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COVERT CLICKER
Secretly control TVs, anywhere, any time! This device is so small it is easily concealed in your pocket.
FAKE PARKING TICKETS
Slap one on the windshield of rude parkers, co-workers, neighbors or who ever and they will think they received a real parking ticket until they read the offense.
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The April Fool's Day Database
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Austrian April Fool's Day Hoaxes
Parking Fees Reduced (1970)
A radio station in Vienna, Austria told its audience that the city had decided to reduce parking permit fees. It also said that car drivers would be able to buy permits in tobacco shops and hand them to police officers in case of need. One police officer called the radio station to ask, "Could you please give me more details on the new order as I have not heard from my superiors yet." [The Washington Post, Apr 2, 1970.]
Categories: Government, Traffic and Transportation, Radio, Austria, 1970, False Financial Windfall. [Permalink]
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