April Fool's Day is not a happy day here at Scanner. OK, actually, it could be butterflies and roses for 4/5 of Scanner, we don't know. But for Scanner Nicole, it's a day when she becomes victim to her innate gullibility and people end up laughing at her. Tattoo your toddler? That was a radio prank, and Nicole fell for it. On April Fool's Day! Totally fucking pathetic.
BUT, this year, we will not be fooled. We are armed and ready to reject every single news item that comes our way as a hoax. Woody Allen suing American Apparel, ha! Sorry Scanner Brian, but we're not buying it. Mugabe possibly ceding power in Zimbabwe? Nice try New York Times. What do you think we were born yesterday?
We've been spotting hoaxes so successfully, we don't even care if they're real. Although one trick has certainly not sailed by unnoticed. The offender after the jump:
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