Florida DJs suspended for calling water "dihydrogen monoxide"

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silverpig

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Florida DJs April fools water joke

Florida country radio morning-show hosts Val St. John and Scott Fish are currently serving indefinite suspensions and possibly worse over a successful April Fools' Day prank. They told their listeners that "dihydrogen monoxide" was coming out of the taps throughout the Fort Myers area. Dihydrogen monoxide is water.

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Update 4:36 p.m. Eastern: We noticed that the station seems to be enjoying this controversy, despite the very real concerns expressed to the Lee County utility. There's a poll on the Gator Country website asking when the two DJs should return to air, with (at the time we viewed the results) 78 percent of those voting "never."
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This joke is pretty much older than the internet. I'm not surprised people fell for it, but I am surprised that the DJs are getting in so much trouble for it, especially on April Fool's.

Some lady in the article is quoted saying that making false announcements about water quality is a felony, but it doesn't look like they made any false statements.

UPDATE:

Londo_Jowo said:
Looks like it's over.

http://www.marcoislandflorida.com/a...ck-air-after-April-Fool-s-Day-joke-gone-wrong
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Juddog

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LOL at past attempts at humor:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dihydrogen_monoxide_hoax

Apparently the Finnish government had something similar happen:
"In February 2011, during the campaign of the Finnish parliamentary election, a voting advice application asked the candidates whether the availability of "hydric acid also known as dihydrogen monoxide" should be restricted. 49% of the candidates answered on behalf of the restriction."
 
monovillage

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It's not just Florida.
http://www.cfact.tv/2010/12/08/un-climate-kooks-want-to-cripple-us-economy-and-ban-h2o/

The second project was as successful as the first. It was euphemistically entitled “Petition to Ban the Use of Dihydrogen Monoxide (DHMO)” (translation water). It was designed to show that if official U.N. delegates could be duped by college students into banning water, that they could essentially fall for anything, including pseudo-scientific studies which claim to show that global warming is man-caused.

Despite the apparently not-so-obvious reference to H2O, almost every delegate that collegian students approached signed their petition to ban that all too dangerous substance, which contributes to the greenhouse effect, is the major substance in acid rain, and is fatal if inhaled.
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BrunoPuntzJones

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silverpig said:
The point isn't that people were duped, it's that the DJs are getting in so much crap for it.

They are suspended, 78% of poll respondents on the radio stations website hope they "never" come back, and they face possible felony charges.
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The votes were Opie & Anthony listeners. The Facebook page and Twitter were swamped with cock pics as well. Don't read too much into the 78%.
 
SlickSnake

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silverpig said:
The point isn't that people were duped, it's that the DJs are getting in so much crap for it.

They are suspended, 78% of poll respondents on the radio stations website hope they "never" come back, and they face possible felony charges.
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So, roughly 78% of the population are science morons who are incapable of searching anywhere about what the funny words mean before getting angry and answering a poll about it. That sounds about right. Maybe they can figure out a way to make a creationist spin on it, too, and add that to the next poll.
 
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