Today, ofcourse is the 1st April 2009 - April Fool's day and no where on earth is more appropriate for practical jokes, hoaxes and generally taking the 'mick' out of Jo public than Loch Ness - world famous for numerous hoaxes - the most noted being the 'Surgeons' photograph created with a toy submarine from Woolworths and a peice of plastercine to replicate the 'beasts' neck - then duly photographed - then passed to the Daily Mail - then fooled the world for 50 years.
Here at the Loch Ness Clansman we have been renounced for our April Fool stunts...remember the floating golf course on Loch Ness and the re-sighting of the Little Mermaid of Copenhagen - both stories featuring in national newspapers.
However today we played a minor joke on our earst hotel Managing Director Mr Rory Cameron. Rory was left a note to contact Mr H. Vanrental, a Dutch tour operator from a company called 'Debustours, DeNederland' Ref. Lunch bookings throughout the summer and to call 0870-850-2661.
On my return, Rory informed me that the number I gave him belonged to HERTZ Car Hire and that they didn't know what he was talking about. The whole conversation was witnessed by a former employee who is pregnant and is due tomorrow 2nd April.
On my revealing that Mr H. Vanrental was infact HERTZ-VAN-RENTAL the penny dropped too much hilarity for all parties concerned including pregnant Louise who nearly had her baby there and then - another Loch Ness hoax!!