From wikipedia's front page:
Did you know
... that New England (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New England (medieval)) used to be part of the Roman Empire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine Empire)?

Aw... I thought the Phoenicians got there first...:rolleyes:

I actually just read about this in Treadgold a few days ago. He didn't exactly put it that way though. :p

I actually just read about this in Treadgold a few days ago. He didn't exactly put it that way though. :p

Yeah, I bet he didn't. ;)

I'm assuming this is supposed to be an April Fools joke, looking over the other parts of the front page.

I'm assuming this is supposed to be an April Fools joke, looking over the other parts of the front page.

They're all truthful. You just have to click on the links.

They're all truthful. You just have to click on the links.

If you're mocking my naivety, I'm just pointing this out to people who didn't check the front pag--

IRELAND'S PRIME MINISTER IS BEING HANGED?? :eek:

It's the Assyrian new year!!

If you're mocking my naivety, I'm just pointing this out to people who didn't check the front pag--

IRELAND'S PRIME MINISTER IS BEING HANGED?? :eek:

Yes. Yes, he is. You should really read the article ;-)

Some of the pictures at the Museum of Bad Art are really inspiring.

That changes my whole worldview: what else have they kept from us?

LOL at a "fossilized Han Solo in the rocks of China"

A bible, published in the year 1613, actually orders its beliefers to commit adultery? :eek:
But why did they cross out this passage in later editions?

Àh, the wicked bible. I knew that one already (Good Omens FTW!)

I love Wikipedia on April Fool's, because they always only put things that are true.

Àh, the wicked bible. I knew that one already (Good Omens FTW!)

Yes, most of the Good omens biblical misprints are true, together with the daft names they have - apart from the last one of course.

I thought "ftw" meant "for the win". Has it acquired some new meaning that no-one told me about?

I think kids around the globe use it to cover up the inane acronym "wtf", but I could be mistaken.

Wow, your misleading us is just epic. That is very interesting, though. Didn't know it before. :goodjob:

Yes, most of the Good omens biblical misprints are true, together with the daft names they have - apart from the last one of course.

I thought "ftw" meant "for the win". Has it acquired some new meaning that no-one told me about?

I think it's more of a logical development - FTW used to be used to describe a strategy or method you'd use to succeed at something. By extension, it's become something of a facetious way to credit a source or the source of your victory/success/knowledge/etc (as in this case : "I already knew about those, thanks to Good Omens").

And yes, indeed, they're true - I actually researched them back after reading the novel. Fascinating. And a good thing so few survives; with so few in existence, I'm not tempted to set them as the ultimate holy grail of my book collecting. Otherwise I would definitely want them.

FTW can also mean "**** the world." Hence my great confusion upon first seeing the phrase in use on the webs.

Should have checked Wiki yesterday. Oh well, interesting.

FTW can also mean "**** the world." Hence my great confusion upon first seeing the phrase in use on the webs.

Should have checked Wiki yesterday. Oh well, interesting.

Just check their April fools article, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_fools) they have a pic of it :D

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c5/2009_wikiaprilfool.png

What I love is the partially plausible stuff they throw in with the obvious jibba-jabba (in the words of the mighty Mr. T): I can see a Japanese tavern using monkeys as waiters.

What I love is the partially plausible stuff they throw in with the obvious jibba-jabba (in the words of the mighty Mr. T): I can see a Japanese tavern using monkeys as waiters.
I have seen a Japanese tavern using monkeys as waiters. They wore tuxedos and everything. It was a relatively major news story over here, for reasons I find bewildering.