Happy April Fool's Day!

Dork · Post by **Dork** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 10:45 pm

I have removed the Tribe-like ads from the top of each page. It was, of course, a joke. The only actual commerce site that was linked to was the burningman.com marketplace, and no revenue was generated from the ads.

Thank you all for your ad suggestions (Gyre), letters of encouragement, letters of outrage, and death threats. I will cherish them always.

For posterity's sake, here is the text of the ads. Some of them were added later in the day.

LED Lights Burning - 12volt, battery operated strings Man, you will love these lights!
Official Burningman Merchandise - Protect the Burning Man trademark! Buy direct from the source.
420 Ringtones - Get 420 ringtones by Queensryche instantly!
Form your LLC in Delaware - Have an art car or other dangerous art? Protect your assets! Low-cost packages starting at $225
Thai fisherman pants - Full range of Thai fisherman pants. Now with removable crotch panel!
Be your own boss! - Low-cost advertising scripts. Publish your ad on thousands of message boards instantly!
Eplaya! - 100,000 Stores. Deals. Reviews. Eplaya & More!
Rave supplies! - Glow bracelets, glow cups, lollipops, visine, and more!
Burning Shade - One stop shopping for all your shade needs.
Playa Beer - Bored with Tecate & Milwaukee's Best? Great beers, on-playa delivery!
Burning Man souvenirs - Genuine ashes and smoke from previous burns. Relive the magic!
Burning Man hats - Get the new Air Larry (tm). First 100 autographed by the man in the hat himself!
Genuine vintage street signs - Ego, Guess, Earth, Esplanade, and more available now!
Wood chips from the man - All years available. Get the complete set.
Official BM jewelry - Made from crap left in the fire when the man burns!
Glow in the dark plastic Harvey - Every car needs a Larry Harvey on the dashboard. Official burning man llc product.
InHouse Ticketing - For all your event ticket needs. We didn't crash this year!

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 1:09 am

That was fun!

I want to see the death threats!

Toolmaker · Post by **Toolmaker** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 7:02 am

I really do want the pants and the dashboard larry.

BAS · Post by **BAS** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 7:44 am

Glow in the dark plastic Harvey - Every car needs a Larry Harvey on the dashboard. Official burning man llc product.

You know, I think I really would pay for this. (After all, I did buy a "Buddy Christ"!) They could stand side by side on the dashboard of some future vehicle of mine...

B.

Apollonaris Zeus · Post by **Apollonaris Zeus** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:20 am

That's the last time anyone fool's me again...

Until next year!

phoenix from the playa · Post by **phoenix from the playa** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 8:07 am

Dang! Was going to do a sculpture using the removable crotch panels to create an entire Thai Theme Camp..

BM Marketplace better then Christo's 24' high 28 miles of shade which seemed oh, so Christo like.

But where to find the plastic Larry now.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 8:24 am

Look for the Souvenir Shop on the playa.
We need a sculptor for the original plastic Larry Harvey.

You can support the Shop by buying a 'No Commerce Zone' t-shirt.

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The Souvenir Shop
Making Fun of All Things Burning Man since 1986