The Anatomy of an April Fool's Joke

Sat 2011/04/02 18:54 JST
Posted by Lightning Sabre [www] 
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It's a joke within a joke, kinda like Inception, but I didn't go deeper... The main joke is, of course, I acquired Chun's Taiga Mini Dollfie Dream. But a second joke, me trying to sell that Taiga, was meant to throw off the main joke. Of course I also posted the original post on March 31st, 8:30 am, which is April 1st, 12:30 am in Japan XD

THE CONCEPT: I managed to convince Chun to sell her Taiga with a truckload of money.
THE MASTERMIND: Me, of course. Vewy, vewy evil!
THE THROWAWAY JOKE: Posting Taiga for sale, the day after I make a post of me acquiring her, for an exuberant amount.
THE TRICK: Posting it on April 1st in Japan Standard Time at 8:00 AM local time in Vancouver, Canada to make it more plausible.

And now... The rest of the story...

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Chun's camera is quite good... It can even take the LCD screen on my camera! Thanks for letting me visit your place, Chun! And thank you for playing along with my silly idea for April Fool's joke ^^
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I wanted to make my 4koma more real instead of Photoshoping in Taiga. The results look very good with Haruhi getting stomped as Chun's Taiga (schol uniform) and my Taiga (swimsuit) looks on.

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Chun also brought her pedobear out...

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Doing the motions.

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But... with my April Fool's joke, there is some truth to this... I wonder what it is...
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From shortest to tallest.

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I really wanted to kidnap Taiga here......

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So.... Clossssee.......

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Tsun-tsun Taiga Mk.II: "HEY! Don't dollnap me! And don't ask Ms. Chun to sell me again! She will never, ever sell me!"
 
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    诚 in Guangzhou,China [www]
    2011/04/02 19:03
    Registered on 2011/02/18. Poor man,poor dollfie,poor English,poor life
     

    Bad Haruhi = =
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    Kraster in Denmark [www]
    2011/04/02 19:52
    Registered on 2009/11/16. （；￣д￣）ハァ↓↓
     

    Okay, I lol'd! I really did think, that Chun had sold poor Taiga!
    It was a really good April Fool's joke :D
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      Lightning Sabre in Vancouver [www]
      2011/04/03 02:33
      Registered on 2007/08/30. Prepress Operator, 触手 wrangler, H-Man
       

      According to @AMGitsKriss, "the best April Fools jokes are the ones that can be taken seriously." So I'm going with that, lol XD
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    Maqywhaq in Hong Kong
    2011/04/02 21:30
    Registered on 2008/03/31. Director
     

    TsunTsun Taiga is kinda awesome... Wants~ xD
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      Lightning Sabre in Vancouver [www]
      2011/04/03 02:33
      Registered on 2007/08/30. Prepress Operator, 触手 wrangler, H-Man
       

      I had to resist hard from kidnapping her the moment I saw her ^^;
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    nomy
    2011/04/02 22:21
    Registered on 2010/10/15.
     

    ^_^
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    toel-uru in SEOUL. KOREA [www]
    2011/04/02 23:23
    Registered on 2009/03/19. Figure Collecter
     

    hahaha ^ㅁ^
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    yunamon in OtaCoolTure no Saka [www]
    2011/04/02 23:32
    Registered on 2009/03/31. Knightess of the Pink Republic
     

    It's conspiracy I told you so! XDc
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      Lightning Sabre in Vancouver [www]
      2011/04/03 02:44
      Registered on 2007/08/30. Prepress Operator, 触手 wrangler, H-Man
       

      LoL grats to you guys who figured it out.
      Report #333691
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    battrastard in Old Fart in the Southwest,... [www]
    2011/04/02 23:35
    Registered on 2009/03/06. Aircrafty type mechanic, dedicated and certified...
     

    Quite a convincing joke, overall. (Thankfully, that's all it was!) Very craftily done, kudos to the both of you!!

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      Lightning Sabre in Vancouver [www]
      2011/04/03 02:46
      Registered on 2007/08/30. Prepress Operator, 触手 wrangler, H-Man
       

      @battrastard I tried my best to write it as convincingly as possible and then @puppy52 and I made sure our stories match XD
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    Lala Lolita in In a castle on the coast,... [www]
    2011/04/03 00:04
    Registered on 2010/12/02. Babysitter
     

    AHAHAHAHAHA. I honestly, honestly, thought Chun had sold her. I was like "Chun, that's like selling her as a slave! It's sooo wrong!!" but I didn't want to say anything to offend either of you...
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      Lightning Sabre in Vancouver [www]
      2011/04/03 02:48
      Registered on 2007/08/30. Prepress Operator, 触手 wrangler, H-Man
       

      Ok, now I'm offended... LoL, just kidding. You should say so anyway, hehehe.
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    Heavy in Marietta, Georgia U.S.
    2011/04/03 02:02
    Registered on 2009/07/17. Exploring worlds and ways of thought
     

    Ooooh....LOL \(^v^)/
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    Jun97 in California
    2011/04/03 02:48
    Registered on 2010/08/19. Engineer
     

    Haha that was a good one.^^
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    chun in love with cats~! [www]
    2011/04/03 03:14
    Registered on 2007/01/09. part time illustrationist, doll clothing seamstr...
     

    LOL
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    cbr1000rr in Rave City Riverfront [www]
    2011/04/03 05:21
    Registered on 2010/11/04.
     

    Hahaha!!! Very cute photos set! (=^o^=)
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    RANKA in japan [www]
    2011/04/03 09:39
    Registered on 2011/01/02. student
     

    pretty girl and cute lion(?) ^_^!
    good job !
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      Lightning Sabre in Vancouver [www]
      2011/04/03 16:53
      Registered on 2007/08/30. Prepress Operator, 触手 wrangler, H-Man
       

      ありがとう！　これは熊です　＾＿＾
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    Ausra in Lithuania [www]
    2011/04/03 22:13
    Registered on 2010/06/22. Schoolgirl
     

    Hahaha... very cute^^
    Report #334129
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