April Fool 2012 roundup

Come on, they should bring back the Gold Phone… 🙂

STA Travel are also offering cut price “Cargo” fares. Offering the ultimate no frills air travel experience, travelers will fly with no cabin crew, in flight entertainment or food service. Cost of travel based on weight and height.

Virgin Volcanic is a biggie!!

http://www.virgin.com/travel/n.....n-volcanic

One can only assume: http://mashable.com/2012/04/01.....re-as-ceo/

Red Balloon Days sent me an amusing email with spoof stuff to send to mates.

Made me laugh.

Adblocker replacing all web ads with pictures of cats for the April Fools win.

http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/adblock

@SC isn’t that what close to what Qantas do in economy these days?

There is a really great overview of all the Google pranks from this year here (loads!): http://searchengineland.com/go.....012-117046

New texture, flavor and aroma tags coming to HTML5:
http://www.sitepoint.com/html5.....-elements/

@Groucho and @SC – spot on! Love this one the link for those that haven’t had a chance to look, (took me a while to find) http://www.statravel.com.au/cargo-class.htm had me planning my next trip!

The best by far was Amanda Meade from The Australian. She was retweeted across the world and became a trending topic. Funny and with good topical context. Good work Meady!

On a more serious note, has anyone tried this electronic lager? http://www.ecigarettedirect.co.....e-net.html

Air New Zealand rocked with this one yesterday! http://promos.airnz.co.nz/gas/straightup/

“Virgin Atlantic Announces On Board Pet Therapy”

I really, really want this one from Virgin Atlantic to be true but I have my suspicions.

http://blog.vtravelled.com/vir.....t-therapy/

Hey thanks DD. I really enjoyed myself. April Fools always brings out the naughty child in me!