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Hikers to wear green hats if 'open to romance'
An April Fools joke in which the Norwegian Trekking Association declared that all single people hiking over the Easter break should wear a green hat if they're open to romance triggered such a huge reaction that the association has decided to institute it for real.
"It started as a joke on our website, but by the incredible Facebook response and the 48,000 hits, we realised out that we had identified an actual need," the organisation's communications director Ida Amelie Helgesen told VG newspaper. "So now we are introducing 'cap-labelling' in the mountains for real".
The announcement on April 1 featured a photograph of Nils Øverås, the association's secretary general, sporting a red hat, and Hanna Melhus, head of the association's youth wing, in green.
"Going on the mountain at Easter?" it read. "Remember to bring your green hat if you're single, red hat if you are taken and orange hat if you might be open for contact."
http://www.thelocal.no/20140417/april-fools
ProdigalJunkMail
(12,017 posts)will be hitting on everyone... or no one. just a shame.
sP
B Calm
(28,762 posts)ProdigalJunkMail
(12,017 posts)cactusfractal
(490 posts)Lochloosa
(16,018 posts)NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)7962
(11,841 posts)Diclotican
(5,095 posts)The Straight Story
Jup - april fools is a tradition in Norway - and this was one of the more fun this year
Diclotican
Blue_Adept
(6,384 posts)Use wristbands instead and make it clear for folks whether they're interested or not.
The Straight Story
(48,121 posts)Igel
(35,191 posts)most guys wear green hats, and most gals ... not.
It would pay to open a green-men's-hats concession just outside.