Bishonen wrote:
Andy Roberts wrote on 2005/03/31 01:25:
Reading this thread reminds me of the fact that the american dictionary doesn't have an entry for the word irony. Very sad.
-- Andy Roberts
Not getting it, sorry.
The joke, if I may spoil it by explaining (now that everyone's probably read it by the time they reach this email in their inboxes) is that American dictionaries _do_ have an entry for the word "irony". Andy just made a silly statement in a totally deadpan manner, and the point of the humor is to have the reader pause for a moment going "wait... is that right? That can't be right. Nah, of course not, that's silly."
I think the point is that this is the sort of joke that is considered "proper" for April Fool's Day, and if that's the point then I quite agree. A link that explicitly says "click here for wacky zany silliness that we made up for April Fool's Day!" spoils the joke before it's even made, IMO, and while I wouldn't object to something like that I'd also be uninterested in contributing to it. An April Fool's article doesn't have to be subtle, take a look at some of the classics like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaghetti_tree for example, but it should at least be played straight.