow. The apologizing is possibly as hilarious as the original bitch fest. I think I'm in love with a Pajiba.

I knew what was going on early and only chimed in once with the ugliness and I'd like to apologize to RR. I hope she took it as part of the game.

Although, seriously RR, please don't review like that again if it's not in jest. It was really awful.

Jen310, I guess we didn't think of it that way - part of the problem, I suspect, is that since we KNEW it was all for fun, we didn't really see how unpleasant it would appear to those not aware of it.

But at the same time, I'm hoping that it served something of a purpose as well - maybe folks won't be quite so vicious in their criticisms or insults - and I confess, I am at times as guilty as the next person.

Wow. That was two absolutely brutal run-on sentences.

It's ok, TK. We're used to your blathering.

This is the best dysfunctional family I've ever been a part of.

And, just for the record, I wasn't invited to play. I just barged in when I saw what was happening.

[pouty face]

But that shouldn't surprise anyone here.

Yeah, but Boo, you barged in with fucking style.

Direct quote from me to Vermillion (from the behind-the scenes email exchanges):

TK: "Holy fuck, is Boo in on it? Cuz if not, she's firing with real bullets!"

Vermillion: Wait, she might NOT be? Oh, hell.

Despite guessing that it was an AF gag, I have to admit I alternated between a lot of cringing and laughing out loud. I had the site up all day to catch up between meetings, and couldn't wait to get back to it. No hard feelings... it was frakking great! Much love Pajiba.

I figured out it was an AF joke and somehow also saw one of jay's posts about it before it got deleted.

I soooo wanted to post something mean and vitriolic to get in on the fun but I just couldn't bring myself to do it. Instead I posted something lame about my love for Ghostbusters.

Damn, my mother DID raise a good girl after all!

I know what you mean, mswas, I was scared I'd be taken seriously if I jumped in, and actally offend someone...or worse, incite them to go all zombie on my ass and threaten to turn me into a human pinata, which already has happened to me here, (coughPISSBOYcough)!

Not as brave as dear boo, I'm afraid. Well done, girl!

Hee, me too MO, I emailed Dustin after my comment was deleted and he said to join in, but I didn't want to risk actually pissing someone off.