The Big Blog: Seattle's Jokes of April Fools Past
Ah, April Fools. This is a day of double- and triple-verifying facts and taking everything you hear with a grain of salt. For the tired, the gullible and the stressed, this is perhaps the worst holiday ever.
Sometimes, though, funny things happen today. Amy Rolph on the PI's Big Blog has some local favorites, including:
- Seattle Weekly, 2010: "The Bikini Bookstore." In the wake of the Everett bikini barista scandal and Elliott Bay Book Company's big move, the Seattle Weekly reported that a bikini bookstore was opening in Pioneer Square. (An aside: coolest intern task I ever had to do was put the evidence photos in "shockingness order.")
- Starbucks, 2010: "Plenta/Micra": A little less funny, as Amy points out, now in the glaring light of the Trenta, but still cute -- last year, Starbucks announced the debut of two new sizes, the 128 oz Plenta and the 2 oz Micra. Also not as funny given that 2 oz is a perfectly reasonable size for, say, a shot of espresso.
- The UW Daily, every year. Apparently they are known for pranks. Have eyes in the back of your head, Daily readers!
- The Sonics, 2005: "Jerome James gets suspended": This is actually a pretty good one. Poor Jerome James.
Other known local April Fools Day enthusiasts include Google, who last year changed their name to Topeka for the day in reference to Topeka, Kansas trying to change their name to Google, and the Seattle Sounders, who apparently, according to comments, pull this boring, non-prank on their rookies every year (aw man, I have to take my shirt off and hold a fish?). Here's hoping that Google comes up with something good and that the Sounders come up with a better idea.
