Hi! This is my first Self Potrait Tuesday.
The theme for this month is "April Fools" photo's.
Did you ever hear of this April Fools joke?
It was 1962, Sweden. There was only one tv channel and it broadcast in black and white. Technical expert, Kjell Stensson, appeared on the news to announce that all viewers could now quickly and easily convert their existing sets to display color. To make this happen they only had to pull a nylon stocking over their tv screen - at which point they would be able to see their TV in color. He then demonstrated the process.
I rushed out and bought some nylons. Amazingly enough......
Apparently hundreds of thousands of people were taken in.
(Actual color tv transmission began in Sweden on April 1, 1970).
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at 11:20 AM EDT
Updated: Tuesday, 4 April 2006 11:26 AM EDT