A few April Fool’s Day links

The Origin of April Fool’s Day.

Top 100 April Fool's Day Hoaxes of All Time.

The Top 10 Worst April Fool's Day Hoaxes Ever .

Print out this printable parking ticket and leave on an unsuspecting friend’s vehicle.

April Fool's Day printables for kids.

Problems with Ocare go far beyond the individual mandate

Must read comments and links on the coming loss of our medical freedom.

Must Read: How one man escaped from a NoKo prison camp

Story of a man born into a prison camp.  Fascinating and horrifying.

SCOTUS Obamacare arguments live blogging

NRO's Critical Condition, starting at 10:00 AM.

Behind the Scenes in a Trojan Condom Factory

Engraving of Casanova testing out a condom is excellent, and the video is interesting.

Mark Steyn nails it

Impending economic doom.

Friday links

1957 Woolworth Menu.

Video: 3D digital model of Rome A.D. 320. 

Gallery of ant photography.

Complaints Monks Scribbled in the Margins of Manuscripts.

A vicar claims a potato got stuck up his bottom after he fell on to the vegetable while hanging curtains in the nude.

Tigons, ligers and other animal hybrids.

Read more here: http://blogs.herald.com/dave_barrys_blog/#storylink=cpy

Mysterious Booms and Trembles Plague Wisconsin Town, Baffle Scientists

Not seismic activity, problems with the water and sewer system, elevated gas levels, area blasting or mining, industrial businesses, and even military operations.

Women have orgasms while excercising, study shows

Men just get more and more unnecessary, huh?

UK: Doctor who can’t speak English will see you now

Testing language skills is deemed discriminatory.

The "Brussels loophole" allows any doctor who has worked or lives in the EU to sidestep language tests.

NYC Anti-Salt Crusade Demands Gov’t-Run Shelters Turn Away Donated Food

Comments and links.

Is A Baby Conceived After Dad's Death A 'Survivor'?

In vitro fertilizations after the death of a parent meet Social Security survivors benefits.

Monday links

How Do You Ship A Horse To The London Olympics?

Sperm Discovered Doing Basic Calculus.

Police nationwide take on soaring Tide detergent theft.

Ebay antique item of the week. 

Experiments with inflatable dolls.

Is there an official U.S. manual on how to conduct a hanging?

Strategy Memo Details Liberal PR Plan to Promote Obamacare

Links and comments at Heritage.

Remember that Apple factory in China story?

Fabrications and lies: Ira Glass apologizes to his listeners.

Make your own green beer

Instructions here.

Guiness trained sheepdog to round up Irishmen and herd them to a bar

Video.

The Incident Report. Or, The Time I Broke It

Must read.

UN Human Rights Council to investigate American voter-ID laws

And, no, unfortunately, it's not The Onion.

Friday links

The rising popularity of mantyhose.

Arachnophobia?  Don't click here.

How to Train Your Dog to Get You a Beer.  Loosely related, Dog plays piano and sings.

Read more here: http://blogs.herald.com/dave_barrys_blog/page/2/#storylink=cpy

Pasta-Shaped Radio Waves.

Gallery: NYC's abandoned leper colony.

Lego space shuttle (attached to balloon) flies 21 miles high.

James Q. Wilson dies at 80

A gentleman and a scholar.

Andrew Brietbart, RIP

Natural causes.

Autocorrect fail leads to school lockdowns

"gunman be at west hall today," was received and reported to police around 11:30 a.m. But after police tracked the number, they learned the auto correct feature on the new cellphone changed "gunna" to "gunman."