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The Best April Fool's Day Pranks By Companies With A Sense Of Humour

April Fool's Day hoaxes by companies and organizations around the world is a time-honoured tradition.

The Best April Fool's Day Pranks By Companies With A Sense Of Humour

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April Fool's Day hoaxes by companies and organizations around the world is a time-honoured tradition. Here are six times that companies (and even government departments) with a sense of humour had the best April Fool's Day jokes, as collated by NDTV.


Lay's India's "no share pack"

Love chips but hate sharing them? Lay's India came up with a solution... or at least made some people think that they did. Two years ago, on April Fool's Day, Lay's India announced the release of a "no share pack - installed with fingerprint sensors." Their prank made many laugh out loud, and many others wish that it was real. An April Fool's Day success if there ever was one.

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 Zombie apocalypse in Canada

To celebrate April Fools', the National Research Council of Canada shared a picture of the 'ongoing zombie apocalypse.' Definitely the kind of April Fool's prank that would send shivers down anyone's spine. – View the picture and read the rest on the NDTV website.

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Ron Ferroni
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Ron Ferroni

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Obituaries: Hamilton Music Promoter Ron Ferroni, Television Guitarist Richard Lloyd, Session Ace Clem Cattini

This week we also acknowledge the passing of Love Affair Singer Steve Ellis.

Ron (Ronald Albert ) Ferroni, a Hamilton-based music promoter and fanzine editor who had a major impact on that city's music scene, died on Nov. 1 at the age of 63. His passing was reported by his brother Donald Ferroni on social media. A cause of death has not been revealed.

A lifelong music enthusiast, Ron Ferroni first made a mark on the Hamilton scene by helping launch a music fanzine, Steelore, in 1986. Its co-founder, Kent Lepper, recalls to Billboard Canada that ''I met Ron and his friend Bob McKnight in the late '80s and at that time we were discussing starting the fanzine. We were also including a cassette with local bands on it.

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