April Fool's Day

This one is dedicated to one of my best friends as she seems to swear that Penguins really can fly. Well Sweetie, for one day only they can, according to London's Daily Telegraph yesterday.

"Penguins fly to jungle
Businesses and news organizations in Britain and Australia wholeheartedly embraced the day, letting loose a number of hoax stories.


Penguins, despite April 1 reports to the contrary, only use their wings to swim.
(CBC) Britain's Daily Mirror and Daily Telegraph, in collaboration with the BBC, reported new BBC footage proved penguins can fly. The BBC trailer begins with video of Monty Python's Terry Jones on location with the squat birds in Antarctic, and ends with a shot of penguins in a tropical jungle, being greeted by a toucan.

In a tip-off to the gag, the reporter is called Prof. Alid Loyas, an anagram of April Fools Day".

Here's the rather funny video of it from YouTube;

The rest of the gags from other leading newspapers across the world can be found on http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/04/01/aprilfools-day.html?ref=rss.