传统节日英语笑话

每年4月1日，是西方也是美国的民间传统节日——愚人节。愚人节起源于法国。1564年，法国首先采用新改革的纪年法——格里历(即目前通用的阳历)，以1月1日为一年之始。但一些因循守旧的人反对这种改革，依然按照旧历固执地在4月1日这一天送礼品，庆祝新年。主张改革的人对这些守旧者的做法大加嘲弄。 聪明滑稽的人在4月1日就给他们送假礼品，邀请他们参加假招待会．并把上当受骗的保守分子称为“四月傻瓜”或“上钩的鱼”。 从此人们在4月1日便互相愚弄，成为法国流行的风俗。18世纪初，愚人节习俗传到英国，接着又被英国的早期移民带到了美国。 愚人节时，人们常常组织家庭聚会，用水仙花和雏菊把房间装饰一新。典型的传统做法是布置假环境，可以把房间布置得象过圣诞节一样．也可以布置得象过新年一样，待客人来时，则祝贺他们“圣诞快乐”或“新年快乐”，令人感到别致有趣。 4月1日的鱼宴。也是别开生面的。参加色宴的请帖，通常是用纸板做成的彩色小鱼。餐桌用绿、白两色装饰起来．中间放上鱼缸和小巧玲珑的钓鱼竿，每个钓竿上系一条绿色飘带，挂着送给客人的礼物——或是一个精巧的赛璐珞鱼，或是一个装满糖果的鱼篮子。不言而喻，鱼宴上所有的菜都是用鱼做成的。 在愚人节的聚会上，还有一种做假菜的风俗。有人曾经描述过一个典型的愚人节菜谱：先是一道“色拉”，莴苣叶上撒满了绿胡椒，但是把叶子揭开后，才发现下面原来是牡蛎鸡尾酒；第二道菜是“烤土豆”，其实下面是甜面包屑和鲜蘑；此后上的菜还有用蟹肉作伪装的烧鸡和埋藏在西红柿色拉下面的覆盆子冰淇淋。饭后，客人还可以从丸药盒里取食糖果。 不过愚人节最典型的活动还是大家互相开玩笑，用假话捉弄对方。有的人把细线拴着的钱包丢在大街上，自己在暗处拉着线的另一端。一旦有人捡起钱包，他们就出其不意地猛然把钱包拽走。还有人把砖头放在破帽子下面搁在马路当中，然后等着看谁来了会踢它。小孩们会告诉父母说自己的书包破了个洞，或者脸上有个黑点．等大人俯身来看时，他们就一边喊着“四月傻瓜”。一边笑着跑开去。总之，每逢愚人节这一天，动物园和水族馆还会接到不少打给菲什(鱼)先生成莱昂(狮子)先生的电话，常常惹得工作人员掐断电话线，以便减少麻烦。 如今的愚人节在美国已主要是淘气的男孩子们的节日了。 版本二： 据说，愚人节起源于一个很有名的希腊神话传说。 农业女神得墨忒尔，在希腊是个妇孺皆知的神祗。她具有无边的法力，可以使土地肥沃，五谷丰登，也可以令田园荒芜，万物凋零。在希腊众神中，她也是最受尊崇的女神之一。万神之王宙斯是她的弟弟，也是她的丈夫。仅仅这个身份，就足以使众神在她的脚下俯首帖耳了。 但是，这位权势无比的女神的生活并非十全十美。宙斯凭借着神王的地位，到处拈花惹草，闹出了许多风流韵事，给得墨忒尔带来了无穷无尽的烦恼。唯一能够让她享受生活乐趣的，还是她和宙斯生的女儿佩尔塞福涅，一个聪慧、美丽、天真、活泼的姑娘，和她在一起，任何人都不会悲伤和忧愁。 这一天，冥王哈得斯驾车巡视西西里岛，恰好被在云端中走过的爱与美女神阿芙罗狄忒看到了，同时让她看到的，还有正在田野里散步的佩尔塞福涅，以及她的伙伴女战神雅典娜，狩猎女神阿尔忒弥斯。 一看到这几个人，阿芙罗狄忒就气不打一处来。这几个男女，从来不议论爱情，也不谈婚论嫁，眼睛里可还有她爱神的地位吗？雅典娜和阿尔忒弥斯是出名的贞洁女神，又都以武艺高强，神通广大，闻名神界天国，还是不惹为好。但对佩尔塞福涅这小丫头，可就不必客气了。 于是，头上晃动着神圣光环的阿芙洛蒂德唤过自己的儿子？？小爱神厄罗斯，对他说：“看看吧，这几个人是怎洋对待爱情的？如果人和神都学他们的样，我们还怎样统治这个世界？来，给哈得斯射上一箭，让他疯狂地爱上佩尔塞福涅！” 厄罗斯是个百发百中的神射手。他弯弓劲射，一技无形的情欲之箭，正扎进哈得斯的心窝。然后，他便跟随着阿芙洛蒂德，扬长而去，静等着看好戏了。 果然，哈得斯中箭后，对佩尔塞福涅产生了刻骨铭心的爱。但他明白得很，这个远近闻名的美人儿，绝不会情愿放弃阳光明媚的大地和天空，跟他到阴暗的冥府中去。因此，他找到自己的兄弟？？众神之王宙斯，请求他作主将女儿嫁到冥府。 “这个么……我作不了主”，众神的主宰沉思着说，“你也知道，得墨忒尔难缠得很。不过，你要是有本事把佩尔塞福涅抢走，我倒不反对。” 得到了神王的默许和暗示，哈得斯满心欢喜，他立刻返回冥土，做好抢亲的准备。 一天，佩尔塞福涅在田野里正欲弯腰采摘一朵野花时，大地突然裂开了一条宽宽的地缝。随后，一辆闪闪发光的金车，冲上了地面，驾车的就是威风凛凛的冥王。他不由分说，一把抱起佩尔塞福涅，放到他身边的座位上，一声吆喝，马车便以迅不可及的速度沉入地下。裂开的大地倏然合上了，依然是阳光灿烂，绿草如茵，除了天空中还回荡着佩尔塞福涅的呼救声外，好像什么也没发生过。得墨忒尔在很遥远的地方，听到了女儿撕心裂肺般的呼救声。但当她以最快的速度飞回来时，女儿已经不见了。她只知道女儿被“强盗”劫走了，但是，这个强盗是谁，却一点蛛丝马迹也寻不出来。那些知道佩尔塞福涅下落的神灵们，全都缄口不言。他们知道这件事的背景，宙斯和哈得斯都不是好惹的，谁也不想引火烧身。有几个神祗被*问急了，也是东西南北瞎扯一通。女神按照他们的指点，没头苍蝇般乱闯乱撞，不用说，这些都成了徒劳无功的跋涉。 然而，对女儿的爱，促使得墨忒尔永无休止地找下去。无论哪个神说了什么，她都确信不疑。虽然后来的事实证明，那些都是彻头彻尾的谎言。无奈之下，她在深不可测的埃特纳火山口点燃了两支松木火把，把整个世界照得一片通明。从那时起，无论黎明女神还是黑夜女神，都未见她坐下来休息片刻。 就这样，得墨忒尔走遍了世界上的每一个角落。但是，她的女儿就像被风卷走了，被太阳晒化了，或者变成了水汽和浮云似的，仍然踪影全无。众神对她也逐渐由同情转为厌恶。因为这个“女疯子”为寻找女儿，搅得世界上没有片刻安宁。他们越加拿她开起心来，忽而指向东南，忽而指向西北，无非是想把她支走，过几天太平日子。 最后，得墨忒尔只得拖着疲倦的身子，返回了西西里岛，佩尔塞福涅失踪的地方。奔波了这许多天，连罪魁祸首是谁都不知道，女神的气恼可想而知。于是，她便把一肚子的怨气，都撒到了西西里农人身上。她杀死了岛上所有的耕牛，命令土地坚如钢铁，封住地里的种子，让所有的植物都枯黄凋零。把这个地域辽阔的大岛弄得赤地千里，饿殍遍地。 宙斯见她闹得太不像话，就“好心”地劝她再到别处看看，别拿无辜的农民出气。得墨忒尔不知其中有诈，再一次踏上了东西逛的征途。这一下了可不得了，不知多少地方，由于女神的愤怒，变得颗粒无收，到处都弥漫着饥馑和灾荒的绝望气氛。 当她明白自己又上了丈夫一个大当时，才静下心来，想一想到底该怎洋办，无意中她抬起头来，看到了驾着金车，在茫茫太空巡行的太阳神赫利俄斯。猛然想到，只有他高高在上，普照一切，明察秋毫，天底下发生的任何事情，都不可能逃过他的双眼。这才手执火把，飞到赫利俄斯面前，请他指点迷津。 伟大的太阳神怜悯女神的遭遇，又无需畏惧冥王的权势。而且，他也不愿意得墨忒尔再这样大闹下去，让众神看笑话，让老百姓受难，便把哈得斯抢亲的情况，仔细描述了一番。得墨忒尔恍然大悟，但为时已晚。此时此刻，佩尔塞福涅在哈得斯的威*利诱下，已然成了尊贵的冥后，无法再到地上和母亲团聚了。何况，得墨忒尔再神通广大，也没本事把女儿从哈得斯手中硬夺过来。 得墨忒尔知道自己受了众神的欺骗、愚弄，愤懑和气恼又加深了一层。她干脆下了一道命令，让全世界的植物一起凋零，所有的庄稼全部枯死，大地上不允许出现一丝绿色。自己则躲到一个偏僻的地方，不再露面。 这一来，天上地下全部乱了套。老百姓没有粮食吃，每天都有成千上万人饿死。成群结队的亡魂拥入冥府，吵吵闹闹，把哈得斯弄得心烦意乱，狼狈不堪。众神也因为得不到人间的祭祀和礼物，一个个饿得面黄肌瘦。宙斯没办法，只好让佩尔塞福涅每年有1/3时间住在冥府，2／3时间则返回人世，侍奉她的母亲。以后，每当佩尔塞福涅留居冥土时，得墨忒尔便愁眉不展，大地也是一片萧条。而女儿一旦和她团聚，女神便喜笑颜开，世界也重现草木复苏，群芳争艳的勃勃生机。 很明显，在这个故事里，得墨忒尔是一个十足的傻瓜。她不知道爱神的把戏，不知道丈夫和哈得斯的同谋，事件发生后，又被众神支得团团转，屡屡受骗上当，被人戏弄。此后，人们便设立了愚人节，用善意的谎言，告诫那些自以为聪明的人，不要由于轻信，干出贻笑大方的蠢事。 除上述这个故事外，关于愚人节的起源，还有另外一种传说。在中世纪时，多数基督教国家都使用儒略历，把3月25日到4月1日作为新年节日来庆祝。按习俗4月1日这天，人们要互赠礼物致贺。公元1752年，格里高利历开始颁行，新年移到了1月1日。但人们旧俗难改，仍愿意在4月1日向别人送贺礼，这个“新年”，本身就是虚假的了。后来，有些爱恶作剧的人，干脆把礼物也变成虚假的。说是送一盒点心，里边可能是块石头。声言前去拜访，却让主人干等半天。受骗的人不甘心，也照方抓药，进行报复，久而久之，就形成了愚人节。 今天，愚人节已经发展成为一个国际性节日，差不多在整个欧洲和北美都流行。苏格兰称这一天的受骗者为“布谷鸟”，似乎和农业女神仍有些关系。法国人则叫作“四月鱼”这大概是因为小鱼在四月刚孵出，糊里糊涂地见饵就吞，容易上钩的缘故吧！ 随着时间的推移，愚人节作弄人的手法，也是花样翻新，新意百出。如：新婚的妻子可能会收到告发丈夫不忠的信件，碌碌无为的公务员会接到提升的调令，儿子会接到父亲去世的电报。某年4月1日，英国《每日镜报》登出一帧照片，一个面容酷似某国总统的男人，一手挽着一个几乎全裸的美女。凡此种种，如果你都信以为真，就上了大当。当然，如果你真受了愚弄，也不必像得墨忒尔女神那样大光其火，最好拿出点“绅士”风度，一笑置之，才符合愚人节与人为善的真谛。sasa

pril Fools' Day is a day to play jokes on others, No one knows how this holiday began but people think it first started in France. In the 16 th century, people celebrated New Year's Day from March 25 to April 1. In the mid—1560s King Charles IX changed it from March 25 to January 1. But some people still celebrated in on April 1, so others called them April Fools. Each country celebrates April Fools' Day differently. In France, people call the April Fools “April Fish”. They tape a paper fish to their friends' backs to fool them. When he or she finds this , they shout “April Fish!” In England, people play jokes only in the morning. You are a “noodle” if someone fools you. In Scotland, April Fools' Day is 48 hours long. They call an April Fool “April Gowk”. Gowk is another name for a cuckoo bird. In the America, people play small jokes on their friends and any other people on the first of Aprol. They may point down to your shoe and say, “ Your shoelace is untied.” If you believe them and look down to see, you are an April Fool then. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- April Fools' Day 愚人节 April Fools' Day is a day to play jokes on others, No one knows how this holiday began but people think it first started in France. In the 16 th century, people celebrated New Year's Day from March 25 to April 1. In the mid—1560s King Charles IX changed it from March 25 to January 1. But some people still celebrated in on April 1, so others called them April Fools. Each country celebrates April Fools' Day differently. In France, people call the April Fools “April Fish”. They tape a paper fish to their friends' backs to fool them. When he or she finds this , they shout “April Fish!” In England, people play jokes only in the morning. You are a “noodle” if someone fools you. In Scotland, April Fools' Day is 48 hours long. They call an April Fool “April Gowk”. Gowk is another name for a cuckoo bird. In the America, people play small jokes on their friends and any other people on the first of Aprol. They may point down to your shoe and say, “ Your shoelace is untied.” If you believe them and look down to see, you are an April Fool then.

没有这样的笑话的吧!英语国家是没有春节的！春节只是中国的传统节日而已，所以没有关于春节的英语笑话！

愚人节的英文故事

愚人节是由外国流传进国内的，那么关于愚人节的英文故事有哪些呢?下面是我整理的愚人节的英文故事，欢迎阅读。

愚人节的英文故事【1】：愚人节的起源与历史

Consider yourself warned. Sunday is April Fools' Day, a day when you are encouraged to pull pranks on loved ones, co-workers, casual acquaintances, and even that one guy at the bus stop. It's an odd tradition, but how did it get started? What's the history of April Fools' Day, anyway?

别说我没有警告你，星期天就是愚人节了。在这天你被鼓励去和你的爱人、同事、熟人甚至公车站遇见的人开玩笑。这真是一个古怪的传统，但它是如何开始的呢?愚人节的由来到底是怎么一回事呢?

Nobody is completely sure about the origin of this, the silliest of holidays. However the urban legend experts at Snopes.com say that most experts give credit to Pope Gregory XIII, who, in the 1500s, gave the world the Gregorian calendar.

没人可以完全肯定这个最愚蠢的节日的`起源。不过，Snopes.com的都市传说专家称，大多数专家将其归功于在16世纪颁行格列高利历(公历)的教皇格列高利十三世。

In 1562, the Gregorian calendar moved the first day of the year from April 1 to January 1. Word did eventually get around, but some people were a bit slow to hear the news. These folks continued celebrating the new year on April 1, unaware that they were now three months behind the times. These "April fools" were tricked by those in the know. The tradition eventually made its way to the USA.

1562年，格列高利历将一年的第一天从4月1日移到1月1日。这一消息后来传开了，不过有些人比较后知后觉。这些人依然在4月1日庆祝新年，没有意识到他们已经落后了三个月时间。这些“四月愚人”被那些知情者耍了一把。这一传统最后传到了美国。

And it's still going strong. Over the past week, Web searches on "april fools day jokes" and "april fools day pranks" have more than doubled, and related lookups for "easy april fools day pranks" and "april fools day jokes for work" also spiked. Bottom line: Keep your guard up, especially if somebody offers you a word search puzzle. Lookups for "impossible april fools day word searches" are up 200%.

而现在愚人节依然很流行。在过去一周里，对“愚人节笑话”和“愚人节恶作剧”的网络搜索量增加了一倍多，对“简易的愚人节恶作剧”和“职场愚人节笑话”的相关搜索量也大大增加了。底线是：保持警惕，特别是当有人让你做单词搜索迷宫题时。对“让人受不了的愚人节单词搜索”词条的搜索量增加了200%。

But really, there is no way to be certain you'll escape trickery. Because on April 1, even corporations are out to trick you. In 1998, Burger King tricked its customers by releasing "the left-handed Whopper." In 1957, the BBC reported Swiss farmers were harvesting spaghetti from trees. And in 1996, Taco Bell took out ads in major newspapers announcing that the company had purchased the Liberty Bell and renamed it the Taco Liberty Bell. Shudder.

实际上，没有什么方法可以保证你不被捉弄。因为在4月1日，甚至连公司也会开你玩笑。1998年，汉堡王宣布推出“左撇子巨无霸汉堡”，结果是和顾客开的玩笑。1957年，英国广播公司报道说，瑞士农民从树上收割意大利面。1996年，提供墨西哥美食的餐饮公司“塔可钟”在各大报纸上发布广告，宣布公司已经买下了自由钟，并把它的名字改成了“塔可自由钟”。天哪。

愚人节的英文故事【2】：愚人节的起源与传说

April 1 Insixteenth-century France,the start of the new year was observed on April first. It was celebrated in muchthe same way as it is today with parties and dancing into the late hours of thenight. Then in 1562, Pope Gregory introduced a new calendar for the Christian world,and the new year fell on January first. There were some people, however, whohadn't heard or didn't believe the change in the date, so they continued to celebrateNew Year's Day on April first. Others played tricks on them and called themApril fools. In Francetoday, April first is called Poisson d'Avril. French children fool their friendsby taping a paper fish to their friends' backs. When the young fool discoversthis trick, the prankster yells Poisson d'Avril!

愚人节16 世纪的时候，法国人是在4月1号庆祝新年的。他们那时候过新年的方法和我们现在几乎一样，人们设宴、跳舞直到深夜。到了1562年，教皇格里高利颁布了基督教新历，按照新历，新年这一天改到了1月1号。但是，有些人没能听说或者听说了但不相信新年改天了。他们还是按照老习惯在4月1号这天过年。其他人就拿 他们开玩笑，把他们叫做“愚人”。如今，法国人把愚人节叫做“上钩的鱼”。法国孩子会在朋友的背上贴一条鱼，以此来戏弄别人。当那个受骗上当的小朋友发现 以后，开玩笑的人就大叫“上钩的鱼儿”!

Today Americans play small tricks on friends and strangersalike on the first of April. One common trick on April Fool's Day, or AllFool's Day, is pointing down to a friend's shoe and saying, Your shoe lace is untied.School children might tell a classmate that school has been cancelled. Whateverthe trick, if the innocent victim falls for the joke the prankster yells, April Fool!

如今，每逢愚人节，不管对方是否相识，美国人都会开些小玩笑。在愚人节比较常见的把戏是指着别人的鞋子说：“你鞋带没系。”学生可能会骗同学说学校放假了。不管是什么样的招数，只要那个无辜的受害者中技了，恶作剧的人就会尖叫：“愚人!”

Most April Fool jokes are in good fun and not meant toharm anyone. The most clever April Fool joke is the one where everyone laughs,especially the person upon whom the joke is played. American humorist MarkTwain has said that the first of April is the day we remember what we are theother 364 days of the year。

愚人节开的玩笑基本都是挺逗人的，没什么恶意。最高明的愚人节玩笑能让在场的每个人都捧腹大笑，即使是那个被作弄的人也会忍俊不禁。正如美国幽默作家马克吐温所说的“只有在四月的第一天，我们才记起在过去一年的364天中我们是多么的愚蠢”。

拓展：愚人节英语作文

1.April Fools' Day

All Fools' Day, though not a holiday in its own right, is a notable day celebrated in many countries on April 1. The day is marked by the mission of hoaxes and other practical jokes of varying sophistication on friends and neighbors, or sending them on fools' errands, the aim of which is to embarrass the gullible. In some countries, April Fools' jokes (also called "April Fools") are only made before midday. [1] It is also widely celebrated on the Internet.

2.Origin

The origin of this custom has been much disputed. Many theories have been suggested.

What seems certain is that it is in some way or other a relic of those once universal festivities held at the vernal equinox, which, beginning on old New Year's Day, the 25th of March, ended on the 1st of April.

It has been suggested that Europe derived its April-fooling from the French [2]. France was one of the first nations to make January 1 officially New Year's Day (which was already celebrated by many), by decree of Charles IX. This was in 1564, even before the adoption of the Gregorian calendar (See Julian start of the year). Thus the New Year's gifts and visits of felicitation which had been the feature of the 1st of April became associated with the first day of January, and those who disliked or did not hear about the change were fair game for those wits who amused themselves by sending mock presents and paying calls of pretended ceremony on the 1st of April. French and Dutch references from 1508 and 1539 respectively describe April Fools' Day jokes and the custom of making them on the first of April.

Though the 1st of April appears to have been anciently observed in Great Britain as a general festival, it was apparently not until the beginning of the 18th century that the making of April-fools was a mon custom. In Scotland the custom was known as "hunting the gowk," i.e. the cuckoo, and April-fools were "April-gowks," the cuckoo being there, as it is in most lands, a term of contempt. In France the person fooled is known as poisson d'avril. This has been explained from the association of ideas arising from the fact that in April the sun quits the zodiacal sign of the fish. A far more natural explanation would seem to be that the April fish would be a young fish and therefore easily caught.

The Dutch celebrate the 1st of April for other reasons. In 1572, the Netherlands were ruled by Spain's King Philip II. Roaming the region were Dutch rebels who called themselves Geuzen, after the French "gueux", meaning beggars. On 1 April, 1572, the Geuzen seized the small coastal town of Den Briel. This event was also the start of the general civil rising against the Spanish in other cities in the Netherlands. The Duke of Alba, mander of the Spanish army could not prevent the uprising. Bril is the Dutch word for glasses, so on 1 April, 1572, "Alba lost his glasses". Dutch people find this joke so hilarious they still memorate the first of April.

The French traditionally celebrated this holiday by placing a dead fish on the back of friends. Today the fish is substituted by a floppy kerk.

Chaucer's story, the Nun's Priest's Tale, written c.1400, takes place on 32 March; that is, 1 April; it is Chanticleer and the Fox, a story of two fools.

3.Well-known hoaxes

Alabama Changes the Value of Pi: The April 1998 newsletter of New Mexicans for Science and Reason contained an article claiming that the Alabama Legislature had voted to change the value of the mathematical constant pi to the "Biblical value" of 3.0. This claim originally appeared as a news story in the 1961 sci-fi classic "Stranger in a Strange Land" by Robert A. Heinlein.

Spaghetti trees: The BBC television programme Panorama ran a famous hoax in 1957, showing the Swiss harvesting spaghetti from trees. They had claimed that the despised pest the spaghetti wevil had been eradicated. A large number of people contacted the BBC wanting to know how to cultivate their own spaghetti trees.

South Park: April 1st was advertised as being the premiere of the show's second season—and also the resolution of a cliffhanger where Eric Cartman was about to discover the identity of his father. Fans spent weeks speculating on the father's identity, but when they tuned in to the episode, they were instead treated to a half-hour of Terrance and Phillip fart jokes. The true resolution to the cliffhanger aired several weeks later. The show's creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone claim during the DVD introduction to this episode that they received death threats over pulling the prank, although there were not any police reports to prove this.

Left Handed Whoppers: In 1998, Burger King ran an ad in USA Today, saying that people could get a Whopper for left-handed people whos

e condiments were designed to drip out the right side.

Taco Liberty Bell: In 1996, Taco Bell took out a full-page advertisement in The New York Times announcing that they had purchased the Liberty Bell to "reduce the country's debt" and renamed it the "Taco Liberty Bell." When asked about the sale, White House press secretary Mike McCurry replied with tongue-in-cheek that the Lincoln Memorial had also been sold and would henceforth be known as the Ford Lincoln Mercury Memorial.

Lies to Get You Out of the House In 1985, the L.A. Weekly printed an entire page of fake things to do on April Fools day, by which hundreds of people were fooled.

Kremvax: In 1984, in one of the earliest on-line hoaxes, a message was circulated that Usenet had been opened to users in the Soviet Union.

San Serriffe: The Guardian printed a supplement in 1977 praising this fictional resort, its two main islands (Upper Caisse and Lower Caisse), its capital (Bodoni), and its leader (General Pica). Intrigued readers were later disappointed to learn that San Serriffe (sans serif) did not exist except as references to typeface terminology. (This es from a Jorge Luis Borges story).

FBI Crackdowns on On-line File Sharing of Music: Such announcements on April Fools Day have bee mon.

Metric time: Repeated several times in various countries, this hoax involves claiming that the time system will be changed to one in which units of time are based on powers of 10.

Smell-o-vision: In 1965, the BBC purported to conduct a trial of a new technology allowing the transmission of odor over the airwaves to all viewers. Many viewers reportedly contacted the BBC to report the trial's success. This hoax was also conducted by the Seven Network in Australia in 2005.

Tower of Pisa: The Dutch television news reported once in the 1950s that the Tower of Pisa had fallen. Many shocked people contacted the station [citation needed].

Wrapping Televisions in Foil: In another year, the Dutch television news reported that the government had new technology to detect unlicensed televisions (in many European countries, television license fees fund public broadcasting), but that wrapping a television in aluminium foil could prevent its detection.

Breast Exams by Satellite: In the 1990s, Portuguese national television network RTP announced the Ministry of Health would perform free breast exams by satellite, causing thousands of women to go out topless [citation needed].

Assassination of Bill Gates: Many Chinese and South Korean websites claimed that CNN reported Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, was assassinated [3].

Write Only Memory: Signetics advertised Write Only Memory IC databooks in 1972 through the late 1970s.

Wheel of Fortune/Jeopardy! Double Switch: In 1997, Pat Sajak, the host of Wheel of Fortune, traded hosting duties with Jeopardy!'s Alex Trebek for one show. In addition to Sajak hosting Jeopardy!, he and co-host Vanna White appeared as contestants on the episode of Wheel hosted by Trebek. White's position was filled by Sajak's wife Leslie [4].

Comic strip switcheroo: Cartoonists of popularly syndicated ic strips draw each others' strips. In some cases, the artist draws characters in the other strip's milieu, while in others, the artist draws in characters from other visiting characters from his own. Cartoonists have done this sort of "switcheroo" for several years. The 1997 switch was particularly widespread.

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