There's a website out called "Bonzai Kitty" or something, I saw
it long ago. It was done (to my understanding) in the same
vein as "101 Uses For A Dead Cat". NOWHERE on the page
did they say "this is just a joke" so a TON of people took it
seriously, including PETA. Since so much attention was drawn
to it, PETA has now changed their stance from "This is so cruel"
to "We know this is a joke, but it's not funny". The joke was
a bit harsh, I must admit, but what I find REALLY funny is the
people that fall for things like that.
I work as an IT Proffesional, with a staff of about 200. About
2 years ago, I sent an email out from the "Global Internet
Maintenance Organization" that asked that on APRIL FIRST
everyone unplug their computers and servers from the
internet because they would be performing maintenance on
the net, such as "Deleting 404 Pages" and "Blowing Air Through
The Lines to get the dust out". 10 minutes after clicking the
good ol' send button, I got several phone calls, asking if I
knew what time on APRIL FIRST that it was going to start.
Some of the more intelligent ones inquired, "is this for real?".
Sad thing to was the LAN Administrator asked if it was real,
then once informed that it was an April Fool's joke, replied
with, "Well I don't think it's very funny!"
It is? 
Yipes! better go do a stop payment on that check! I just enrolled in the "Mailorder Ninja" class....
