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NO ONE BELIEVE?
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(R) MDF HACKER
NO ONE BELIEVE?
Inconstant April: the rain, then snow, blizzard, the sun,
freezing. The April conundrums amusement facilities referred to
these eternal moods of the people. And maybe because the custom
of merry pranks falls on the first day of the month-deceiver.
The French, however, think differently ..... According to them,
"day of deceit" traces its history to 1564 when Charles IX took
so moved beginning of the year from April 1 to January 1. The
French had relied on generous gifts from left, figuratively
speaking, with a large nose. One can not christen this bad day
"day of deceit"?
According to another French version of Charles IX of France
has, by April 1 is not the slightest bearing on them .. Just in
April, usually began large fish fishing when istye fishermen
caught "in-of such fishes" From this April Fools 'holidays the
French call "Poisson d' Avril "- the April fish".
However, the priority of the French in the "invention" April
Fools joke is extremely doubtful. After all, the custom of
playing April 1 of his friends and acquaintances already
existed in ancient Rime.Rimlyane styled this merry day "festum
stultorum," which means "feast of fools, or foolish."
In Russia, April Fools' jokes, they say, has its origins with
Peter the Great ... Once at midnight on March 31 frightened St.
Petersburg rushed headlong to the imperial garden, followed by
blazing flames ..... Great was disappointed idle onlookers when
standing on the spot "accidents" guard calmly explained to
them, that's okay, they say, no, that the fire was still a nice
fun Tsar Peter the Great.
Sometimes Peter himself became the victim of other people's
jokes. Once arrived in St. Petersburg troupe on a tour of
German actors ... Tickets for the April Fools show were all
sold out .. The room was about the entire upper world. Attended
by the king himself. When the curtain rose, the audience saw
the actors on stage instead of a big banner with the words
"April 1, !".... It should be noted that Peter took this trick
quite graciously ... He head no one sec, did not go stamped
with their fists and enormous in the case would not allow him.
And now a little about the specific April fools pranks, jokes
and a prankster.
March 31, 1846 British newspaper Eveningstar "gave the
announcement that the 1 April in a suburb of London held a
grand Show asses. The next day in that newspaper place large
crowd gathered. Animals are not poyavlyalis.Lish after the
lapse of quite a long time lovers of free spectacles to
understand what the donkeys was referring to the newspaper.
Very well once joked scion of French King Louis
XIV. Transmitting the bedroom is in pretty drunk Marquis de
Gramona, he told the tailor to narrow and shorten all clothing
nobles. When on the morning of the Marquis woke up, he was
horrified to find that is incredibly put on weight and grew a
few santimetrov.Otchayaniyu accident there was no limit ...
Lived in a small American town, a young woman
Anything special among the other young women, it did not
differ. Is it just that kept on the balcony of a little turtle
... So and lived in peace, she and her faithful pitomitsa
sluggish, and suddenly ... The turtle began to grow rapidly.
During the night she managed to almost double its size. The
rumor of such a phenomenon quickly spread to the city. Not the
least role in this played local press. Every day in the
apartment appeared reporter who recorded the growth of strictly
turtles and publicize the findings intrigued readers ..... And
between those turtle grew and grew. Professor of Zoology, who
came in order to make the most of what is happening in reality,
only the impotence that he threw rukami.A still had to do if
right before his eyes collapsed yesterday nezyblennye laws of
nature. All waiting for - what will happen next .. Next began
to occur even more strange things. Turtle, reaching a rather
impressive size, he suddenly started as "lightning" as recently
grew to decline! And decreases to those then, until returned to
their previous original "border", in whom it remained until the
very elderly, to achieve whose dignity had gone to another
world ...
Amazing event! So amazing that, as I know, he and up to present
day are some researchers are among those well-documented by
scientists and the press mysteries of nature that have not been
accounted despicable materialists.
And the explanation is. Very simple. In the role of
"nisprovergatelya" made by the famous American physicist Robert
Wood, who lived just above the "Unclean apartment. For the
aforementioned "overthrow" him It took just a cheerful
disposition, a love of jokes, the money purchase of a dozen
turtles of various sizes, but the old broom by which Wood and
directed from his balcony rapid snail "growth."
Generally, it should be noted that scientists in our usual
performance, full of "crackers" and sometimes a misanthrope
like to have fun. And for some reason, the first in this
kagorke scientists pranksters "go" of physics .... Here is
another concrete example in this regard.
In a well-known in his time in Paris Restaurant Chartier
Bouillon - a it was in 1902 - came two young men, it was a
French physicist Georges Claude and Andre Helbronner. The mood
of these was very upbeat, because ... However, about why they
have that day in a good mood, I'd better tell you a little
later .. So Georges Claude and Andre Helbronner entered into a
chic "Bouillon Chartier" and sat down at a vacant table. Soon
they came polished ofitsiant.Prinesite us, please, to start two
broth, ordered Helbronner. ... A few minutes after the order
has been executed, he again called ofitsianta.Kelner why you
brought us to make an icy broth? Excuse me monsieur, but this
can not byt.Ubedites themselves.
Indeed, in a cup floating chunks of ice ... Well-trained waiter
stoically suffered a stroke. Soon on the table of young people
were new dishes with steaming, piping hot flavorful liquid ....
Dignified waiters was removed away ... His voice caught All the
same Helbronnera: Monsieur ... - Oh yeah ... - Only the bag are
his work and utter shocked waiter came back to the table. Why
was the broth in cups again covered pretty solid crust of ice
... That Well, said the displeasure Helbronner once in your
institution can not get the usual cup of hot broth, serve steak
...
And to me, please, added Claude, but hot, dammit! The waiter
brought the doomed couple bursting with warmth steaks. For what
is happening already watched the other waiters, cooks,
visitors, the maitre d'hotel. Himself owner of the restaurant,
funky possibility of scandal, has finally arrived hurried to
the table to find out in Cheatham case ... The picture he saw
made him sodrognutsya.Ofitsiant, for a long time unsuccessfully
tormented with a knife through the frozen steak, with a skewed
face of horror, looked at the piece of steel blades could not
withstand the battle with the insidious dish, and the young,
people are dissatisfied with mines left wall inhospitable
institutions where they have not managed to dine something "hot
to" ...
Such is the terrible istoriya.Chtoby to remove her veil of
mystery explain why Georges Helbronnera and Andre Claude in
that memorable day was elated. Shortly before this, they
developed a completely new way of producing liquid
kisloroda.Nekotoroe its amount in the form of a bluish liquid
with temperature - 182 ° C and they brought with them a little
the can. One drop such a "potion" was quite
dostatochno.Vprochem that can be said ...
Does all of the above on April 1? Honestly::: "Do not
I know. "But I know with absolute certainty that the vast
majority of these mysterious and unexplained" natural phenomena
occur precisely in this significant date.
Amazing shot appeared April 1, 1950 in a newspaper
West German city of Wiesbaden. At her two brave American
officer of the occupying troops led by the hand a strange
little creature. His face was impossible to discern, since it
covered the oxygen mask. But it was clear to see another
creature it had only one leg with a round disc on the end and
two arms, each of which had four fingers. In the caption to the
photo was reported that it captured the pilot "flying saucer"
wrecked near the town and then a captured brave American
soldiers.
Later this shot hundreds of times reprinted many different
publications, showing a "conclusive evidence" the actual
existence of "flying saucers". Finally, there was one
clear-headed man - Klaus Vebner. Originally he was just out of
Wiesbaden, because that get to the truth for him not difficult.
In result of the "investigation" it found that the famous
photograph - just a joke dear editor and his another
photographer. In the role of an alien from other worlds came
daughter editor. The American soldiers were real
To participate in a fun play them even had to get special
permission from their commanders ...
Another story. April 1, 1897 the newspaper of the American City
Dallas put the sensational news of the fact that the other day
a cigar-shaped spaceship clearly extraterrestrial origin tried
to land near the city of Aurora (Texas). However, due to failed
air maneuver, he hit a windmill and crashed. Under the debris
of space ship was found lifeless body of alien astronaut.
After much debate, the municipal authorities decided to bury
the star of the stranger at the local kladbische.Chto Well,
April 1 is the first of April, even though it was almost a
hundred years ago ...
But here are a few years ago, a long-standing message again
flashed on the pages of American newspapers and magazines.
April Fool's joke, written in the last century, with someone's
light hand has become a fact unquestioned credibility. In the
search for the crashed spaceship rushed thousands of
"enthusiasts." They climbed all city and the surrounding
alleys, prihvatyvaya "in memory" all that only can be carried
out. So, one enterprising American, stole from the cemetery,
even dignified boulder, believing that certainly lie beneath
the mortal remains of the dead conqueror space.
Yes, a lot of water has flowed since then, as someone first too
witty clave April 1 neighbor. How much has happened in this
Time jokes, and teasing. It's about time something
nauchitsya.No no! Gullibility of people knows no bounds.
Public administration trade Norway to test
the level of gullibility of the population, has placed an
announcement in the press: "Lirium-3000h", the miracle drug of
the U.S. returns the bald hair, helps the majority of disease
and reduces the consumption of gasoline 15 - 20 percent. "And
what happened? Advertising" new drug "worked .. The editorial
office fell numerous letters to those who would quickly acquire
"the American miracle." Well, I can understand bald, he is
ready to believe in anything, just to regain lost hair, but the
rest of that? ..
1 April 1886 the German newspaper "Vestdoyche folktsaytung"
published a report that in the rails of one of the railroads
found strange holes like these, what is left in the bark
beetles zhrevotochny. Newspaper anxiously warned unknown to
science, pest threatens death to all the steel structures of
the country. Germany needed heroes, and they nashlis.Bit the
alarm proved to be premature. It was not long, and in Berlin
turned up a brilliant scientist, who proudly reported to that
much effort and talent, he quickly managed to find the same
pernicious insect, is not yet known to the rest of the world.
Not pumped up and chemists ... They are here also vowed that as
soon as possible quickly find effective means struggle with the
insidious hog iron and save his beloved Germany from steel
hunger ... It is time to wonder astonished journalists, not
expecting such a turn of events. Had they persuade and Berlin
biologist, and patriotic chemists, and other readers that a
posted message it was April Fools rozygryshem.Ubedili still ...
Fortunately, this time, consumers newsprint media were
credulous.
"Ha ha," says a public-spirited, is the Russian reader, oh,
those Germans. "And there is nothing to laugh." Ours "are no
better. Literary Gazette once decided poshutit.Vzyala April 1,
said yes to all parts of our once vast country that people
pereevshie cucumber into a graveyard. Certainly! An
unsuspecting reader is immediately thrown into the dustbin of
whole barrel of pickles beautiful salting, as immediately and
reported to have prevented him the danger of a newspaper. No
doper, he that "Literary" only finely joked, referring to the
fact that the cemetery will include all outside depending on
whether they ate in the life of cucumbers or not ..... Lucky
newspaper, that this case occurred not in our not so plentiful
Food times. They joked so now .... But for a barrel of pickles,
vainly thrown in a landfill, they would be.
What about cucumbers once "walked" on April 1 and journal
Chemistry and life. "Of note, published on its pages, it was
clear, that finally displayed variety in weaving which greens
cucumbers grow once salted. (Though in the garden something Eat.
Reported on such a grand achievement of modern science to their
readers, journalists and forgot about it ..... But a Soviet
Academy has not forgotten. He did not fail to immediately
incorporate this worthy the general public that one of his
scientific publications.
But nothing zloradnichat. April 1 at the hook pranksters could
get caught any. And just a worker, academician, and our
brother, the journalist .. And even - Police. Fast forward more
briefly in Norway .. Two residents of this northern country, in
custody for theft cars were pleasantly surprised when the
guardians of order suddenly gave them civilian clothes and was
told that they are free Even more surprised that their friend,
which immediately after the liberation, they raided the
gosti.Imenno it a little earlier phoned the prison and, posing
as an important rite of police, ordered the release from jail
buddies. "It was just April Fool's joke, "he said
zhurnalistam.Dlya me was a great shock when the evening my
friends came to me." On the future of the Joker I know nothing
...
So what, really, you need to adhere to widely
known rules: "April 1 - no one believe? In no
case.
1 April 1864 the great American writer Edgar Allan Poe put on
the pages of the New York Sun, "a message to that in Virginia
from Europe arrived controlled airship. Joy Americans knew no
bounds. When they learned that it was an April Fool's joke,
they are in a rage almost killed the founder of the modern
detective .. And 80 years later the British dirigible R-34
"really crossed the Atlantic.
Once, on a spring morning in 1866, of course, April 1, the
Swiss newspaper Neue Zurcher Zeitung told its readers that
Jungfrau mountain will soon be built railway ... Readers
interested in this post. To the Editor showered with letters ..
Editor, not expecting sort of effect, placed the disclaimer.
"Building roads on the mountain at 3500 meters is not
possible," he wrote .. It joke. "And in a few decades, the road
was built .. And April Fool's joke was on this very relevant.
It was after reading the book, industrialist Guyer-Zeller
thought of this bold project.
Even more interesting story happened in Japan. Not so long ago
on the shelves of Japanese stores, a new "superfunds" insomnia.
On a cassette tape someone monotonous voice felt guided by old
folk recipe, sheep:: "Once, a sheep .., two sheep ..." Sweet
yawn: "Three ... s-ca ..." novelty was a stunning success. The
industry was forced to chase of 300,000 cassettes in den.I few
people knew that the first such tape has appeared as an
innocent April Fool's joke.
