Author: Rob

Posted: 31 Mar 2006 08:14 pm (GMT -5.00)

So I’m not one to really keep track of what day it is, and I barely ever keep track of the date. That is why I fell victim to an amazing prank today, the day before April 1st.

I was doing my usual circuit of morning sites and I passed by ThinkGeek. There I see an item that looks very familiar to me. A green pipe jumped out of the page at me and in that pipe sat a mushroom with a green cap and white spots, on the stalk of this ‘shroom there were two black spots that looked like eyes. On the front of the pipe it simply says “1up.”

“No way” I say to myself and I quickly click on the picture. There it is, like every other item that has ever been put on ThinkGeek it had a full description. The little guys come from Kyoto, and it only takes 2 weeks to get them to grow. The jokes were there too—they grant eternal life when eaten; but caution “do not put in face.” At this point I am in need of a fresh set of undies because I can not believe that something this cool has ever been discovered. Being a biologist this is like my two separate lives coming together and having the coolest child in the world. This is like Jason’s love for horseback riding and man-on-man intercourse coming together in the form of a movie. This is having my cake and eating it too. I quickly send Jason the URL. He shits his pants too, decides that he wants to buy one as well. While he is looking it over I decide to email a professor of mine that got a PhD studying mushrooms, to show her a species from the Mushroom Kingdom. After I send the email I get a message from Jason trying to stop me from sending the email, I think he’s a fool and go back to the listing. I add it to my cart. And then the most shocking news gets shoved into my face: “HAHA, Gotcha. April fool’s (early) you silly monkey.” At first I don’t understand and I’m pissed that they wont let me order—then I look at a calendar. Disappointment sweeps over me, followed by laughter. Touché ThinkGeek, you got me good!

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-Rob