April Fool's

Did you see the GMail April Fool's Joke ("GMail Paper")? It looked good and convincing based on Google's money stash. Basically, they will print all your email for you and send it to you in the mail, and also print out all your photos on high quality paper. All of this paid by ads.

The one I played on the league was very successful. I received numerous calls, e-mails, and guestbook entries showing that people had fallen for it. As per Heather's advice, I didn't approve any guestbook entries until after I had taken down the joke.

Several years ago, my girlfriend and I took down the main page and put up a "goodbye notice," telling everyone that we had defected to BV's biggest rival at the time - PQ. People couldn't believe it!

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