Comments on: Who Will Dare To Challenge The Hotheaded Naked Ice Borer?

By: dave chamberlin

dave chamberlin — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 10:39:46 +0000

I’ll never forget that fatefull day when I arranged for my female german shepard to be breed with a male. she was having no part of it, but the male was exceedingly frisky and wouldn’t take no for an answer. Finally the cornered female resorted to her last option, she begged in English to get that filthy beast away from her.Over the course of the next hour she confessed she was no dog at all but an alien sociologists in disguise. She even promised me untold wealth if I’d keep quiet, which of course sounded like a fine idea to me. Apparently these aliens don’t like rape any more than we do. Well the next day the dog ran away never to be seen again leaving me with no dog, no wealth, and no credibility.

By: Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.

Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 12:53:29 +0000

The ice borer: now THAT’S a blast from the past!!

By: Tom Volk

Tom Volk — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 02:58:21 +0000

Here’s my own from a couple years ago. Be sure to click on references for an explanations

Profollias downhoki, a recently disc overed organism that is the missing link between fungi and plants!

http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/apr2008.html

By: blueshifter

blueshifter — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 01:18:24 +0000

“Eruptions” got me good, with a story plausible enough to get you to believe it, yet fantastic enough to get you super excited! And he didn’t give the joke away until you click on the final ‘more info’ link:

http://scienceblogs.com/eruptions/2010/04/eruption_on_mars.php

By: dave chamberlin

dave chamberlin — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 22:31:25 +0000

I know for a fact there are alien sociologists living amoung us, zipped up in dog suits, watching, always watching.

By: Onychomys

Onychomys — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:53:29 +0000

When do you suppose Stümpke published his rhinograde work? If it was April 1st, I think it’d beat the naked ice borer. Or do they even do April Fool’s Day in Germany?

By: Tom Volk

Tom Volk — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 18:07:28 +0000

Here is my effort from a couple years ago.

Profollias downhoki, a recently discovered organism that is the missing link between fungi and
plants! http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/apr2008.html

Be sure to click on the references.
—tom http://TomVolkFungi.net

By: Joke’s on You, Productivity « Blog « Jue Wang

Joke’s on You, Productivity « Blog « Jue Wang — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:27:47 +0000

[...] Carl Zimmer of Discover provides his own roundup, as well as a link to a vintage item about “the Hotheaded Naked Ice Borer” in a 1995 print (!!) issue of Discover, along with some of the equally funny reader [...]

By: TripCyclone

TripCyclone — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:10:12 +0000

Try this: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/04/01/scientists-discover-gene-and-part-of-brain-that-make-people-gullible/#more-1107

By: Ed Yong

Ed Yong — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:09:30 +0000

I humbly submit my own efforts: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/04/01/scientists-discover-gene-and-part-of-brain-that-make-people-gullible/