The corona virus currently dominates the headlines. Now a father from the Munich area caused a sensation with an April Fool's joke. Even Markus Söder commented on it.
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- A father from the Munich area caused a sensation with an April Fool's joke.
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Munich - "Bavaria decides to cut the summer vacation" - a WhatsApp message caused a stir on Wednesday (April 1). A manipulated screenshot of the website of the news magazine "Der Spiegel" was shown in the message.
According to this, the school would take three weeks longer to make up for the lessons canceled due to the corona pandemic - probably very few students would have jumped for joy. The fake spread like wildfire.
April Fool's Day in Corona times: "Der Spiegel" reveals fake on Twitter
Even the mirror was forced to clarify and posted on Twitter that it was a fake: "The story was never on our side," it said. This is due to a father from the Munich area , who, however, had no bad intentions.
Oops, sorry ... it was actually just an April Fool's joke that I made for my children. They didn't fall for it, then spread it into their class chats ... https://t.co/XyuQmRKtWO pic.twitter.com/IMYPbLOWT0
- Holger (@rohmeo_de) April 1, 2020"Oops, sorry ... that was actually just an April Fool's joke," wrote Twitter user @rohmeo_de in the comment on the Spiegel tweet. "It was a spontaneous idea in the morning," he later explained to the German press agency in Munich. He wanted to put his three children in with the edited side. The success, however, was moderate. His daughter had looked incredulous for two seconds. "Then she said: April, April ".
Corona virus in Bavaria: April fool's joke from a father causes a sensation
For the father, it was all over, but his son took a photo of the alleged news page, shared it on WhatsApp in the class chat, and caused a sensation. "I don't regret the gag for my children, but the effects," said the father, who works in online marketing. He was amazed at how incredibly quickly this had spread. "It went through Bavaria within two hours, I probably hit a nerve there."
April Fool's Day in Corona times: Markus Söder is not very enthusiastic
The photo also struck a nerve with Bavaria's Minister of Culture Michael Piazolo (free voters), who obviously assumed a planned action: "Such unsuccessful April fools in the middle of the Corona crisis only cause unrest and uncertainty," said Piazolo indignantly.
Prime Minister Markus Söder was also not very enthusiastic. "I always think April fools are funny, but please not in connection with Corona," Söder said angrily and addressed the joke with the shortened school holidays.
came / dpa