Money Hacks Carnival #58 at Ask Mr Credit Card’s Blog

Money Hacks Carnival #58 was hosted at Ask Mr Credit Card’s Blog. Instead of my usual link to participants, I want to highlight the April Fool’s jokes instead since they are quite excellent.

The “Taco” Liberty Bell

In 1996 Taco Bell announced that it had purchased the Liberty Bell. They were going to re-name it the “Taco Liberty Bell!” Hundreds of outraged citizens called to complain before Taco Bell announced a few hours later that it was all a joke.

The best part of the entire incident though, is actually credited to White House press secretary Mike McCurry. When asked about the Liberty Bell incident, he quipped, “We’ve also sold the Lincoln Memorial. It will now be called the Ford Lincoln Mercury Memorial!”

Nixon for President?

In 1992 comedian Rich Little went on NPR and impersonated Richard Nixon. He announced his intent to campaign for the presidency. His campaign slogan was “I didn’t do anything wrong, and I won’t do it again!”

The hoax was revealed in the second half of the radio show, but not before they received call after call from listeners expressing their outrage.

A Whopper In Each Hand?

In 1998 Burger King announced that it would be releasing a special “Left Handed” Whopper, in an attempt to market to the 32 million left-handed Americans.

The Left-Handed Whopper included all the same things that the standard Right-Handed Whopper featured. However, the condiments were rotated 180 degrees for the benefit of eating with your left hand.

The next day Burger King revealed the hoax. According to their report, thousands of customers requested a left-handed whopper, while still more began requesting right-handed Whoppers too!

Now go read the rest of these April Fool’s joke on Ask Mr Credit Card’s Blog and thank you everyone for participating. Next week carnival will be hosted at Greener Pastures.

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