La isla de San Serriffe

Die Ferieninsel für den 1.April-Urlaub:

„On April 1st, 1977 The Guardian published a seven page “special report” about San Serriffe, a small republic in the Indian Ocean. The report included detailed facts about the geography, culture and economy of this hitherto unknown land. (...)
The most impressive part was that major advertisers played along with the joke – Guinness, Texaco, Kodak and Vladivar Vodka all ran special advertisements, construction company Costain’s ad read 'Costain is changing the face of San Serriffe'”

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