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Poll: Have you fallen for any April Fool's Day jokes?

Have you been had?

TODAY IS APRIL Fool’s Day, when people like to play pranks and make jokes at the expense of others.

In France, weirdly, that involves stashing dead fish in unlikely places for people to find.

Elsewhere, it’s mostly just about the jokes. 

Today we want to know… Have you fallen for any April Fool’s Day gags?


Poll Results:

No, and I don't plan to (9238)
Yes, I was duped  (2109)

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    Mute Keith Fay
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    Apr 4th 2020, 4:29 PM

    Here’s hoping but it’s unlikely. The governor of Florida only imposed a lockdown there on April 1st as he had only recently learned the virus can be spread by people without symptoms. You can’t make this stuff up.

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    Apr 4th 2020, 5:22 PM

    @Keith Fay: didn’t be blame New Yorkers for bringing the virus to Florida when he allowed idiot spring break seeking young people go wild and party without any consequences. He reminds me of the mayor from Jaws

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    Apr 4th 2020, 5:44 PM

    @Jake Kelly: unbelievable

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    Apr 4th 2020, 6:23 PM

    @Keith Fay: That was the governer of Georgia that only recently learned of that.

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    Apr 4th 2020, 6:26 PM

    @Ed: any chance those stories were reported on Wednesday. You know April 1st

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    Apr 4th 2020, 9:12 PM

    @Darren Byrne: I heard him say it myself. Sorry to bust your conspiracy theory.

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    Mute Keith Fay
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    Apr 4th 2020, 9:34 PM

    @Ed: you’re right, it was Georgia

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    Apr 4th 2020, 9:34 PM

    @Darren Byrne: unfortunately not, this is real

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    Apr 4th 2020, 4:48 PM

    Artemis Fowl moving to streaming was likely more to do with it’s bad pre-release screening reaction. Poor characters due to movie makers messing with the book and re-writing characters and parts that conflicted with the original.
    If it’s not broke, don’t Woke it.

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    Apr 4th 2020, 7:08 PM

    @The Quare Fella: if it ain’t broke fix it till it is…

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    Apr 4th 2020, 4:28 PM

    Yea, July isn’t going to be much of a runner

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    Apr 4th 2020, 6:57 PM

    “The next Indiana Jones film, currently untitled, was pushed back an entire year to July 2022″ … Every cloud ..

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    Apr 4th 2020, 6:41 PM

    Mulan…………jesus wept

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    Apr 4th 2020, 8:42 PM

    Cinema close dont know how long coronavirus gone as should some 2020 films delay why not put disney+ steaming as pay per one film

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    Apr 5th 2020, 9:00 AM

    Mulan can be released as China is no longer in lockdown and that will be where the main box office draw will be.

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    Apr 5th 2020, 8:38 AM

    @Brian Flavin: cinema tickets sell more. And Disney is very greedy

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    Jul 24th 2020, 11:11 AM

    Cinema’s are empty for onvious reasons. I doubt that streaming platforms will pick up the production of big budget productions (beside the odd case) anywhen in near future.

    Might be that the virus could kill the struggling cinema industry and with it big productions for good.

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