On April 1, 1957, the BBC broadcast a report on the popular Panorama program, which showed something incredible - a family in southern Switzerland ... picking spaghetti from trees!The report told in all seriousness about a rich "spaghetti harvest", made possible by a mild winter and the almost complete disappearance of a fictional pest of spaghetti. Footage was shown of people carefully removing long strands of spaghetti from branches and preparing them for consumption.It sounds absurd today, but in the 1950s spaghetti was not yet a very popular food in Britain. This, combined with the authority of the BBC and the serious tone of the famous presenter Richard Dimbleby, made the story surprisingly convincing.About 8 million people watched the program, and hundreds of viewers contacted the BBC afterwards. Some wanted to find out if the story was true, while others simply asked how they could grow their own spaghetti tree. The BBC continued the joke and advised them to put a handful of spaghetti in a can of tomato sauce and… “hope for the best.”Thus, an April Fool’s joke became one of the most famous television pranks in history – a great example of how convincing an incredible story can sound when it comes from a source people trust.Share other pranks that managed to fool a lot of people…https://youtu.be/tVo_wkxH9dU?is=roSyhPk4q8guNf5S
>>541210040You mean it doesn't? Where does it come from then?
>>541210138It grows underground off of potatoes. Have you seen the little squiggly thin lines growing off of potatoes? Those are actually spaghetti.
>>541210138>>541210366>grows undergroundsometimes so deep they have to do a mining tunnel to access itItaly is famous for its spaghetti mines
>>541210138My mom used to look for them at night with a flashlight. They apparently came out of my ass to breathe or something
>>541210040>a great example of how convincing an incredible story can sound when it comes from a source people trustclassic example is Orson Welles' 1938 radio adaptation of The War of the WorldsI read some watchers of long series shows nearly attacking black characters from it IRL, I mean actors playing bad personsnpcs have no critical thinking
>>541210040https://youtu.be/UpnAdVhfosYOur TV also managed to make Bulgaria look like paradise and not a gypsy shithole
>>541211122We haven't really changed, there's nothing different in Bulgaria than this clip. Have you ever been a guest at a gypsy's house?
>>541210770I feed homegrown spaghetti to my garloids. Only the best food for my garloids, always. It's the only way of keeping them healthy and happy.
>>541211122what kind of a shithole must one come from to post that video and call it a paradise?
>>541210040brits used to eat egyptian mummies probably still do too
>>541210040>Britain believed that spaghetti grows on trees in Switzerland!what a fucking retards, everyone knows that it grows on trees in ITALY
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>>541211306>gypsy>house
>>541210040Brittards will believe anything. It’s their nature to be servile.
>>541210040Amazing to think that girls actually black as a dusky evening.
>>541214314It's amazing how the British come up with such dishes. And why do they put beans on everything? I also ask myself another question, is it possible to live around them after eating so many beans and farting so much after eating them?
>>541211006They probably look like this? Overnight spaghetti.
>>541210040She could prepare my noodle for consumption any day if you get my incredibly subtle message.
>>541210138They are farm-raised tomaton sauce worms.
