我被愚弄了!

在我開始敘述之前, 請各位先看一段新聞:

 

節錄自The Now          April 1, 2008

 

White Rock moving to city hall

 

Massive crane coming from Oregon to save landmark from saltwater erosion Patsy Greenhorn, Special to Surrey Now

Published: Tuesday, April 01, 2008

 

April Fools' Day or All Fools' Day, though not a holiday in its own right, is a notable day celebrated in many countries on April 1.

According to Wikipedia.com, the day is marked by the commission of hoaxes and other practical jokes of varying sophistication on friends, enemies and neighbours, or sending them on fools' errands, the aim of which is to embarrass the gullible.

A massive crane built in Korea will soon move this giant landmark to its new home at White Rock's city hall.

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話說那天看到社區報 The Now 的頭版新聞, 好大的一個標題:

White Rock moving to city hall

副標題則是 :

Massive crane coming from Oregon to save landmark from saltwater erosion

新聞裡清清楚楚的說了海邊的白石因為什麼原因, 所以要在六月初搬到市政府去, 所以才出現了

"白石要搬家了!"

這篇文章.  怎耐那篇新聞最後加了一句, 欲知詳情, 請上網察看:

http://www.canada.com/surreynow/news/story.html?id=4f1d1d58-5fdb-4f2e-9795-d58cdadb87f8&k=7422

就差了查看的動作, 再加上大鼓的散播, 現在全球都知道白石要搬家了, 結果, 結果..............

單"蠢"善良的老百姓, 就這樣被愚弄了一個月, 因為那篇新聞是在Apr. 1, 四月一日,

愚人節, 所發表的.

唉, 周邊的人也都信以為真, 要不是一位老外告訴朋友的女兒, 我們還真的以為白石要搬家了!

 

這是加拿大人的幽默方式, 如果場景搬到台灣, 如果某報以頭版開這種玩笑, 而答案宣佈在網站上, 並沒登在報紙上, 那麼台灣人會有什麼反應呢?