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The Museum of Hoaxes is dedicated to promoting knowledge about hoaxes. (Click here for opening hours, etc.) On our blog we post about dubious- sounding claims, and whatever else strikes our fancy. The site is also home to the Hoaxipedia (the museum's online encyclopedia of hoaxes), and the Hoax Forum.
The museum was created in 1997 by Alex Boese. He's assisted by a staff of deputy curators and docents. Alex is the author of three books, most recently Elephants on Acid: And Other Bizarre Experiments (which has nothing to do with hoaxes). Check out the list of the Top 20 Most Bizarre Experiments of All Time for a preview.
The Museum of Hoaxes is dedicated to promoting knowledge about hoaxes. (Click here for opening hours, etc.) On our blog we post about dubious- sounding claims, and whatever else strikes our fancy. The site is also home to the Hoaxipedia (the museum's online encyclopedia of hoaxes), and the Hoax Forum.
The museum was created in 1997 by Alex Boese. He's assisted by a staff of deputy curators and docents. Alex is the author of three books, most recently Elephants on Acid: And Other Bizarre Experiments (which has nothing to do with hoaxes). Check out the list of the Top 20 Most Bizarre Experiments of All Time for a preview.Prankplace.com
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#38: Operation Parallax
1979: London's Capital Radio announced that Operation Parallax would soon go into effect. This was a government plan to resynchronize the British calendar with the rest of the world. It was explained that ever since 1945 Britain had gradually become 48 hours ahead of all other countries because of the constant switching back and forth from British Summer Time. To remedy this situation, the British government had decided to cancel April 5 and 12 that year. Capital Radio received numerous calls as a result of this announcement. One employer wanted to know if she had to pay her employees for the missing days. Another woman was curious about what would happen to her birthday, which fell on one of the cancelled days.
Comments
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silly silly silly!
Posted by Nadia Stanke in Australia on Tue Feb 22, 2005 at 09:09 PM
That's one of the funniest things i've ever heard, England is amazing
Posted by Katherine in Oxford on Fri Apr 01, 2005 at 03:16 AM
think we could try this again this year, and make April 15th disappear? LOL
Posted by Jeni Lou in Texas on Thu Feb 09, 2006 at 02:54 PM
If they were ahead 48 hours, shouldn't they be adding two days to allow everyone else to catch up, not skipping two days?
Posted by Ben on Wed Apr 26, 2006 at 09:31 PM
---"If they were ahead 48 hours, shouldn't they be adding two days to allow everyone else to catch up, not skipping two days?
Posted by Ben on Wed Apr 26, 2006 at 09:31 PM"---
Erm, No.
Posted by Anon Pedant on Fri May 05, 2006 at 07:13 AM
actually, ben is correct...
Posted by randy in washington state, usa on Thu Mar 29, 2007 at 09:27 PM
Ben is correct.
Thinking hurts, so a table is in order.
If its April 15 in Britain then it's April 13 in the rest of the world.
Observe what happens if Britain adds two more April 15's:
Britain: 15 15 15 16 17
World: 13 14 15 16 17
Posted by ddd44 on Sat Mar 31, 2007 at 06:55 PM
Further, if Britain skipped two days:
Britain: 15 18 19 20
World: 13 14 15 16
Britain would now be 4 days ahead.
Posted by ddd44 on Sat Mar 31, 2007 at 07:00 PM
This is real funny! I wish I could skip Thursdays sometimes...
Posted by stringbassgirl in this galaxy, the world on Mon Apr 02, 2007 at 02:35 PM
California stopped having September 11 since 2001 Both September 10 and 12 each are now 36-hour days (half of previous 9/11's hours [12 hrs each] ADDED to the 10th and 12 days)
Posted by Bumblebee in hive on Tue Apr 01, 2008 at 09:56 AM
Reminds one of when the Gregorian calendar system was introduced they dropped 10 days to bring the calendar back into synchronization with the seasons. (Previously, they had no leap years). There were riots in Paris where people died because they thought the Pope was stealing 10 days from their lives.
Posted by Ian in Canada on Wed Apr 02, 2008 at 08:21 AM
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