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@dooks
Not so much a fail but an awesome bit of pointless prankery that took in a lot of people: The guy who sits next to me at work posted on the Crystal Palace website 6 weeks ago, the day after they went into administration, a totally fabricated "rumour" that local "eccentic" (ex-boxer, nutter and failed mayoral candidate) Winston McKenzie was heading up a consortium including Reggae Reggae sauce ex-crim' Levi Roots and that dim twat of Dragon's Den, planning to buy Palace.
Not only did many on the forum believe it, but the rumour spread and when Winston was eventually approached about it (being insane) he confirmed the rumour! The following week, the story ran complete with quotes from rapping mayorial loser Mckenzie in a local paper. Today it ran as the full back page in the Croydon Advertiser... I believe it's now expanded to include P-Diddy in some form and was mentioned in the national press yesterday.
He's finally cracked under pressure (calls from the paper etc) and come clean. We spent all morning trying to take "anonymous" photos to be used in his "pranksetr comes clean" interview too. Ah well.
Brilliantly people are now arguing with him, claiming it IS true and threatening to ban him from the website.
Funny while it lasted.