1st April In the footsteps of Schofield, Wallace and Brand...It's no April Fool


Remember the good old days when you flicked through your newspaper of choice to try and identify which of the articles contained within its hallowed covers was actually an April Fool's day spoof. Well today its just not so easy to spot the factual from the fictional, the real from the 'really!'

In the past it just used to be one day a year, and then only until midday that attempts could be made to pull the wool over peoples eyes as befuddled readers scoured unsourced and unverified articles in red tops and even the occasional broadsheet with a careful eye, keen not to look utter mugwump by being taken in by some made-up bollocks. Now with everyone seeming to be a part time content creator, blogger or even worse Vlogger, workign out the answer to 'would I lie to you' is no longer as easy. 

Especially when articles in many main stream newspapers often leaving me shakign my head in bemusement or hitting the keyboard my self to forward this virtually true, fact free story to my nearest and dearest.

In an excluisve interview based in an alternative reality, Grace Under Pressure spoke with local conspiracy theorist, Grass E Knoll, and was 'reliably informed' despite having recruitment policies, safegueading checks and DBS clearance procedure tighter than a Yorkshire man's pocket, yet another overpaid 'celebrity'  has now been discovered to be 'dodgy'.

Sometimes you just wish things were a joke don't you. Unfortunatly once again it isn't. 

 

 


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