We All Knew it Would Happen
by Dan
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Posted by Dan at April 1, 2005 1:36 AM
Comments

What ?

Posted by Garrincha at April 1, 2005 2:04 AM

GASP


Oh wait...


Good joke.

Posted by autotomy at April 1, 2005 2:21 AM

Heh. Good one. Had me going for a second there.

Posted by Alex at April 1, 2005 2:42 AM

You had me going for more than a second !

Posted by Garrincha at April 1, 2005 3:31 AM

heheheheh

Posted by mr g at April 1, 2005 3:44 AM

Most of you are still in Canada, do you accept Canadian Tire Money?

Wait, what joke?

Posted by caley at April 1, 2005 4:30 AM

"Had me going for a minute there..."

Yeah, me too [*nervous titter*]

Posted by Anonymous at April 1, 2005 4:42 AM

i'll start my own site with my own witty banter and unique commentary.

(glad to see you all at STG have FINALLY gotten a sense of humor.)

Posted by bmr at April 1, 2005 8:14 AM

i can't believe i fell for that. now i've gone and wasted a perfectly good check.

Posted by dubelclique at April 1, 2005 9:03 AM

What is today's date?

Posted by doobeedoo at April 1, 2005 9:35 AM

that was just hilarious. the funniest thing i've ever read. yay!

Posted by aaron at April 1, 2005 11:22 AM

dj dan !

Posted by Anonymous at April 1, 2005 11:46 AM

Leave your computer.

Posted by ubert at April 1, 2005 11:57 AM

$2.99 per song is reasonable considering you're introducing us to stuff we would've never ever heard before. (that's my apr.1 joke back at ya)

Posted by ok at April 1, 2005 11:57 AM

I can't visit any site today without one of these April Fool's things.

Posted by pageblank at April 1, 2005 12:06 PM

Man I was so pissed when I first read that, then I realized what day it was.

Posted by richard at April 1, 2005 2:03 PM

I did an April Fool's Joke at my mp3 blog, too. I should have known that this was just a joke, but you had me going so bad that I even took you off my links list! 60 Euros a year?!? And then having to buy the music I actually like on top of that? Ouch!

Posted by Andy at April 1, 2005 2:18 PM

i nearly cried.
ha ha ha.

Posted by Anonymous at April 1, 2005 2:42 PM

Fell for it too! With all your server problems and all... I'm still an idiot though!

Posted by Matthew at April 1, 2005 4:13 PM

Who do you make the check out to?

Posted by Tuwa at April 1, 2005 8:43 PM

You guys ripped that joke off from
ww.homestarrunner.com, didn't you.

Posted by Anonymous at April 1, 2005 11:41 PM

I was cooking up the vindictive reply when I hit the comments button. Good thing those more perceptive than I had been here first. Excellent.

Posted by Anonymous at April 2, 2005 7:25 AM

Just one factual error in an otherwise masterful joke: Europeans never use ".99" since they hate pennies (eurocents? Eurocentimes?).

There was this report that came out from the European central bank, saying how pleased they were that Euros were so quickly and universally accepted. Except the one cent pieces. And two cent pieces. And the 200, 500, and 1000 bills. No one ever used those. But otherwise!

Anyway, 59.99? That's like nine hundred dollars!

Posted by Anonymous at April 2, 2005 11:00 AM

actually, europeans do use .99 cents. (i bought easter eggs last week reduced from 1.99 to .99)
and 60 euros is in fact around 100 canadian dollars.

Posted by Anonymous at April 8, 2005 5:42 AM

Alright, good joke, dickhead.

Posted by aztoby at April 8, 2005 10:47 PM

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