A trip through the April 1 news...

British anarchists call for their dole to be paid, not in money, but, apparently, in goods or barter, as they trash a bank chanting "death to money". Getting into the spirit,

some bankers swapped their pinstripe suits for casual wear and others stayed home. Bolder financial workers leaned out their office windows Wednesday, taunting demonstrators and waving 10 pound notes at them.
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One protester dressed as the Easter bunny managed to hop through the police cordon but was stopped before he could reach the Bank of England. Another black-clad demonstrator waved a fake light sabre at officers.

Musician and political activist Billy Bragg said the time was now to make a difference.

The Queen is so appalled, she is thinking of fleeing to Canada.

In other news,

Osama bin Laden works at Pearson Airport loading security-cleared luggage on departing flights, while the wife of a mafia drug lord sorts in-bound luggage before it gets to customs.

And, Lenin has finally come around to identifying with the impoverished condition of the workers:


In no surprise, French Jews are giving up the French language and fleeing to America.

But Jewish-American academics cast doubt on assertions that we are currently witnessing a rise in antisemitism, though no one can be sure just what words were covered up in duct tape. Readers are invited to lay their bets in comments:


Meanwhile, Vancouverites are raising $250,000 to build "artificial roots" for a long dead tree.


Finally, God is punishing Vancouverites for indulging in the global warming religion, with snow spotted at sea level, in April.