Date:         Tue, 2 Apr 1996 14:04:10 +1000 (EST)
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From:         Ian Hallett <halleti@agric.nsw.gov.au>
Subject:      Re: Great April Fools Joke

On Mon, 1 Apr 1996, Sean Bartnik wrote:
  
>  	Now that's a practical joke.

Local paper ran a story about workers finding gold nuggets in an 
excavation for a major retail development in this town (about 35,000 
people near in a gold mining area).

Follows last year's story about replacing the old Post Office clock with a 
new digital one with computerised chimes instead of the lovely brass bell.

Fools a lot of people every year, including my SO. Boy, did she feel silly. 

Ian Hallett
Orange NSW Australia 2800

email: halleti@agric.nsw.gov.au

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