爆笑:史上愚人節最整人的忽悠新聞
【英文原文】
1: The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest
1957: The respected BBC news announced that thanks to a very mild winter and the virtual elimination of the dreaded spaghetti weevil, Swiss farmers were enjoying a bumper spaghetti crop. It accompanied this announcement with footage of Swiss peasants pulling strands of spaghetti down from trees. Many called the BBC wanting to know how they could grow their own spaghetti tree. To this the BBC diplomatically replied, "place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best."
【中文譯文】
1、 瑞士麵條樹
在1957年，由於暖冬天氣和麵條樹蟲大滅亡，使今年瑞士農民的義大利麵條樹獲得了大豐收。伴隨這條新聞還配有一些畫面，我們看到瑞士農民正在從樹上摘義大利麵。於是BBC接到了數百個諮詢電話，人們想知道他們如何才能在自家也種上麵條樹。對這件事情BBC用很官方的態度進行了迴應，“把一枝麵條樹幹插到一聽番茄醬中，接下來就是抱著希望等待它豐收啦。”
【英文原文】
2: Instant Color TV
1962: In 1962 there was only one tv channel in Sweden, and it broadcast in black and white. The station's technical expert, Kjell Stensson, appeared on the news to announce that, thanks to a new technology, viewers could convert their existing sets to display color reception. All they had to do was pull a nylon stocking over their tv screen. Stensson proceeded to demonstrate the process. Thousands of people were taken in.
【中文譯文】
順變彩色電視
1962年，瑞典當時只有一個電視訊道，而且是以黑白色率播出節目。電視臺的技術顧問謝爾斯坦森先生愚人節那天出現在新聞中，他跟大家說，由於最新技術的發展，觀眾們可以轉換他們現有的設定，使自己的電視畫面呈現彩色。觀眾們需要做的就是把一條尼龍襪蒙在電視機上，然後就可以看到彩色畫面了。他自己還親自示範了這個步驟。於是成千上萬的觀眾都被騙了。
