Talk about one smart student!!
I definitely have to take a page(or quote) from this kid’s book.
An Irish student pulled off a glorious prank on the mass-media involving a fake quote, Wikipedia.org, and the death of a well known musician.
22 year old Shane Fitzgerald took the passing of a popular French composer(Maurice Jarre) as the perfect opportunity to test out whether or not major news outlets check their fact’s. The results are less than shocking…to me at least.
It turns out that many newspapers around the world blindly included the faux quote in their obituary columns, but only one news outlet (The Guardian of Britain) has come forward since Fitzgerald disclosed the truth behind the mysterious quotation.
“…Fitzgerald told several media outlets they’d swallowed his baloney whole.” (great/random quote from article)
For those of you who habitually contract a bad case of the Mondays…here’s a clip to make you feel better about your crappy job.
Enjoy!
Directed by Nicholaus Goossen (Grandma’s Boy)
Written by one of my favorite comedians/actors Nick Swardson
Starring: Nick Swardson, David Spade, Simon Rex(Nicholas Goossen), Branden Williams, Julia Wolov, Edward Barojas, & Beardo.
Hopefully this will act like a little pick me up…kinda ease ya’ into the rest of the week….
I saw this Disney clip when I was a “wee-lad” and it stuck with me ever since. I just recently unearthed this gem of a clip, and shared it with a bunch of classmates at the Running Your Own Cult: Do’s & Don’ts online course.
At the end of a hectic work week, I can’t help but feel over stimulated and mentally cluttered…I visualize my mind like this:
At the end of the day I’m sitting here wondering if there is a specific reason as to why Google didn’t jazz up their logo with some flashy Cinco de Mayo graphics?
Cinco de Mayo, No?
Maybe they’re anti-immigration or perhaps they were really frazzled after that crazy media coverage of the “Swine Flu/H1N1.” Political statement? You be the judge. Cause I can only speculate…
…and I only bring it up for discussion because for as long as I can remember, in America, we’ve sort of “Unofficially” celebrated Cinco de Mayo. Besides that, Google has been well known for the changing of it’s logo on some not-so widely known holidays/events. Just four days ago, on May 1st., they were celebrating Children’s Day(Mexico). wtf?
Also, FYI: Cinco de Mayo is not the celebration of Mexico’s independence, but rather the celebration of Mexico’s victory against the French in The Battle of Puebla(1862).
