Business Wire Falls for April Fools Prank, Sues FBNers

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Pastimes
Business Wire Falls for April Fools Prank, Sues FBNers

An SI Board Since April 1999

Posts	SubjectMarks	Bans
3795	39	0

Emcee: EL KABONG!!!	Type: Unmoderated

Introduction Compact

Go to reply# or date (mm/dd/yy):

Reply	Message Preview	From	Recs	Posted
2595	Ok, I just saved the image to my hard drive. Now, If I e-mailed it to one of	Tom Swift	-	5/21/1999
2594	Speaking of Y2K&#151'Mr. ASCII' himself, Bob Bemer, is on the milli	Bill Ulrich	-	5/21/1999
2593	Can I save paper by just sending you images of hundred dollar bills? After all	Tom Swift	-	5/21/1999
2592	Excellent. I guess I better find out waht we're s'posed to be selling w	JF Quinnelly	-	5/21/1999
2591	JF, It seems you are now responsible for the Webnode PR campaign. The fine pr	Tom C	-	5/21/1999
2590	The check's in the mail. Feel free to send along my shares and tell me abou	JF Quinnelly	-	5/21/1999
2589	Just send checks to both of us and DON'T WORRY!! This baby's going to	Janice Shell	-	5/21/1999
2588	He who hestitates is lost. Just send heaps of money [we have wheelbarrows] Do	Maurice Winn	-	5/21/1999
2587	Lawyers here [as there] are keen to conduct any business which would turn a dol	Maurice Winn	-	5/21/1999
2586	Now wait. The nodes are part of WebNode, not IndraNet, right? This is confusi	JF Quinnelly	-	5/21/1999
2585	Absolutely!! But ACT NOW!! Only a very few SELECT NODES remain on sale. They	Janice Shell	-	5/21/1999
2584	Oh, I see - you mean <i>motor</i>car ... no worries on the bytes, t	marcos	-	5/21/1999
2583	..and I'm not kidding about running off a pile of $100's on my laser pr	JF Quinnelly	-	5/21/1999
2582	Yes, Whitford, on to Clevedon. Beautiful countryside and great for pubs. It h	Maurice Winn	-	5/21/1999
2581	Ok ... ok ... maybe it's Clevedon ... is there a Clevedon, with a nice pub	marcos	-	5/21/1999
2580	Sure, you can be on the board, but Hay! [to coin a phrase] I'm not kidding	Maurice Winn	-	5/21/1999
2579	I prefer cash [Eudora encrypted cybercash is fine - less taxable]. Clive is a	Maurice Winn	-	5/21/1999
2578	Let me scan this $100 and run off a bunch on the laser printer. Do I get to b	JF Quinnelly	-	5/21/1999
2577	So if I move quickly I can still lock up some really, really good nodes? I	JF Quinnelly	-	5/21/1999
2576	That's the ticket! AND, you can put huge amounts of money in because you g	Maurice Winn	-	5/21/1999
2575	<i>Or something.</i> Never mind. We've still got some nodes l	Janice Shell	-	5/21/1999
2574	If I chose to invest, could I settle the account by having a cousin drive a few	marcos	-	5/21/1999
2573	I get it! The subject sending the message, and the receiver receiving the messa	JF Quinnelly	-	5/21/1999
2572	Glad to hear that Taniwha's eating well. Do give him some pasta every once	Janice Shell	-	5/21/1999
2571	I just heard that Abraham Lincoln arose for this cause, I somehow doubt you cou	Marshall	-	5/21/1999

Go to reply# or date (mm/dd/yy):