Museum of Hoaxes put together the ultimate list of April Fool’s Day Hoaxes. Everything from the The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest in 1957 to the The British Postal Address Turnabout in 1977. Read about the Left Handed Whopper, the Sydney Iceberg, Guinness Mean Time and the Michigan Shark Experiment.
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Mein Gott! It seems smoking is now forbidden in Germany. Initially I thought the Bavarians would reject such laws in favor of tradition, but no! Even the festival tents will be Rauchenfrei.
Smoking in fest tents will still be allowed in Rheinland-Pfalz, whereas in Bavaria it won’t, although most fest tents can be found at the [...]

2.0 Somethings, desperate for the dozens of dozens of readers who frequent Dethroner every day, passed on this alert:
Though we just got back from our most recent culinary adventure, the 2.0somethings crew is already gearing up for our spring break plans: The First Annual Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival in Des Moines, Iowa. The festival will [...]

Just because we can’t possibly have had enough dogs on this site lately, here are a series of winners of the Cesar Dog Food “I Look Like My Dog” contest. Which one is your favorite? This is mine, because bulldogs are just too awesome.
Winers of the I Look Like My Dog contest [flyaboveall.com]

To paraphrase Eddie Izzard, on behalf of all the executive transvestites, or in my case, even the associate transvestites, I humbly ask all the fucking weird ass transvestites to cut the shit out, please. You and your misguided shenanigans are messing it up for the rest of us. It happens all the time.
To wit, [...]

One might think that at 55 years old, Reid Stowe might have a better clue about what works and what doesn’t in a relationship. His plans to set sail for just under three years straight with his girlfriend, without a single stop in any port of call, may sound romantic and brave on paper, [...]

One thing bachelor parties must, must, must enforce is a sense of fun and embarrassment for the husband-to-be. There are infinite ways to accomplish this missive, but when the boys put him to task with a list of things he must acquire or accomplish for points, it’s nearly always a sure-fire hit. If you’re simply [...]

This one’s for the boys in the Lone Star State only!
Assuming that your wallet, like everything else in Texas, is big, here’s a great idea for a bachelor party: spend the day driving over a million dollars’ worth of sports cars.
DFI Elite Auto Rental, based in Dallas, Ft. Worth, Houston, Austin, and San Antonio will [...]

There’s a company called I-Volution, which owns two online shops germane to this week’s topic: bachelorettepartyfun.com and bachelorpartyfun.com, the two largest bachelor(ette) party sites. These online shops sell the cheap crap novelty items such as penis hats and nipple shot glass covers, seems to be their primary purpose. They’ve reported that they’ve received over 4 [...]

It’s one of the penultimate rites of passage for a man to be completely debauched and his last chance to kick it up like brat prince on the eve of his wedding. You don’t want to hold back any stops. Here are a few suggestions and courtesies to keep in mind as you plan your [...]

You know who really loves a bachelor party? Guys who have already been married for a few years.
The edges have been good and worn off of the marriage by then. You’ve seen each other vomit a few times, you pee in front of each other (and in some particularly intimate relationships the dreaded #2 [...]

Many have lived for years in our own little bubbles of hate for the urban menace that is Mr. Softee. Every summer’s harbinger of loathing and malice is that rinky dinky ice cream truck with its endless high frequency droning, insipid ditty.
Yes, let’s be fair, it’s the tune we hate, not the truck itself, [...]