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April Fool’s Day…

Written
April 1, 2007
Length
193 words, about 1 min

Who can tell a lie that can really shock me?

I remember that the mildest but most effective lie people used to tell all the time was: “Your shoelace is untied.” Even if the other person was on full guard, they would usually still look down once. A slightly sleazier but based on the same principle one is “Your zipper is down” (only works on guys). It triggers an instinctive reaction; no matter how alert you are, in general you still can’t help glancing down at it~

Legend has it that some Western TV station once broadcast fake news of a Martian invasion on April Fool’s Day, and the result was a citywide panic, with total chaos in the streets……

Latest comments

  • Yiwu

    2007-04-01 22:49:24

    You’ve become a father.
    Reading your articles///I found out///that you are///indeed//very free.///Compared with before……..you’ve reached a certain level now…..
    Actually, that’s pretty good too

  • Gu Chu

    2007-04-02 23:01:51 

    This lie is truly thrilling; I’m not mentally prepared yet……

  • unic

    2007-04-06 15:39:07 Anonymous 222.82.226.29

    Hahahahaha…………and there’s an even more ruthless one!
    CET was canceled today。。。。。。

Translated from the Chinese original with AI assistance. The original text is authoritative.