04-02-2004, 03:16 AM
[size 2][size 1]Hello Guys,[/size]
[size 1]We are still getting email every couple of minutes. It seems everyone had a lot of fun with this! We did get a few hundred emails from people who said they had fallen for it until they forwarded it to a friend and the friend started pointing out the clues.[/size]
[size 1]Eric you are the first one that picked up the disclaimer (LOL)! Thank you to BearLake for loaning us the base copy for the disclaimer![/size]
[size 1]I enlarged it so its easier to read:
Note: The above information may be speculative, based on misinformation, contain inaccurate data, or could be entirely fabricated depending on how savvy the reader may be, what today's date is, or the degree of gullibility exhibited by any reader of this release. In the case of a more savvy reader there would be 7 clues to the fact that this release may in fact be of the previously mentioned nature. Click Here to guess the 7 clues. [/size]
[size 1]The seven clues were:[/size]
[size 1]1) Rollick C.A.- Is not a real place. The definition of Rollick is to "play or romp around"[/size]
[size 1]2) Last name "Deliar" is a play on "The Liar", (seemed to be the most obvious, we were worried this might be to obvious)[/size]
[size 1]3) Fiction Lake- Is not a real lake and everyone knows what fiction means (2nd most common clue people got)[/size]
[size 1]4) Last name "Caper", (not many people caught this one and this was another one we were worried about)[/size]
[size 1]5) No such agency called CA. Museum of Natural Resources (at least not that we know of)[/size]
[size 1]6) April Fools logo on the sweatshirt when you enlarge the photo (not nearly as many people caught this as we thought would, some said they were way to busy admiring the fish)[/size] [size 1]The fish was actaully only 8 and half pounds, thank you to Sean for the fine work in Photoshop!!! Many people said it looked totally legit!
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[size 1]7) The date April 1 (some people new this before even going to the page but most said they forgot it was April Fools Day)[/size]
[size 1]Lastly the disclaimer at the bottom went virtually unnoticed, Eric was the first to say anything about it. I think people are just very used to small print and ignore it.[/size] [center]THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR GREAT SENSES OF HUMOR, YOU MADE OUR DAY!!! HAPPY APRIL FOOLS!!!!![/center][/size]
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[size 1]We are still getting email every couple of minutes. It seems everyone had a lot of fun with this! We did get a few hundred emails from people who said they had fallen for it until they forwarded it to a friend and the friend started pointing out the clues.[/size]
[size 1]Eric you are the first one that picked up the disclaimer (LOL)! Thank you to BearLake for loaning us the base copy for the disclaimer![/size]
[size 1]I enlarged it so its easier to read:
Note: The above information may be speculative, based on misinformation, contain inaccurate data, or could be entirely fabricated depending on how savvy the reader may be, what today's date is, or the degree of gullibility exhibited by any reader of this release. In the case of a more savvy reader there would be 7 clues to the fact that this release may in fact be of the previously mentioned nature. Click Here to guess the 7 clues. [/size]
[size 1]The seven clues were:[/size]
[size 1]1) Rollick C.A.- Is not a real place. The definition of Rollick is to "play or romp around"[/size]
[size 1]2) Last name "Deliar" is a play on "The Liar", (seemed to be the most obvious, we were worried this might be to obvious)[/size]
[size 1]3) Fiction Lake- Is not a real lake and everyone knows what fiction means (2nd most common clue people got)[/size]
[size 1]4) Last name "Caper", (not many people caught this one and this was another one we were worried about)[/size]
[size 1]5) No such agency called CA. Museum of Natural Resources (at least not that we know of)[/size]
[size 1]6) April Fools logo on the sweatshirt when you enlarge the photo (not nearly as many people caught this as we thought would, some said they were way to busy admiring the fish)[/size] [size 1]The fish was actaully only 8 and half pounds, thank you to Sean for the fine work in Photoshop!!! Many people said it looked totally legit!
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[size 1]7) The date April 1 (some people new this before even going to the page but most said they forgot it was April Fools Day)[/size]
[size 1]Lastly the disclaimer at the bottom went virtually unnoticed, Eric was the first to say anything about it. I think people are just very used to small print and ignore it.[/size] [center]THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR GREAT SENSES OF HUMOR, YOU MADE OUR DAY!!! HAPPY APRIL FOOLS!!!!![/center][/size]
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