LTLF first learned of the joke's existence when Peabody rang up one of our reporters and asked him to meet him in a secluded location. It took a while for our man to figure out what it was all about because Geoff couldn't help sniggering down the phone, but eventually a meeting was arranged.
Having
seen the joke, which will appear on the official site at some point during April
1 disguised as genuine news story, LTLF can assure eager readers that it will
have you in stitches for hours at the very least. Our reporter is still in
hospital recovering and had to be sedated in order to deliver his report.In previous years the official site has spectacularly missed the funny-bone with such lame ducks as reporting that a forthcoming match was to be called off owing to the discovery of a rare plant growing on the City Ground pitch or claiming that Forest had somehow qualified for the Champions League. They even managed to cause mass offence by running a joke about the club hiring a female coach in very bad taste a few years ago.
As Geoff explained, the stakes have been a lot higher this year following the closure of the official site's forum: "Those idiots would fall for anything and we could get away with putting any old half-arsed crap on the site. But this year we've really had to work hard to come up with a joke that would get them rolling in the aisles."
He added: "We've spent almost the whole year coming up with this cracker - that's why we may have been a bit slow updating on occassions recently."
LTLF cannot reveal the details of the joke because of the confidentiality agreed with Geoff in return for this exclusive, so you'll just have to head over to the site and see if you can spot Geoff's cunning stunt yourself, or wait for it to be revealed later in the day. Unfortunately for some, the 'reveal' will only appear on the site's 'Forest World' service because, as Geoff explains, "maybe we can make a few more quick bucks off it."
But for those who are lucky enough to enjoy this year's April Fools Day joke (and providing you are of the intellectual level to actually 'get' it), remember to keep hold of your sides because they may very well split!
APRIL FOOLS!!! The official site has NEVER come up with a funny joke!!!