Oy, so many of my boards were up to this today -- and I refuse to play that second-grade game, so I avoided them. But here, I actually believed, and just tried to work around it. Feh. I'm of the school that 4/1 stuff should be funny, not annoying (as I posted on another board) and should NOT escalate into upsetting folks without being called, as I saw here (I think it was called too late, frankly). I'm disappointed. But I'll get over it. Tomorrow I'm going to have some geeky fun and forget all about April Fool's Day. Huzzah!

I appologize profusely to anyone who was offended. That was far from the intent of anyone involved. Honestly, the whole scenario seemed so outlandish to me that I thought it would be seen through almost instantly. I guess I'm better at wending a believable tale than I thought. And when it took on a life of its own (the hacking sub-plot was something I did not forsee), it was difficult for me to pull the plug.

I can see that I let things go on to long. And specifically for certain people for who only got the story, and the conclusion, sparsely through the day. I saw so many people go through the whole thing quickly, figure it out quickly, and be highly amused, that I didn't stop to think that stewing on it all day wouldn't be so amusing.

And lest anyone think this was a grand conspiracy against them, there were merely 3 people involved in the planning and execution (well, 3 in planning, 2 in execution, and 1 in the bulk of the execution). This was not designed to enrage anyone in particular.

Besides, would you have rather we used plan C??

I wasn't offended (because I was too busy being confused to really participate), and I'll forget about all this soon enough....but I think others actually got seriously messed with today. That's all that concerns me. I think LoT is the best....and I rather like Plan C, because I'm wrong that way. :)

Whew! 260 new posts - for a messed up day on the boards, I sure have some catching up to do. I guess I'll have to wait till tomorrow to figure out who's really angry, and who's still April fooling. Some of you will have to share your stories later with me.

Welcome back LoT - and GD, perhaps by tomorrow I can clear out that evil version of the boards from my cache - it hurts.

Happy April Fool's Day everyone!

I just got home from work and couldn't wait to see what had transpired during the day. I think it was funny, but I am twisted that way. KB and Mickey are the only ones who really have anything to complain about, and KB has been quite a good sport. (I haven't had a chance to look at all the posts yet, so I have no idea how far this went....). I am glad to see the boards back to 'normal', though.;)

great fun today GD. and €uroMeinke, better make sure Cruella has plenty of fuzzy water tonight. Heeeheee

everything is back to normal, including SacTown worshiping the ground i walk on.:birdy:

for the record, i have nothing to complain about :-):cheers:

Well, I didn't know until I was fooled and fully had this morning!!

It was fun, and again, I hope no one was too hurt. It got a little spirally toward the end there, but oh well... Heh.. :)

:cheers:

Did he sign up... hahaha!! That's great...

HI TOM!!!

I believe the newest member is someone named "Snappy Jo". Is that Tom?

Edited to add: Spoke too quickly. Apparently it is "katiesue". Maybe that's Tom.

;)

Probably the person before SnappyJo, I noticed another name, but I've forgotten it already.

Post TOM, so that we know who you are!!