I am very happy to tell you that IMAO.us has not been boughts by Japanese company. You may view phony site here.
Also, here are reaction of SarahK, FlyingSpaceMonkey, RightWingDuck, and Harvey.
This is “quality” group effort for joke, with Scott comings up with the idea and doing much of work. We hopes we did not scare you and continue to enjoy IMAO.us for very long life.
Man, you had me for about five minutes this morning… Very funny shtuff!
My blogosphere hero – Frank J.
and Scott did all the html work.
love,
Yoko
hahah I get jokes….
I was worried that Frank’s impeding nuptials may have taken his mind off real humor, but he made a big comeback here.
So are they not gonna send me the handles I ordered?
I was scarded man, i was frighetened that you had gone away for good. just tlike that.
y ou don’t know how much of hope that i put in you, reading your site every day, its like a miniseries this world turns blog soap opera. its my fix , you now? i need you to be there fore me..
thaanks so much for being here for me frankj, plz dont ever scare me like that agina the other bloegers are good (yuor wife included) but you are the best, there is none like you, none other who do the way you do
so like i say, it was mabye funy to some but it hurt me in away, i thought you were gone and a peice of me died for like a minute but then i looked around and found it was a joke and became whole again
dont break my hart franmk, plz
thanks
luv
captainn
What a great April Fool’s joke! It messed with my head until I read the FAQs and calmed down. It was a great relief to see the usual red & black banner come up just now.
While I would rather have an uber-snazzy handle site, I guess I could settle for some humor blog instead.
Man, I took this one jook line and sinker. I saw the site was down, so I checked out harveys and, lo and behold, no more frank!
Then I went and cried.
And now IMAO is back! Hooray!
You magnificent bastard!
You got me. I was thinking dark thoughts of you forgetting to renew your URL and losing it. I even left it for all to see here
12th and 13th comments.
Color me stupid.
Ok, I might’ve bought it if you’ve kept the ruse up until late this evening, but the quick turn around ruins the joke for anyone not immediately checking site as they crawl out of bed.
This company’s service sucks. I ordered 12,000 handwheels and I still haven’t heard back on shipping dates or price information.
That kind of poor service may fly in Japan, but you’re in America now buddy. You can be sure the Better Business Bureau will be hearing about this!
Very nice. Jerk.
You so funny.
Got me. I was so shocked I emailed the puppy blender…
BaHa haa haa
Did NOT fool me. DID anybody read the broken English on that site???
“very expected are what is happening”
-snort
Here is what they say about handwheels
HANDWHEELS:
Do your handwheels turn well with excellent making inside them? IMAOs turn each time as expected and are easy to you put the hand on. Reliablility, good and very expected are what is happen when a IMAO handwheel is turned.
uh? I think it ate my comment…
kay let’s try this again… grr… betcha it’ll doublepost now and make me look dumb…
Shoot, the misspellings make it more realistic. I’ve been to Korea. Products they sell to Americans are writted in the vary brokun Englis.
Frank… Frank, Frank, Frank. And the rest of y’all… geez, you guys had me good.
STOP THAT!
Oh, boy. Canada is gonna be reeaaaally upset that they’re not getting good Japanese handles ‘n stuff. Do they have April Fool’s Day in the Great White North? Or do they just tell each other to take off, eh?
One April Fools’ Day I replaced the front page of my Web site with an FBI logo and an explanation that the site was under investigation.
That was fun.
Of course, mine wasn’t as visually appealing as the fake IMAO.
Did you get your ad copy from http://www.engrish.com ?
You funny rong time, make me raugh and raugh.
You DID tell Aquaman that you guys are still blogging, right? ^-^
Aquaman is swimming to the Far East to find out what’s going on. I think he’s almost to Hawaii, he should be back in a week.
…and give in solving global environmental problems, now in North America and even Canada!
Hee!!! I loved it!!! Even in Canada!!! :oD
nice work, i take it i won’t get my handle catalog then? oh well
Isn’t IMAO owned by the same company that makes Mr. Sparkle?
I was scared and lost until I read the clues in the FAQ. I then felt reassured and was able to continue with my life. Don’t download the PDF catalog though; it’s a monster.
At first I checked to see if I had typed the URL right. Then, “Oh, it’s April Fools. Them stinkin’ jokesters. . .” Nice try, but no cigar.
Ya got me!
I was going to suggest a name for your new site. I’m-A-Ho came to mind.
It was a great joke. Despite how creative it was, I didn’t expect it would take so many so long to catch on. At first, before reading a word on the page, I assumed I had typed in IMAO.com by mistake, but as soon as I saw that wasn’t the case I knew it was an April Fool’s joke, and I had a good laugh. Of course, if I had forgotten it was April Fool’s day it might have been different.
Now that‘s a joke.
Got Me!!
I was wondering how two sites could be registered.
Army NCO Guy…
…Shoot, the misspellings make it more realistic. I’ve been to Korea….
Yeah. Me too. We used to have shirts made at a place called “Mr. Lim’s Shirts” He did good work.
One day after I picked up my shirt order, I noticed the label says “Mr. Lim’s Shrts”. When I pointed it out to Mr. Lim, he said that he knew about it, but had 10000 of these labels to use up, and besides, the last set of labels he had made up came back “Mr. Lim’s Shits”
I’m sorry I missed the original but thanks for keeping the link up. That was freaking brilliant.
D’oh. Got me.
I was trying to buy some grips from them but, they had no online store?
I was SO upset.
I am SO gullible.
Jerks.
“now in North America and even Canada!”
🙂 I love it.
So where now I can find grip for metal lathe for round making plate? Is Canada office still in working?
rip
ME LOVE IMAO LONG TIME