04-01-2019, 08:45 AM
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#1441
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BeltlineFan
A Google search shows that the President of MGM Resorts International is not Christoph Kerker and the President of Matthews Southwest is not John Ohlund.
But really well done for an April Fools article.
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What's well done about it? There's no punchline.
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04-01-2019, 08:50 AM
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#1442
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: DeWinton
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
I'm calling April Fools on that simply for the "artistic rendering" that someone had their toddler draw up
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I thought the MGM lion pic was a nice touch.
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04-01-2019, 08:52 AM
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#1443
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Pent-up
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Plutanamo Bay.
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So dumb.
April 1st, the day to skip your morning news reading.
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04-01-2019, 08:54 AM
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#1444
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Also a Vancouver writer put this together. Extra cruel.
Good for a laugh and a tear at the same time.
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04-01-2019, 09:16 AM
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#1445
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Crash and Bang Winger
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Not Beltline
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Slava
What's well done about it? There's no punchline.
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The research, the time put into it, the detail...
If it said 'just kidding!' at the end would it satisfy you?
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04-01-2019, 10:02 AM
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#1446
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Crash and Bang Winger
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Quote:
Originally Posted by soulchoice
I’m calling April fools on that one. Doubt MGM would pick Calgary as a place to build such a development here.
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There's a Caesars Palace Hotel/Resort/Casino in Windsor, Ontario which is like a deserted version of the Las Vegas property, so anything can happen.
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04-01-2019, 11:22 AM
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#1448
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Ben
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: God's Country (aka Cape Breton Island)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers
So dumb.
April 1st, the day to skip your morning news reading.
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... wait ... so WestJet isn't doing a Fyre Festival in the sky?
But I wanted to hang with models and jump around listening to music at 35,000 feet.
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04-01-2019, 11:48 AM
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#1449
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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That's a very long and detailed story with no obvious punchline.
Some people just can't tell jokes, and they really should stop trying.
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04-01-2019, 02:42 PM
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#1450
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Saddledome, Calgary
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It's so obviously not a joke that Google News had the story on their front page... so it fooled the Google algorithm... The epitomy of fake news and I hate that term so much.
Not even a sense of farce or jovial writing. When did April Fools become a "write fake #### and make it seem as real as possible"?
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04-01-2019, 02:45 PM
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#1451
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First round-bust
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: speculating about AHL players
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I would be fine with that article if it didn't exist.
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04-01-2019, 04:20 PM
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#1452
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Quote:
Originally Posted by getbak
That's a very long and detailed story with no obvious punchline.
Some people just can't tell jokes, and they really should stop trying.
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Yeah, I kind of admire the work that went into it but there really should be a sense throughout of it getting sillier and sillier until it's obvious.
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04-01-2019, 04:35 PM
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#1453
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by topfiverecords
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I 100% fell for this one last year lol
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04-01-2019, 04:39 PM
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#1454
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: I don't belong here
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I fell for it, but not for Calgary Flames purposes. I got really excited because an MGM casino in Calgary means I could maintain my MLife players levels, and maybe even level up, between Vegas trips. As it stands right now this spring will likely be my last trip for two or three years.
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04-01-2019, 04:42 PM
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#1455
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Buff
I fell for it, but not for Calgary Flames purposes. I got really excited because an MGM casino in Calgary means I could maintain my MLife players levels, and maybe even level up, between Vegas trips. As it stands right now this spring will likely be my last trip for two or three years.
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That was the first thing I thought of too. Up to Platinum for sure.
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04-01-2019, 04:44 PM
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#1456
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Franchise Player
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It's a little funny that some folks fell for it I guess. Maybe only funny if you didn't waste your time reading it and then researching it.
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04-01-2019, 05:46 PM
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#1457
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sureLoss
^ That could be the new source of funding for the arena that CMLC president said was found recently.
Assuming that it is not some kind of April Fools joke.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sureLoss
Not seeing any information about it on MGM's websites or anyone else reporting it.
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Hahahahahahahaha! Oh man.
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04-01-2019, 05:48 PM
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#1458
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Slava
What's well done about it? There's no punchline.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by getbak
That's a very long and detailed story with no obvious punchline.
Some people just can't tell jokes, and they really should stop trying.
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What, do you guys know what April Fool's jokes are? They're not set ups with punchlines, they're stories meant to trick people into thinking they're real. Have you not heard April Fool's jokes before? It's the same every year, and they're just like this. 
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04-01-2019, 05:52 PM
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#1459
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Strange Brew
It's a little funny that some folks fell for it I guess. Maybe only funny if you didn't waste your time reading it and then researching it.
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It's only funny if you didn't research a $5.1 billion dollar casino project by MGM posted on April Fools? How many people actually researched it? I think there's some butthurt in here because someone actually posted an April Fools story that got some people. 
Last edited by jayswin; 04-01-2019 at 05:55 PM.
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04-06-2019, 08:16 PM
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#1460
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Calgary
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What's this MGM Resorts on-ice advertisement all about?
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