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Mockingbird ([info]mockingbird) wrote in [info]fandom_wank,
@ 2010-04-01 23:10:00
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Entry tags:april 1, fandom: torchwood

If you can't take a joke, stay off the internet on April 1
thought_ribbon decided to go for an April's Fools joke on Barrowmanfans stating a fake Daily Mail article about John Barrowman announcing that he and partner Scott will have a baby by August thanks to a surrogate
(original entry with text deleted, but still up at OP journal )

As you may guess most people were either really happy for the actor and his partner, while others called the bluff


Then misaditas,(who made the OP delete the original text), aresnz and some nameless mice call the joke too sensitive because Barrowman really do wants a child (while his partner may or may not)

More Mousies (who perhaps aren't so anonymous as they believe) point out that you can only make an April's Fool Joke before noon, even if you are in another time zone as they are, and start attacking the OP as "not a fan" since she once also faked Barrowman's address in a FanFic


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[info]danceswithelvis
2010-04-01 11:25 pm UTC (link)
I was actually expecting the April Fools wank to come from DeviantArt again this year....

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[info]cyndra_falin
2010-04-01 11:53 pm UTC (link)
There is. Go look at your DA icon.

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[info]cyndra_falin
2010-04-01 11:53 pm UTC (link)
And I fail at reading. You said WANK, not PRANK.

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(no subject) - [info]danceswithelvis, 2010-04-01 11:58 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]cyndra_falin, 2010-04-02 12:06 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]danceswithelvis, 2010-04-02 01:12 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]rillalola, 2010-04-02 07:18 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]varethane, 2010-04-05 09:51 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]rillalola, 2010-04-05 12:16 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]shinga, 2010-04-02 12:50 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]danceswithelvis, 2010-04-02 01:13 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]adevyish, 2010-04-02 03:39 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]mcity, 2010-04-02 06:13 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]adverb, 2010-04-02 01:25 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]danceswithelvis, 2010-04-02 03:01 am UTC

[info]banerry
2010-04-01 11:30 pm UTC (link)
You can only make April Fool's Day jokes before noon? Really?

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[info]mockingbird
2010-04-01 11:34 pm UTC (link)
first time I heard about this too

I only got someone angry at me once before becaue I was too early (see timezone-fail)

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[info]visp
2010-04-01 11:45 pm UTC (link)
No, not really. April Fools!

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(no subject) - [info]shinga, 2010-04-02 12:50 am UTC

[info]cyndra_falin
2010-04-01 11:45 pm UTC (link)
I had no idea. Must keep this in mind for next year!

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[info]quietladybirman
2010-04-01 11:58 pm UTC (link)
In some places, yes. I know in England it's certainly the case, and Wiki says that's the case in some other countries as well, most of which are former British colonies or still part of the Commonwealth. Apparently in most other places it's fair game all day, but - yeah, local flavor, I guess. It's either that or the Just William stories lied to me all these years...

Note: Am British and it's way past noon, so this is an entirely serious answer.

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(no subject) - [info]cyndra_falin, 2010-04-02 12:07 am UTC

[info]overlord_mordax
2010-04-02 01:16 am UTC (link)
Sure, or else you get a visit from the Prank Police.

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(no subject) - [info]maximuski, 2010-04-02 08:20 am UTC

[info]jupiterpluvius
2010-04-02 03:24 am UTC (link)
In Scotland and England.

The rest of the world, it's good until 23:59 local time.

I just Tweeted that I was turning my book-review-a-day Twitter to a Justin Bieber fan Twitter.

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(no subject) - [info]underwaterowl, 2010-04-02 05:14 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]jupiterpluvius, 2010-04-02 06:21 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]barankhy, 2010-04-02 10:58 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]muppetfromhell, 2010-04-02 07:35 am UTC

[info]duraniedrama
2010-04-02 04:50 am UTC (link)
I just figured you could only get away with April Fool's Day jokes before noon because by noon, people will have been reminded at least once and won't be falling for anything after that.

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(no subject) - [info]lady_ganesh, 2010-04-02 06:29 pm UTC

[info]kitt_in_socks
2010-04-02 08:37 am UTC (link)
Only if it happens to be a Thursday. If April Fools falls on a Monday, for example, you have to do your pranks before 2:12 AM GMT+2.

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[info]duende
2010-04-02 10:14 pm UTC (link)
I have heard this before, but only while still in pre-university school. In the real world, it's 24 hours of potential pranking.

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[info]feenix
2010-04-02 12:12 am UTC (link)
Okay, I have a question:

Who the hell actually believes the Daily Fail? It's like the British equivalent of the New York Post!

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(no subject) - [info]agent_hyatt, 2010-04-02 12:14 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]kuromitsu, 2010-04-02 12:23 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]kuromitsu, 2010-04-02 12:24 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]darkling, 2010-04-02 12:27 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]kumquat_of_doom, 2010-04-04 04:02 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]darkling, 2010-04-05 09:15 pm UTC

[info]ghoulsis
2010-04-02 12:55 am UTC (link)
thought_ribbons: alas fandomwank made me take it down!

Wait, what? Are we the internet police again? This place is so confusing.

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(no subject) - [info]danceswithelvis, 2010-04-02 01:14 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]jupiterpluvius, 2010-04-02 03:24 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]feenix, 2010-04-02 04:45 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]danceswithelvis, 2010-04-02 04:55 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]mcity, 2010-04-02 06:14 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]northen_light36, 2010-04-02 02:13 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]charamei, 2010-04-02 02:18 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]jupiterpluvius, 2010-04-02 03:24 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]b_jellybean, 2010-04-02 03:16 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]seto_fangirl, 2010-04-02 08:48 pm UTC

[info]amand_r
2010-04-02 02:46 am UTC (link)
Holy crap. This made f_w? LOLLERSKATES.

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[info]librarianmouse
2010-04-02 03:38 am UTC (link)
I had a crappy day, and I was wishing for April Fool's Day wank! Yay!

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[info]hadisia
2010-04-02 03:47 am UTC (link)
Okay, the idea of John Barrowman with a baby is ridiculously adorable.

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(no subject) - [info]sgaana, 2010-04-02 04:50 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]sorchar, 2010-04-02 06:20 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]librarianmouse, 2010-04-02 07:33 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]nights_mistress, 2010-04-03 09:26 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]phosfate, 2010-04-02 03:35 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]librarianmouse, 2010-04-03 03:13 am UTC

[info]mcity
2010-04-02 06:12 am UTC (link)
>John Barrowman announcing that he and partner Scott will have a baby

Yay!

>thanks to a surrogate

Oh. I was hoping for MPreg.

/jk

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(no subject) - [info]fevered_ego, 2010-04-02 06:56 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]amand_r, 2010-04-02 07:21 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]danceswithelvis, 2010-04-02 07:34 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]amand_r, 2010-04-02 07:55 pm UTC

[info]seto_fangirl
2010-04-02 09:06 pm UTC (link)
The mod over at barrowmanfans has deleted the original post but I have a grab from my email



And I can't believe they got pissy over her using a FAKE address in her fanfic...what did they expect her to do? Use his real address? Then they could scream and yell about violating his privacy.

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(no subject) - [info]seto_fangirl, 2010-04-02 09:12 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]moljn, 2010-04-02 09:46 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]seto_fangirl, 2010-04-02 10:00 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]moljn, 2010-04-02 10:07 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]lady_ganesh, 2010-04-03 02:56 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]uldihaa, 2010-04-04 03:29 pm UTC

[info]wallflower
2010-04-03 02:53 am UTC (link)
hellschilde17, one of the twitterers, showed up in the Doctor Who anonmeme thread about the prank to defend herself.

It goes about as well as you'd expect.

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(no subject) - [info]librarianmouse, 2010-04-03 03:38 am UTC

[info]smashingstars
2010-04-03 04:55 am UTC (link)
The argument that an April Fool must be very obviously not true is a weird one to me. Reminds me of an old April Fool's announcement where Ben Stiller was set to direct a dark comedy called "Charles Nelson Reilly Must Die". A writer had a big studio and a big star interested in a biopic about Reilly, but couldn't get the movie made because Reilly, still alive at the time, legally holds copyright to his life. The writer sets off on a wacky campaign to try to kill Reilly. It took most of the day for people to realize it was an April Fool, because it sounded like a pretty good idea for a comedy. Especially since Bruce Willis was slated to play Reilly in the biopic.

The only mention of this left on the 'net is an old Metafilter post. Sads.

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(no subject) - [info]m_butterfly, 2010-04-03 06:51 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]dragonfangirl, 2010-04-06 01:43 am UTC

[info]rashaka
2010-04-03 06:26 am UTC (link)
since she once also faked Barrowman's address in a FanFic

I don't get it. If she wrote a fake address...then what's the problem? It's fake. In a fanfic. ??

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(no subject) - [info]m_butterfly, 2010-04-03 06:54 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]nopseud, 2010-04-04 10:47 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]melkahb, 2010-04-05 06:46 am UTC

[info]eldritch
2010-04-03 06:57 am UTC (link)
start attacking the OP as "not a fan" since she once also faked Barrowman's address in a FanFic

I can only assume they were upset because they wanted the real one to stalk him with.

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(no subject) - [info]kumquat_of_doom, 2010-04-03 05:54 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]keieeeye, 2010-04-09 11:00 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]logan, 2010-04-11 07:02 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]evilsqueakers, 2010-04-05 11:58 pm UTC

[info]beejium
2010-04-10 01:47 am UTC (link)
Sooooo... is the wank server being robust again, or is it just a slow week for wank?

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