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Re: Is this the first ever Vernian April Fools joke?

From: Garmt de Vries-Uiterweerd <garmtdevries~at~gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2012 21:48:11 +0200
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~gilead.org.il>

Hi Drake,

You can read about the April's Fools Joke at:
http://jv.gilead.org.il/forum/2006/03/
http://jv.gilead.org.il/forum/2006/04/

Look for the messages "Audio recording of interview with Jules Verne
(1903)" and following.

Cheers,
Garmt.

On 1 April 2012 20:46, Drake Lolley <drake~at~onlinebluegrasslessons.com> wrote:
> I just noticed that the "Virgin Volcanic" logo
> (http://www.virginvolcanic.com/) is identical to the "Virgin Mobile" logo
> (http://www.virginmobileusa.com/)!
>
> By the way, I am comparatively new to the forum, and I was not around when
> Garmt's prank took place. Would anybody mind linking to it? It would be much
> appreciated.
>
>
>
> Drake
>
>
>
> On 01.04.2012 03:11, Harry Hayfield wrote:
>
> Virgin Volcanic.com http://www.virginvolcanic.com/
> ------ Original Message ------
> From: "Dennis Kytasaari"
> To: "Jules Verne Forum"
> Sent: 01/04/2012 00:48:52
> Subject: Re: Is this the first ever Vernian April Fools joke?
>
> The answer is no, as Rick recently reminded us of the prank that Garmt
> pulled on the forum a number of years ago.
>
> This one might be the first that is more widespread. What is the source?
>
> --
> Sent from my DROID X.
>
> Harry Hayfield <harryhayfield~at~gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Only 500 people have been to space, only three people have been to the
>> bottom of the ocean, but no one has ever attempted to journey to the core of
>> an active volcano. Until now. Using patented carbon-carbon materials
>> pioneered for deep space exploration, Virgin is proud to announce a
>> revolutionary new vehicle, VVS1, which will be capable of plunging three
>> people into the molten lava core of an active volcano. In its first three
>> years of operation, VVS1 will target the five most active volcanoes in the
>> world: Etna, Stromboli, Yasur, Ambrym and Tinakula. Sir Richard Branson will
>> go on the first expedition along with Tom Hanks, Academy Award winning actor
>> and star of Joe Versus the Volcano; Black Eyed Peas recording artist and
>> science enthusiast Will.i.am; actor/producer Seth Green; and two-time
>> Academy Award winning documentary filmmaker Barbara Kopple.
>> Tom Hanks said: "A window seat for a journey to the liquid core of our
>> home planet would be a bargain at twice the price." Documentary filmmaker
>> Barbara Kopple has closed a deal with Virgin Produced to direct a
>> documentary around the Virgin Volcanic project utilising groundbreaking 3D
>> technology called VD. Additionally, recording artist (and passenger)
>> Will.i.am plans to record the first volcanic soundtrack for the film,
>> recorded entirely inside a live active volcano. The soundtrack will be
>> released in conjunction with the documentary. Volcanologist Frederick Smith,
>> based in the Republic of Vanuatu currently conducting preliminary tests on
>> Yasur, said: "The project will derive important scientific results to help
>> control and monitor active volcanoes. It is believed a new level of the
>> Volcanic Explosivity Index could be found above and beyond the current high
>> of Level 8 – Supervolcanic." The team behind Virgin Volcanic believes going
>> to the core of the five most active volcanoes is just the first step. In
>> future this technology can be developed as a clean, safe and fast
>> alternative to tr ans- continental commercial aviation. By taking the heat
>> from molten lava Virgin Volcanic plans to develop a totally renewable energy
>> source to power the VVS1. It is seen as a way to literally fulfil Richard
>> Branson's philosophy of screwing business as usual. This would involve going
>> through the Earth rather than round it. Experts predict that one could
>> travel from Hawaii to Naples in a couple of hours via the molten lava flows,
>> with passengers boarding and disembarking from a network of "Earthports"
>> close to the world's volcanoes. The first Virgin Volcanic trips are
>> scheduled for 2015. Do you have what it takes to join the Virgin Volcanic
>> back-up team? Tell us why below, or use the #virginvolcanic hashtag.
>>
>> And in the premable the following quote is supposedly from Sir Branson
>> himself: "I have long held a fascination with volcanoes since reading Jules
>> Verne's Journey to the Centre of the Earth. Alongside our adventures with
>> Virgin Galactic and Virgin Oceanic, volcanoes are the next great unexplored
>> terrain."
>
>
Received on Sun 01 Apr 2012 - 22:48:18 IDT

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