Great story Crescent - clearly the history of the custard pie fight too :-) Capital Radio, London's major radio station, pulled a very good one back in the 80's. About half the population of London listens to Capital every morning, and one April 1st there were all those people, going about showering and breakfasting and reading the morning paper, keeping one ear open for the big joke news story that they knew would be coming. Seven o'clock news came and went - nothing unusual. Eight o'clock news came and went, everyone in their cars on the way to work, no joke news story. Nine o'clock news, everyone arriving at work, still no joke news story. "Guess they mustn't have bothered this year," thinks half of London, stepping through the office front door to discover it's still only eight o'clock...