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Thread #58382   Message #924585
Posted By: Amos
02-Apr-03 - 12:28 PM
Thread Name: BS: Memorable April Fool's Jokes
Subject: RE: BS: Memorable April Fool's Jokes
THen there was the guy who inserted a listing into a high-tech parts catalogue for a new memory chip, which was listed as a "write-only memory chip". It gave some spurious technical numbers as specs, so it looked like a real chip listing.

The guy actually got some serious enquiries about the fictitious item from procurement people.

Ya gotta wonder if these guys read what they're reading!

A

(Pause and reflect on the possible uses of write-only memory, if this seems obscure to you).