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Jordanian Mayor Angry Over "Alien Invasion" Prank

Posted by samzenpus on from the war-of-the-worlds dept.

krou writes "Jordanian mayor Mohammed Mleihan has taken a dim view of local newspaper Al-Ghad's April Fools prank, which saw a front page story claiming that 'flying saucers flown by 3m (10ft) creatures had landed in the desert town of Jafr.' The paper claimed that communication networks had gone down, and people were fleeing the area. The mayor called the local security authorities, who combed the area, but they were unable to find any evidence of the aliens. Mr Mleihan is now considering suing because of the distress it caused to residents: 'Students didn't go to school, their parents were frightened and I almost evacuated the town's 13,000 residents. People were scared that aliens would attack them.'" I guess they've never heard of Orson Welles in Jordan.

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  1. Let me be the first to say... by Psychotic_Wrath · · Score: 3, Funny

    The mayor is a retard!

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    1. Re:Let me be the first to say... by cpghost · · Score: 5, Funny

      The mayor called the local security authorities, who combed the area

      Colonel Sandurz: Are we being too literal?
      Dark Helmet: No you fool, we're following orders. We were told to comb the desert so we're combing it.

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    2. Re:Let me be the first to say... by Dorkmaster+Flek · · Score: 2, Funny

      We ain't found shit!

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  2. Re:Best prank ever by Scutter · · Score: 5, Funny

    they'd never try this in Saudi Arabia. They'd end up executed for sorcery.

    Since it was a UFO prank, wouldn't the charge be saucery?

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  3. Psychological Warfare With Jordan by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, if the US ever finds a reason to go to war with Jordan, all they need to do is to carpet bomb the place with old copies of "The Weekly World News http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weekly_World_News ."

    The Jordanians will be to dazed to put up a fight.

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  4. Re:Let's remember : The Orson Wells story is a hoa by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 3, Funny

    See - Bartholomew, Robert E. (2001). Little Green Men, Meowing Nuns and Head-Hunting Panics: A Study of Mass Psychogenic Illness and Social Delusion. Jefferson, North Carolina: Macfarland & Company. pp. 217ff.. ISBN 0-7864-0997-5.

    Please post more citations on Meowing Nuns. I, like, need them for a research project or something . . .

    . . . or is this just Hentai stuff, and not real nuns?

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  5. Orson wells, WTF? by k8to · · Score: 2, Funny

    What does Citizen Kane have to do with it? Perhaps you meant H.G. Wells?

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  6. Legend by BJ_Covert_Action · · Score: 2, Funny

    Slashdot, let this be a lesson to you. If your April Fool's day jokes earn you an intervention by authorities, get children out of school for a day, and result in a possible lawsuit against your organization by an official political body, then you are doing it right.

    Anything less just falls short.

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