Yep. That is partly what makes it so memorable.....many people were taken in by it, and some of them were quite pissed off as well.
My 5th grade teacher showed us the article back then. I didn't really understand the significance of it back then, but for some reason, I NEVER forgot the name "Sidd Finch"....and when I saw the article re-created today, it brought back a ton of memories. First time I'd ever actually read the article though, and you are right, it's really well done. On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 2:19 PM, Adam Churvis < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can't believe it! I hate Sports Illustrated and never read it, but I > happened to read this one article back then, and remember it vividly to > this > day. The "Sidd," IIRC, was a takeoff on Siddhartha, and he wore a boot on > one foot and always had this peaceful look on his face. Really well done, > because it wasn't absolutely obvious at face value that it was a hoax, so > it > drew you in. > > Respectfully, > > Adam Phillip Churvis > President > Productivity Enhancement > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: G Money [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 2:35 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: The Curious Case of Sidd Finch > > > > Revisiting one of my favorite April Fool's jokes of all > > time.....perpetrated > > by Sports Illustrated 23 years ago today: > > > > http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG111928 > > 3/index.htm#?bcnn=yes > > > > -- > > It was dark all around, there was frost on the > > ground, when the tigers broke free. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:257775 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
