Normally, I like to wait 12 hours at least... BUT.... This is far enough down the page that you gotta scroll a bit to get here. Hopefully, I'll still get a few people who knee-jerk on the first post.
My "plan" for this year was to make two jokes. One more "realistic" than the other. So the set-up joke cut a little too close to the bone, I think, and I didn't expect ANYONE to bite on it. The idea was that everyone would see it, and say "Oh, ok, Tyger's joke is over, we can go on now."
Then wait until noon or so to hit with the "Gauner" Board (And, btw, "Gauner" is German for swindler, crook or trickster, my usual hint. And Naebat' translates from Russian roughly as "one who tricks or cons you") and see if people bite on that. And right now I'm hovering just over 110 hits in less than 2 hours. It'll probably be over the 1000 mark by 10 PM my time, depending if people read this far down before clicking the link.
Hey, last year 3500+ people downloaded the video to get a glimpse of The Firefly, and I was told that a tournament promoter got a dozen ANGRY phone calls from the first year I did the "Drug Testing" joke. I only get to do this once a year, so I plan these out.
And why do I do it? Once a year I get an excuse to show paintball players how truly gullible we are as a sport. We'll buy hype over substance, and we'll see something and take it as gospel because someone told us it is. So think of it as a yearly "jarring" of the system, and encouragement to think for yourself (Chuff Chuff). Not just take what is crammed down your throat by less-than-reputable companies who want to sell you schlock on short-term profit.
One of these years, I'll do "Paintball on a stick", but people who've never been to the Minnesota State Fair would NEVER get it. Happy April Fools, folks. May yor own gags not leave permanent marks and get your friends to say "YOU SUCK!"
-Tyger
(Who's kinda upset that nobody has told me how much of a bastard I am because of this or the other joke... And what's WRONG with Yellow?)
My "plan" for this year was to make two jokes. One more "realistic" than the other. So the set-up joke cut a little too close to the bone, I think, and I didn't expect ANYONE to bite on it. The idea was that everyone would see it, and say "Oh, ok, Tyger's joke is over, we can go on now."
Then wait until noon or so to hit with the "Gauner" Board (And, btw, "Gauner" is German for swindler, crook or trickster, my usual hint. And Naebat' translates from Russian roughly as "one who tricks or cons you") and see if people bite on that. And right now I'm hovering just over 110 hits in less than 2 hours. It'll probably be over the 1000 mark by 10 PM my time, depending if people read this far down before clicking the link.
Hey, last year 3500+ people downloaded the video to get a glimpse of The Firefly, and I was told that a tournament promoter got a dozen ANGRY phone calls from the first year I did the "Drug Testing" joke. I only get to do this once a year, so I plan these out.
And why do I do it? Once a year I get an excuse to show paintball players how truly gullible we are as a sport. We'll buy hype over substance, and we'll see something and take it as gospel because someone told us it is. So think of it as a yearly "jarring" of the system, and encouragement to think for yourself (Chuff Chuff). Not just take what is crammed down your throat by less-than-reputable companies who want to sell you schlock on short-term profit.
One of these years, I'll do "Paintball on a stick", but people who've never been to the Minnesota State Fair would NEVER get it. Happy April Fools, folks. May yor own gags not leave permanent marks and get your friends to say "YOU SUCK!"
-Tyger
(Who's kinda upset that nobody has told me how much of a bastard I am because of this or the other joke... And what's WRONG with Yellow?)
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