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Top 100 April Fool’s Hoaxes

02/04/2010

The Top 100 April Fool’s Day Hoaxes of All Time
As judged by notoriety, creativity, and number of people duped.

#1: The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest

1957 April Fools' edition of BBC Program

Spaghetti harvest1957: The respected BBC news show Panorama 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. Huge numbers of viewers were taken in. 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.” Read the rest of this article…

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Aerosmith, Sunapee & Peru

01/04/2010

Tyler and Perry met in Sunapee, NH

We usually don’t write about big rock bands, but Aerosmith, being somewhat local from Sunapee, NH, USA, and having sold out tickets in Peru, seemed like an odd enough connection that we’re posting it here.  If you happen to be in Lima in May, (or in Sunapee at the Anchorage) you might run into them.

by Isabel Guerra
LivinginPeru.com
There’s still two months ahead before their arrival in Lima, Peru, but 10,000 tickets for their concert were sold today, during the opening of sales day.

“A new record has been set,” says MVV Asociados, the agency responsible for this concert’s press, adding that “this is the

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biggest first sale ever made by any band in Peru. It seems that the tickets will be completely sold out in only a few days,” states a press release.

The concert is scheduled for May 22, and will be held at the Monumental Stadium Esplanade.

Ticket’s prices range from 72 to 624 soles (US $24 to US $208)

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Inbox: Service and Comfort Zones in Peru

01/04/2010

Llama with Cordillera Blanca in Background

Below is an excerpt from someone asking a question,  who will most likely be joining us on a Peru: Machu Picchu/Cordillera Blanca combo trekking program in 2011.

Dear Randall,
Here are a few of my thoughts and ideas and questions as I have started to read about Peru and hiking and Machu Picchu.

I think we would like to have a day where we could do some type of community service so we could give back to the people and the country.

Yours,
Nancy C.

Shamans, Peru. Circa 1997

Dear Nancy,
Excellent, glad your thinking along these lines.

Additionally, as you know, we are a unique educational organization – a hybrid, or cross between a guide service, an experiential educational org and a holistic learning center on the fly.

So if you and the other participants are willing to step out of their comfort zone, try new things and be willing to let the place, the mountains, the people and the experience change you, then it will be a good fit.

I get the feeling you and your friends fit this description. See you soon for an orientation.

Randy

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