As Adam Frucci says simply on this Gizmodo article – “Well, this about sums up the internet, doesn’t it? Wow.”

The Internet’s supposed to make us smarter, but looks like dumb is still winning.

While researching on some of the pranks I can safely pull off on my long-suffering friends, came across these gems.

The Top 100 April Fool’s Day Hoaxes of All Time

My favorite? This one.

#8: The Left-Handed Whopper

1998: Burger King published a full page advertisement in USA Today announcing the introduction of a new item to their menu: a "Left-Handed Whopper" specially designed for the 32 million left-handed Americans. According to the advertisement, the new whopper included the same ingredients as the original Whopper (lettuce, tomato, hamburger patty, etc.), but all the condiments were rotated 180 degrees for the benefit of their left-handed customers. The following day Burger King issued a follow-up release revealing that although the Left-Handed Whopper was a hoax, thousands of customers had gone into restaurants to request the new sandwich. Simultaneously, according to the press release, "many others requested their own ‘right handed’ version."

Looking at the list, you just wonder at the sheer number of silly people in this world. Come on, we got opposable thumbs, for chrissakes!!

Encountered this while reading a news article on how the Bush administration setbacks global climate issues (Agence France-Presse, 2008-12-14).

A man comes to the White House asking to see Bush. “He doesn’t live here anymore,” he is told. The next two days he comes again asking the same question, and receiving the same answer.

On the fourth day, the exasperated guard shot back: “I’ve already told you, he’s no longer here.”

“I know, I know,” the man replied. “But it’s such a pleasure to hear you say it.”

What a bag of laughs – and this coming from a France ambassador to a major news agency!

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnwf2RShNV0

What do you get, when you cross reality TV, and comedy? You get REAL COMEDY, and that’s what i’m going to introduce today, one of my favorite tv shows ever – Whose Line Is It Anyway? (abbrev. WLIIA)

The basic premises for the show is simple – 4 talented comedians, some stupendously fun party games, zero scripts – and watch the wit and jokes fly fast and furious.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUYJOQO2MSg

Hats off to Colin Mochrie and Ryan Stiles, they hold the show up. These two regulars are also from the UK version of WLIIA, which I yet had the fortune to view, but would think it to be even more hilarious thanks to that quirky sense of British humor.

It is really amazing – no scripts, no second takes – it really is raw comedy at its finest. For starts, and for your enjoyment, below are two great episodes, one guest starring Robin Williams, and the other is what I considered the best of the whole lot so far.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnAYOcTpKjg

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvpo24-Nzl4

Hope you find WLIIA providing hours of fun for you, as they did for me. To watch more, just head down to YouTube, get out the popcorn, and prepare some stitches – for your sides will be bursting with laughter in no time.