ReadersDigestAustraliaNewZealand-April2018

April• 2018 | 63

PUNDERRATED

When I was a child, people used to
cover me in chocolate and cream and
put a cherry on my head.
Life was tough in the gateau.
MELVYN DOVER

CALL HR
Everybody is so sensitive nowadays.
A girl at work complained about me
recently, and so now I have to call her
“lactose-intolerant” instead of “Susan
the cheese bigot”. Seen online

„PC Computing magazine

“reported” in 1994 that the US

Congress was considering a

bill to ban drinking while using

the internet. Since imbibing

is outlawed while driving on

highways, it should be illegal on the

information superhighway, right?

Angry constituents actually forced

Massachusetts Senator Edward

Kennedy’s oice to formally deny

that he was sponsoring the bill.

„ Burger King took out an ad

in 1998 introducing a Whopper

designed especially for left-handers.

he new burger would contain

the same ingredients as those for

righties, but rotated 180 degrees.

housands of customers reportedly

swarmed the fast-food

outlets requesting the

southpaw sandwich.

„ In 2000, the UK’s Daily

Mail touted the beneits

of a new line of socks, FatSox, that

“sucked body fat out of sweating

feet”. he user could then simply

wash the socks – and the fat – away.

„ In 2009 the Swiss Tourism Board

“revealed” just why the Alps are

so pristine. Every day, members of

the Swiss Association of Mountain

Cleaners scaled the Alps to scrub

and polish them. Scores of people

took the online test to see if they

qualiied to join the high-altitude

clean team. Source: Museum of Hoaxes

Fooled Ya!

APRIL FOOLS’ JOKES THAT WORKED LIKE CRAZY

JOKES WITHIN JOKES

“Orion’s Belt is a big waist of space.”

Terrible joke. Only three stars.

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