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Guess which story was real, win a copy of Green Travel
Hopefully most of you realized that yesterday was April Fool's Day, and like every year, we took the entire day off from covering legitimate travel news and instead came up with some wacky stories of our own. But what most of you probably don't know is that amongst all of the fake stories yesterday, one of them was, in fact, real. And if you can correctly guess which one of those stories was real, you'll be put into a random drawing to win a free copy of Green Travel: The World's Best Eco-Lodges & Earth-Friendly Hotels.
To make easier for you, I've whittled down the number of April Fool's stories from yesterday to ten. Which one from the list below is real? Leave your guess in the comments below, and you could win a free copy of Green Travel!
- Canada to adopt new national slogan
- America's language schools rank best at faking foreign accents
- New French bill passed to allow super-models to smoke in public
- Swarm of rare jellyfish to invade shore of Ibiza
- In response to national bullying, Denmark introduces Danish fish
- Airline mistakenly carries passenger on outside of plane
- US broadcasters threaten boycott of Olympics clichés
- Hundreds killed after villagers drink from Nalgene bottles
- Starving kids in China growing tired of US leftovers
- Dubai to install protective magnetic field around city
- To enter, simply leave a comment below. Those with the correct guess will be eligible for selection in a random drawing
- The comment must be left before Friday, April 4 at 2:00 PM Eastern Time.
- You may enter only once.
- Four winners will be selected in a random drawing.
- Four Grand Prize Winner will receive a copy of Green Travel (valued at $21.95)
- Click Here for complete Official Rules.
- Open to legal residents of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia and Canada (excluding Quebec) who are 18 and older.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Tyler Apr 2nd 2008 8:58AM
#2 America's language schools rank best at faking foreign accents
Rich Apr 2nd 2008 9:35AM
I have to agree with Tyler, #2 is the only one which seems legitimate although it is still unbelievable, who voted?!
Craig Apr 2nd 2008 9:47AM
Just for the sake of guessing something different: the jellyfish in Ibiza.
marc Apr 2nd 2008 11:04AM
My guess is the jellyfish as well.
Amanda Apr 2nd 2008 11:29AM
I guess French supermodels smoking.
Alex Apr 2nd 2008 12:32PM
I am going to throw my weight behind the jellyfish story as well. I vaguely remember reading something about that somewhere...
Brandon Apr 2nd 2008 7:13PM
has to be #2. its the least ridiculous of them all.
anna Apr 2nd 2008 12:12PM
i guess canada - america's hat...just because i laughed out loud @ that one! great april fools posts, btw!
Adam Brown Apr 2nd 2008 12:52PM
Gotta be the jellyfish, mate
Morgan Apr 2nd 2008 2:11PM
The Jellyfish one!
Candida Apr 2nd 2008 2:24PM
I'm going with the jellyfish story, too.
Terry Apr 2nd 2008 2:24PM
The jellyfish story is too obvious. I think it is the French supermodels. Gotta love the French.
Paul Apr 2nd 2008 2:51PM
I am going to go with Dubai.
Beverly Ewing Apr 2nd 2008 3:31PM
Just to be different: airline carries passenger on outside of plane. (Although I wish it was broadcasters threaten boycott of Olympic cliches.) The fake ones were very funny. Great job, folks!
laura Apr 2nd 2008 5:25PM
i think its the jellyfish
Vadim Apr 2nd 2008 6:52PM
I chortled at all of these but I think the trick is that none of these are real stories. OH well. Thanks for the guffaws!
ebitze Apr 2nd 2008 8:02PM
I'm betting on the plane story; the only eyebrow-raising facet of the report was that United wasn't somehow responsible.
Cary Apr 2nd 2008 8:50PM
It HAS to be the story about the starving kids in China. I know I sent them lots of leftoversa.
Ben Apr 2nd 2008 9:44PM
Ibiza jellyfish!
Beth Apr 3rd 2008 7:19AM
Plane carries passenger on outside.