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April 01, 2005
The Hugaissance
It's not often that we decide to eat crow. In fact, we generally consider ourselves allergic to it. But after countless e-mails from readers frustrated with the way "Go Fug Yourself" ruins people's lives, stunts the feminist movement, and not only represents all the evils of the world but in fact spawns new ones, we've had a bit of a renaissance of the heart.
Because, at the end of the day, the accusations are all true. We are just jealous. And fat. And ugly, poor, viciously destructive blobs who can only cope with the grim reality of our own lives by tearing down other people. We're not just Satan's minions; we eat his leg shavings, toasted and topped with fresh sweat-butter.
And so, Go Hug Yourself has been born. We want to put good out there in the world and celebrate everything wonderful -- from hugs to love to puppies to Little House on the Prairie. Snark is a thing of the past; sarcasm is dead. We're in a new millenium now, so it's time to turn this Earth into one giant ball of affection.
We hope you'll ride along with us in our crusade to make the world a better place. Because really, isn't that what the Internet is all about?
Posted by Heather at 02:00 AM | Permalink
Comments
Well if that isn't the nicest April fool ever. And you've put so much work into it too!
(If this is not a joke, I will put my head in the sand of shame)
Posted by: S | Apr 1, 2005 2:08:13 AM
I turned here looking for my usual dose and hate, vitriol and bile, but instead I'm greeted by a pink vision of love and affection. I felt my heart break as I realised the error of my ways and the shallowness of my own pitiful existence. Thank you both.
Now, before I go and feed sick orphans, would anyone like a hug?
Posted by: Chris | Apr 1, 2005 2:34:03 AM
Just say no to hugs!
Posted by: cindylu | Apr 1, 2005 2:44:12 AM
Well played ladies, well played! *grin*
Posted by: Cam_a | Apr 1, 2005 2:49:39 AM
You guys are just sick--I love you!!
Posted by: Kate Vaughn | Apr 1, 2005 3:01:17 AM
LMAO! What will be next; go mug yourself? go jug yourself? This is the best April Fool's joke in years!
Posted by: Anna | Apr 1, 2005 3:36:24 AM
Best. Fool. Ever.
I've saved this to PDF because it's so priceless.
Now change it back! I need my fug! I'm having Mischa-Barton-dressed-as-grandma-on-crack withdrawals!
Posted by: Violita | Apr 1, 2005 3:49:24 AM
For a minute there, I thought Jean Teasdale had hacked you.
Glorious. Absolutely glorious.
Posted by: Julesey | Apr 1, 2005 4:01:57 AM
what have you done...
telllll me this is an april fool
Posted by: :) | Apr 1, 2005 4:02:38 AM
I'm beginning to hate April Fools Day...grrr. So in need of snark!
Posted by: KP | Apr 1, 2005 4:18:25 AM
Ladies -
thank you thank you thank you.
Frankly, I can sleep now, knowing that your souls will not be burning in hell.
Posted by: blackbird | Apr 1, 2005 4:28:04 AM
BEST APRIL FOOLS JOKE EVER!
Posted by: Ezra | Apr 1, 2005 4:38:21 AM
so well done! you bad bad ladies
Posted by: becca | Apr 1, 2005 4:40:11 AM
Happy April Fool's day to you too.
Posted by: Manic witch | Apr 1, 2005 4:45:24 AM
gotta be April Fool's!!!!!!!!! friggin' brilliant ;)
Posted by: erin | Apr 1, 2005 4:53:54 AM
so many april fools jokes happenning [in terms of the net].. and i for one have fallen for botho f the damn ones i've encountered already!!!
-uninformedseer.blogspot.com
Posted by: UninformedSeer | Apr 1, 2005 4:57:30 AM
I suddenly have this warm feeling somewhere in the middle of my chest...not sure what that's all about, but I feel the need to buy Josh Groban albums.
Thanks, ladies, for the laugh. One of the best I've seen this morning. And keep up the Fug! You know we all love you.
Posted by: mazarin | Apr 1, 2005 5:03:46 AM
Darlings . . . if I was a lesbian, I would so be up in your grill.
Hugs, not drugs!
Rabbit Rabbit
-- Editrix
Posted by: Editrix | Apr 1, 2005 5:03:56 AM
You are dead to me. DEAD. TO. ME.
That was not an April Fool's goof. That was just plain cruel. I was all set to start out my day being as mean and nasty as usual, and you have assaulted my senses with Anne Geddes and...Michael Bolton. Now I feel all warm and gooey inside and it's all your fault.
I am off to calm myself with a cup of General Foods International Coffee. (sugar and caffeine free, of course) I suggest you ladies use this time to think about what you've done!
Regards,
An ex Snarker, Reformed Against Her Will
Posted by: greer | Apr 1, 2005 5:17:04 AM
Silly womens. Hugs! Now get back to the snark. I said NOW!
Posted by: rubytramp | Apr 1, 2005 5:18:22 AM
You girls are pure love. Never let anyone else tell you different.
Posted by: KAYELEE | Apr 1, 2005 5:21:13 AM
You got me.
Posted by: Ana | Apr 1, 2005 5:25:14 AM
Hugs Not Drugs.
My "friend" Meegan who calls herself an "experimental dresser" likes ot give a lot of hugs and calls people SWEETIE. I want to punch her in a face every time she opens her arms to embrace me but now, having read your new updated page I too realize how wrong I've been for having those type of urges.
Long Live Hugs!
Posted by: jd | Apr 1, 2005 5:33:12 AM
Hugs Not Drugs.
My "friend" Meegan who calls herself an "experimental dresser" likes ot give a lot of hugs and calls people SWEETIE. I want to punch her in a face every time she opens her arms to embrace me but now, having read your new updated page I too realize how wrong I've been for having those type of urges.
Long Live Hugs!
Posted by: jd | Apr 1, 2005 5:33:12 AM
Thank god. For a few jaw dropping seconds I was had. Funnily enough, all of your goo did not warm my cold heart, instead I cringed as I scrolled down to the Michael Bolton and thought how sad and where will I get my fashion snark now? Happy April first.
Posted by: Jenny | Apr 1, 2005 5:36:07 AM
Go Jug Yourself would be an awesome idea too. It would celebrate pictures of below-the-boob cleavage (Pam Anderson) and of Andie MacDowell's bumpy nips.
BTW, love the book and CD suggestions.
Posted by: Jan | Apr 1, 2005 5:36:31 AM
Love & Kisses - how sweet - gag - great job though!
Posted by: Lisa | Apr 1, 2005 5:36:41 AM
Maybe we could all reach out across cyberspace and join in a few verses of "Kumbayah"!
Someone's fugging, Lord . . .
Posted by: Sarah | Apr 1, 2005 5:41:27 AM
You had me at "sweat-butter." Brilliant.
Posted by: zelda | Apr 1, 2005 5:41:59 AM
I thought you were serious. Damn you and the mare you rode in on! Now go back to work, my post-exam sanity needs you.
Posted by: Lioness | Apr 1, 2005 5:43:16 AM
Dear God, for a moment I thought I'd typed the wrong URL!
You got me!
Posted by: Monet | Apr 1, 2005 5:51:25 AM
I check in on your site almost daily, and my chin dropped today.
I kept reading and asking myself, "They're really gonna keep posting pictures of Bai Lin and make fun of her right? Right??!! A kinder, gentler sarcasm I just can't handle."
Still...Pretty damn funny.
Especially the side bar selections.
Good work, guys!
Posted by: Nicole | Apr 1, 2005 6:05:55 AM
Oh please, don't take this down after 4/1. Hug snarking is oh so lucious!
Posted by: Jen | Apr 1, 2005 6:11:41 AM
I was had too, since I didn't think this was an April Fools. I thought it was going to be a sister site to Go Fug Yourself, where Heather and Jessica would post sarcastic faux-sincere comments about the sickening array of easy-listening, woman-friendly glurge out there in pop-culture land. And I was totally looking forward to it, because I know that Heather and Jessica would NEVER be sincere about stuff this gag-worthy! Please girls, keep this site going in addition to GFY!
Posted by: VeddyVeddyBadMan | Apr 1, 2005 6:12:50 AM
MWHA! I almost bought this one until I saw the April Fools comment!
HAHAHAH!!! You guys make me cry you're so freakin funny!
My boyfriend is now addicted to you and he's one of those very serious science types. Even came home with a calculator in his shirt pocket the other night.
But he loves him some Fug. Just like the rest of us!
(Though I would have loved to see a Rue Mclanahan (sp?) version on Hug.
LOVE YOU!!!!
NEVER STOP THE FUG!
Posted by: susan | Apr 1, 2005 6:14:12 AM
I love you ladies. LOVE and HUGS!
Posted by: wealhtheow | Apr 1, 2005 6:20:29 AM
MUCH MUCH love on this April 1st morning to Heather and Jessica!!!! I <3 you both for the snarks you bring, and the hugs too (even if its just for today). I hope tomorrow the massive assault on bad taste continues in full!!
Posted by: AdamP | Apr 1, 2005 6:28:10 AM
Y'all went to a lot of work for a joke. I dig that.
Posted by: tinalou | Apr 1, 2005 6:32:38 AM
You quite simply rock. Well done.
Posted by: Evolve | Apr 1, 2005 6:39:26 AM
OMG, I forgot it's April Fool's Day! Good one! You had me really worried there for a minute.
Posted by: Kate | Apr 1, 2005 6:49:00 AM
Bwaaaahahahahahaha
Posted by: Sheri | Apr 1, 2005 6:52:58 AM
BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHAHHAHHAHHAHHA! Ok, you guys win. Fabulous!
Posted by: Rita | Apr 1, 2005 6:53:01 AM
I hope this isn't just a joke - it's time we celebrated the things we enjoy, and yet are ashamed for enjoying... like public radio, the Apprentice, Sausage McMuffins, Cher... in fact, this feels like a natural extension of Go Fug Yourself. I say keep it up.
Posted by: finalfashion | Apr 1, 2005 7:02:12 AM
Good Lord, I love you gals! Awesome!!
Posted by: Esther | Apr 1, 2005 7:03:58 AM
If I could get my 22nd floor office window open I'd jump out right now. THANK GOD it is a prank! Love you girls and your refined and thoughtful work!
Posted by: fashmags | Apr 1, 2005 7:05:52 AM
I think my heart stopped for a second...until I realized you're just fucking around. Great job, hilarious!!!
Posted by: Yvonne | Apr 1, 2005 7:07:19 AM
Fanatastic! You two are hilarious!
Now bring back the bitchiness - momma needs a fix.
Posted by: Kristin | Apr 1, 2005 7:11:14 AM
I threw up in my mouth a little when I first saw this, but then I came to my senses! Nicely done!
Posted by: Sarah | Apr 1, 2005 7:20:57 AM
I could jest HUG yer neck! Thanks for helping me start my day with a laugh. Smooches to the girls!
Posted by: Jacqueline | Apr 1, 2005 7:22:01 AM
Oh young snotty, the lengths you will go to for laughs.
Posted by: tina | Apr 1, 2005 7:24:37 AM
Awesome.
Posted by: trillian | Apr 1, 2005 7:25:27 AM
You Are Pure Evil.
Posted by: nomes | Apr 1, 2005 7:27:39 AM
I too was frightened for several seconds. What's even scarier is that they're probably going to keep this gag going for a couple of days. I can handle pretty much everything, but Valerie Bertenelli is just too much. God do I ever hate that broad...
Quite funny girls. As always.
Posted by: Grant | Apr 1, 2005 7:31:37 AM
This is worth a Day Without Fug.
Posted by: Thlayli | Apr 1, 2005 7:32:41 AM
What the fuck?
Posted by: satan | Apr 1, 2005 7:37:48 AM
That was the BEST April fool idea I have ever encountered. Bravissimi, girls! :)
Posted by: Leigh | Apr 1, 2005 7:38:45 AM
Thank you dear sweet Lord you've reformed your wicked ways. I've been praying for you ladies every day, and now my prayers have been answered.
Posted by: compassionate conservative | Apr 1, 2005 7:44:43 AM
Nice Ladies! This is a perfect for April fools day! good one! - Now let's get back to being Catty A.S.A.P. OK?
Posted by: Freaka | Apr 1, 2005 7:45:10 AM
I almost started crying, until I remembered the date. Well played.
Posted by: Katie | Apr 1, 2005 7:48:56 AM
i thought you girls had lost your minds- then i put down my crack pipe and realized its april fools day! good joke!
Posted by: jax | Apr 1, 2005 7:54:50 AM
WELL DONE GIRLS!!!
had I been drinking my normal morning Red Bull my head would have exploded from the riotousness.
Posted by: carpedog | Apr 1, 2005 7:57:28 AM
I just spent an hour on the web looking to check if you'd changed your site, thats how desperate i am to read some fug...thats before i read the comments.
BRING BACK THE FUG
Posted by: needafug | Apr 1, 2005 7:57:55 AM
And happy April Fools' to both of you too, Heather and Jessica.
Posted by: Sheena | Apr 1, 2005 8:09:42 AM
In the words of ABBA, I just want to say,
"Thank you for the music, for giving it to me."
Posted by: Tania | Apr 1, 2005 8:10:49 AM
Happy April Fools day to you too. =)
Posted by: Seven | Apr 1, 2005 8:13:14 AM
STOP IT STOP ITTTT... i need gofugyourself back!!!
Posted by: Allison | Apr 1, 2005 8:18:37 AM
Love is the new loathing! LOL!!!!
Brilliant!
Posted by: Sonic Reducer | Apr 1, 2005 8:21:32 AM
The only thing missing from this new site is a "Meet the Huggers"...only instead of Alexis and Brenda, it should be Elmo and Della Reese. Or that kid from Pay it Forward.
Posted by: Captain Fantastic | Apr 1, 2005 8:22:01 AM
And Happy April Fool's to you, you glorious bitches!
Posted by: Therese | Apr 1, 2005 8:24:46 AM
Wow... that was pure terror. That was the most cruel April Fools gag I've ever seen.
Great work!
Posted by: just_a_guy | Apr 1, 2005 8:27:28 AM
Wow. Just wow. Michael Bolton, Valerie Bertinelli AND the Teapot? Job well done.
Posted by: Bex | Apr 1, 2005 8:31:59 AM
Before I realized it was April Fools Day pure panic vibrated through my body.
Posted by: Erica | Apr 1, 2005 8:32:05 AM
I just love you two. An excellent joke!
Posted by: shaxgirl | Apr 1, 2005 8:41:05 AM
Ummmm... I kinda like the new stuff. Everyone said I looked like Valerie Bertinelli in high school....
Posted by: Laura K | Apr 1, 2005 8:43:22 AM
This is an April Fool's joke right? Because there's no way in hell you would rather applaude fashion...right...laughing at it is better, it even burns more calories! =)
Posted by: pink | Apr 1, 2005 8:44:54 AM
wow...i truly truly hope that this is an april fools joke because honestly...it sucks and i want all the fug you can give me!!!
Posted by: rachel | Apr 1, 2005 8:45:08 AM
omg!! this is the coolest april fool's prank i've seen ALL DAY!! keep it up girls.. you rock
Posted by: sam | Apr 1, 2005 8:48:55 AM
puppies, rainbow sprinkles, and lots of glitter dust to all you hug ladies out there. What a glorious day!:)
Posted by: carlie | Apr 1, 2005 8:55:11 AM
This would be funnier if it were not the first of my favorite web sites to pretend to shut down today.
Maybe the other one really did have a server error.
I'll hug you both anyway.
Posted by: Jobetta | Apr 1, 2005 8:55:46 AM
What have been some other April Fool's internet jokes? I'm at work and I'm bored. Help me.
Posted by: Tracie | Apr 1, 2005 9:00:44 AM
tee hee!
april fool's! april fool's!
Posted by: addy | Apr 1, 2005 9:05:10 AM
Nice, but remember:
"WE WANT THE FUG!!!
GOTTA HAVE SOME FUG!!!"
Posted by: dread | Apr 1, 2005 9:08:06 AM
BWAAAHAAHAAHAAHHH!!! OMG I love you ladies more than ever! Happy April Fool's Day to you too.
Well played, indeed.
Posted by: Oceana | Apr 1, 2005 9:13:38 AM
HA! This is some funny shit! What would be great, as others above have mentioned, would be to keep this going as a satirical site. The world needs someone to snark on that awful Celine Dion/Anne Geddes creepy assed baby album. That thing scares the shit out of me and makes me want to reject my Canadian citizenship, just to break ties with scary Celine Dion. Actually better yet, Canada should deport her, Vegas can keep her!
Posted by: lisal | Apr 1, 2005 9:20:07 AM
Brilliant...keep it coming. I've never laughed so hard in my life.
Posted by: Melle | Apr 1, 2005 9:21:36 AM
Womb-pot? Brilliant...keep it coming. I've never laughed so hard in my life.
Posted by: Melle | Apr 1, 2005 9:23:28 AM
Happy April Fools!
Posted by: Sarah | Apr 1, 2005 9:31:10 AM
*sigh* Maybe Britney's husband ISN'T really that trashy. Maybe J Lo really CAN sing. Maybe it really IS appropriate to wear blouses so sheer that my nipples can be seen protruding through the fabric.
*wiping tear*
Today I see the world in a new light... and the world will see my nipples.
Thank you, ladies.. thank you.
Posted by: Amanda Ornelas | Apr 1, 2005 9:36:26 AM
If it were only true. I'd love to have a place to turn daily for a positive vibe. Nonetheless, I'd miss Mischa.
Posted by: africankelli | Apr 1, 2005 9:37:23 AM
You had me at Bradley Trevor Greive! You ladies are so deliciously wicked, I will always love you - Whitney Houston style.
But where is the "Painter of Light" I think he should take his rightful place at the Hug fest. What is sap without the candle-lit, snug cottage painter himself. Thomas Kindade paint me a dream!
Posted by: Hummel | Apr 1, 2005 9:42:26 AM
i'm with julsey on the jean teasdale thought. and zelda. and i also have to say that the babies in flower pots as bees is wrong on so many levels, i'm glad you brought anne geddes to my attention. as well, valerie bertanelli, quite unexpected. thank you!
Posted by: ninaberries | Apr 1, 2005 9:44:07 AM
Very funny! Well played, indeed.
Posted by: Jon | Apr 1, 2005 9:45:17 AM
i need fug
i need fug
i need fug
i need fug
i need fug
i need fug
i need fug
i need fug
i need fug
i need fug
i need fug.
Posted by: fugamaniac | Apr 1, 2005 9:45:45 AM
Nice! I almost lost it at the Michael Bolton picture, then I completely lost it at the Anne Geddes. I thought I'd never have to see one of those pictures again!
Posted by: WaterPixie | Apr 1, 2005 9:50:17 AM
Click on the link for "National Hugging Day" and enter the filth, depraved mind of "youthonline" poet/luring dirty old man, "Shauna Lee De Feyter".
Hugs should be given to all you know,
and you will receive that giving glow.
Open wide your loving arms,
and let others know your charms.
Oh yeah, and "Shauna" also recommends "great big hugs" that "make you burst".
I WAS a fan of gohugyourself, but now that I know that your shilling for disgusting perverts seeking to lure or children into their world of "hugs" (i.e., big black vans) I don't know what to say, except:
Shame. Shame on you.
Posted by: Dale Peck | Apr 1, 2005 10:02:28 AM
You evil bitches are brilliant! Absolute pure genius! Well played ladies, well played indeed.
Posted by: Shoshi | Apr 1, 2005 10:12:46 AM
APRIL FOOL!
Posted by: anngorah | Apr 1, 2005 10:12:53 AM
I'm a devoted reader, but barely ever comment. Today I will make an exception:
BRILLIANT!
Air-kisses to you both, you deserve them.
Posted by: SpaceCase | Apr 1, 2005 10:17:23 AM
What?? no Melissa Gilbert???
There must be some mistake....
HAFD:)
Posted by: Bella | Apr 1, 2005 10:23:19 AM
heh. you said to "HUG yourself." heh heh.
Posted by: Beavis & Butthead | Apr 1, 2005 10:25:12 AM
I think we should take time from all this commenting to join hands, and sing we are the world.....we are the children......come on, people, we can make this world a brighter place, so let's start giving!
Posted by: huggles | Apr 1, 2005 10:28:08 AM
Fabulous girls. I about died laughing.
Like everyone else, I had a "huhbahduhwha?" kind of moment. It's just sad that you guys couldn't see all of our faces when we pull up "go hug yourself."
m.
Posted by: Miranda | Apr 1, 2005 10:31:19 AM
Lame, Lame, Lame, Lame.
Is this the best you can do?
Posted by: Disappointed | Apr 1, 2005 10:33:41 AM
Awesome, ladies.
Posted by: gina | Apr 1, 2005 10:38:33 AM
This is cruel and unusual, ladies. Give me my fug!!!
Posted by: Merlin | Apr 1, 2005 10:41:12 AM
You bitches are sick.
Posted by: Lady | Apr 1, 2005 10:42:42 AM
I came to work this morning in need of a fix bad, but when I pulled up your page, my knees buckled. I fell to the floor, soul torn with despair. "Noooooo!" I cried in agony. No fug? No fug?! Is there nothing good and bright left in my life? Now I'm crying, huddled under my desk and it's all your fault. So there.
Posted by: Merlin | Apr 1, 2005 10:47:35 AM
What's all this talk about April Fools? You mean this site isn't for honest-to-G-d reals? Because it just speaks to me on so many levels, what with the pink and the hugging and the Celine and the Bolton and...
Okay, enough, I can't keep that going. My blood sugar is rapidly rising.
Nicely done, ladies. Thank you for making me laugh the Muttley laugh at work. If y'all will excuse me, it's time for my insulin shot.
Posted by: Carol | Apr 1, 2005 10:48:11 AM
typing huddled under your desk??
Posted by: :) | Apr 1, 2005 10:50:53 AM
Somebody's been leaving their drinks unattended at the bar, I see...
Posted by: Psycho Kitty | Apr 1, 2005 10:52:01 AM
Looks like someone went down to 34th and Vine and got themselves a bottle of Love Potion #9.
Posted by: Gwen | Apr 1, 2005 11:04:18 AM
The Onion's been slipping recently. Looks like they could use some Jessica and Heather magic.
Posted by: Elizabeth | Apr 1, 2005 11:05:46 AM
I heart you, ladies.
Posted by: miss kitty | Apr 1, 2005 11:07:16 AM
I love it!!! You guys rock!
Posted by: Tara | Apr 1, 2005 11:10:08 AM
pure genious...
Posted by: safi | Apr 1, 2005 11:26:16 AM
Wait...aside from the whole "april fools" thingi, does this mean that you will have to start a whole brand new gofugyourself website and start new again? nooooooooo!!!!
I think i'm going to have a nervous breakdown
help
Posted by: worried | Apr 1, 2005 11:34:52 AM
All this joyous huggalovin fun has touched me like an Angel!
I am now willing to give back to this lovely world!
Who needs a kidney??? I just used my power tools and 'Amateur Home Surgery Kit' from QVC and I have my extry kidney chilling on ice!
If one of you lovelies need a kidney just call and I will Fedex it with all my love!
Posted by: t-huggalovin_sam | Apr 1, 2005 11:47:51 AM
Anyone got a copy of "Chicken Soup for the Fugged Up Soul" I can borrow?
Posted by: cristi | Apr 1, 2005 11:50:24 AM
me please!!!
Posted by: ineedofakidney | Apr 1, 2005 11:50:29 AM
Perhaps you could find a way to work in the "Gun and Doll" shows, which have always been a mystery to me but seem to be filled with lots of very large huggable men and women. And your website will not be complete without a tribute to the women who wear those wonderful sweatshirts with puffy appliqued (spelled wring i'm sure) bears and kittens (and often with a touch of glitter).
And you must find time to research the very huggable "country kitchen" decorating movement - the decades old tradition of doilies, dolls, cute puppies, gingham curtains, candles, lace, those potholders with the knitted end to hang on a hook, and lots of blue, beige-pink and a very peculiar shade of yellow.
Posted by: Miss Babs | Apr 1, 2005 11:50:58 AM
I thought I'd come out of lurking to congratulate you on recruiting Jean Teasdale to write for your site. Good for her, even though I do miss the snark.
(Great joke, you gals rock.)
Posted by: Noa Body | Apr 1, 2005 11:51:37 AM
this site is an april fool's joke? you're kidding! i think it is a babulous idea!
Posted by: Miss Babs | Apr 1, 2005 11:53:43 AM
I can't believe Anne Murray didn't make the cut
Posted by: Mo | Apr 1, 2005 11:57:45 AM
It takes a big person to take stock of her life and ask, "What am I doing to make the world a better place? What am I doing to make me a better person?" And you have done just that, shedding the negative and embracing the positive. You've inspired me and I'm sure countless others (though I can't be sure about that last part because I'm essentially friendless).
Anyway, it's as if you've given me permission to be who I really am, a gentle teddy bear with a secret admiration for grandma's figurine collection and the songwriting genius of Dianne Warren.
Thank you.
Posted by: New Priorities Armand | Apr 1, 2005 11:58:08 AM
OMG, you two are flippin' brilliant! Hats off, ladies.
Posted by: Humminahummina | Apr 1, 2005 12:09:16 PM
BRILLIANT!!!
Posted by: ZeeDub | Apr 1, 2005 12:10:09 PM
May I also suggest that you include Elizabeth Berkley in your love fest? I just watched Showgirls last night, and while it is the worst script ever written, in true Jessica Spano caffeine pill popping form, Liz pulls off the funniest dead fish orgasm I have ever seen, and her innovative use of candy-nipple-pasties-as-tool-for-revenge is something that should be recognized as genius. Did you know she has two different colored eyes? The woman has clashed since birth! She needs a hug.
As for your April fools?:
"I'm so excited, I'm so excited, I so.... (sob, hug Zach) .....scared
Posted by: Tiffani-Amber Thiessen | Apr 1, 2005 12:14:01 PM
:::sits quivering in corner:::
Oh Mama no! Nooooo!
You people are mean. Mean!
Posted by: alexis | Apr 1, 2005 12:27:27 PM
Ok, I have to admit, I sat here befuddled, wondering WTF had hsppened. It actually took me a few minutes to remember the date. I sincerely hope this is a joke. How on earth would this site ruin anyones lives? Any press is good press.
Posted by: jena | Apr 1, 2005 12:28:22 PM
Ladies, you got me.
What a hillarious joke!
Posted by: Lena | Apr 1, 2005 12:32:18 PM
Brilliant.
You girls are my sunshine...
Posted by: Alarmjaguar | Apr 1, 2005 12:41:01 PM
This is the funniest April Fool's Day joke I’ve ever had played on me. Mostly because I came *this close* to falling for it. You Fug Girls! The more I read of your "new" site, the more I shook my head in disbelief, then just stared at the screen kinda sideways trying to figure out what in the world had happened with ya’ll. And then I realized that today is April 1. To quote (the real) you: Well played, my dears, well played.
Posted by: Mimi | Apr 1, 2005 12:50:07 PM
jesus, don't go scaring me like this. I actually thought this was real.
Posted by: Jim | Apr 1, 2005 12:57:54 PM
OMG! I actually rubbed my eyes and did a double-take!!
By far the best April Fool's gag ever...
"I laughed... I cried...I kept reading for more hug torture! Two thumbs up...two new cavities from all the sweetness!"
Fug forever!
Posted by: Gina | Apr 1, 2005 1:00:37 PM
I love the direction you're taking your site! Don't get me wrong, I read your site regularly to see what the stars are wearing (and then I run to Forever 21 to find their look on the cheap:)) But you guys were soooo negative. Way to catch the rain by turning your umbrella/frowns upside down!
Also, don't forget Richard Marx, Thomas Kinkade (those colors! It's like Jesus himself learned to paint landscapes! Art can make you feel so good!!!), and Kathy Ireland!
Posted by: Fiona Kator | Apr 1, 2005 1:09:10 PM
I love the direction you're taking your site! Don't get me wrong, I read your site regularly to see what the stars are wearing (and then I run to Forever 21 to find their look on the cheap:)) But you guys were soooo negative. Way to catch the rain by turning your umbrella/frowns upside down!
Also, don't forget Richard Marx, Thomas Kinkade (those colors! It's like Jesus himself learned to paint landscapes! Art can make you feel so good!!!), and Kathy Ireland!
Posted by: Fiona Kator | Apr 1, 2005 1:09:10 PM
I admire those that can really commit to a bit. Well-done and wellplayed.
Posted by: Jennifer | Apr 1, 2005 1:20:17 PM
I just wanted to say, that your Hugaissance has inspired me in ways nothing else has (not even my Michael Bolton CD collection comes close...)
I want to thank you, for changing my life forever, and spreading the Hug for all to experience.
"One for all and all for Hugs..."
Posted by: Erica | Apr 1, 2005 1:29:22 PM
this sure as hell better be an april fool. quite an excellent one, I must say. but I do miss the snark.
Posted by: jw | Apr 1, 2005 2:00:56 PM
This made me vomit. I keep checking to see if you've changed it back.
Posted by: Darci | Apr 1, 2005 2:07:27 PM
Argh! April Fools-- Jessica Fletcher and Michael Bolton have sent me into insulin shock. Must lie down now.
Hope everything is fugly tomorrow.
Posted by: craptastic | Apr 1, 2005 2:13:45 PM
Why didn't Sally Struthers make the Hugs Cut? You know, for only 8 cents a day...
Posted by: CareBehr | Apr 1, 2005 2:17:07 PM
Anyone else have a sudden urge to meet up for a coffee klatch at a Color Me Mine pottery place? Cannot stop laughing. I mean hugging...
Posted by: Susna | Apr 1, 2005 2:29:51 PM
Assholes.
Posted by: Shanny | Apr 1, 2005 2:30:30 PM
Well played, girls. Well played.
Posted by: sunni | Apr 1, 2005 2:37:12 PM
I doff my hat to the pranksters of the day, you had me going for the first paragraph, until the lightbulb went off. Keep on bitchin and telling it like it is!!!!!
Posted by: Jason Getty | Apr 1, 2005 2:48:14 PM
Um, yeah, I almost vomited. Then I realized it was April Fool's. Good job, girlies!
Posted by: Blogbelle | Apr 1, 2005 3:00:36 PM
CHANGE IT BACK CHANGE IT BACK WHATS THE WORLD LIKE WITHOUT HATE!!!??
Posted by: popdoh | Apr 1, 2005 3:02:29 PM
Ahhh...nooo! Destroy hugs! Bring back ugly, or should I say fugly into the world! And come back tommorow with a biting sarcastic comment about Courtney Peldon's dress that she wore to her boyfriend Crispin Glover's award cermony thing at Method Fest. Btw, Happy April Fools! :)
Posted by: Marlene | Apr 1, 2005 3:19:02 PM
You got me!
Posted by: carolyn | Apr 1, 2005 3:19:25 PM
Absolutely brilliant ladies. Bravo!
Posted by: geekgirl | Apr 1, 2005 3:21:21 PM
I had a big ol' WTF moment this morning during which I did a triple-take between the screen, the URL, and back to the screen. My other half found it quite amusing from across the room. "You look like you just opened some serious porn" was his exact comment, I believe. Touche, ladies, touche.
Posted by: MischaLova | Apr 1, 2005 3:32:51 PM
April's Fools indeed!
Posted by: Ranto | Apr 1, 2005 3:48:59 PM
I laughed so hard I spilled Kahlua and milk into the little spaces between the keys on my keyboard. Do you know how fucking hard that is going to be to clean? Thanks a lot!
Posted by: Val | Apr 1, 2005 3:49:49 PM
Holy crap! I forgot the date and bit it, hook line and sinker. I just discovered your site about a month ago and thought for a few brief seconds that the only thing I had left to look forward to on a vist was your archives. Totally not funny, but absolutely in keeping with the spirit here.
Keep on bitchin'.
Posted by: neocleo | Apr 1, 2005 3:56:24 PM
Next year: Go Drug Yourself, with passed-out starlets or starlets who are too tense. Or Go Slug Yourself, for those who deserve a self-administered punch in the nose.
Posted by: Orange | Apr 1, 2005 4:14:23 PM
please...oh, pleasePLEASE tell me this is an april fool's joke. I need fug yourself! If your site is not restored, I will not know what not to wear anymore! Whatever will I do? I suppose I will go Walmart and buy me another pair of scissors (where in tarnation do I put those durn things?) and cut me off some daisy's out of my $200 designer jeans.
HUGS & kisses-
Britney Spears-Federline
(I'm trying it out - what do you think?)
Posted by: ohcrabby1 | Apr 1, 2005 4:47:37 PM
well i was about to kill you both and then i realized what day it is. well played.
Posted by: jaquelinehyde | Apr 1, 2005 5:23:54 PM
Lame joke, guys. LAME.
Posted by: cere | Apr 1, 2005 5:27:51 PM
Niiice. Might I suggest "Go Shrug Yourself" for next year? You can Photoshop butt-ugly shrugs onto every photo you post. Hilarity guaranteed!
Posted by: chriso | Apr 1, 2005 5:39:22 PM
Haha nice april fools joke :P
Posted by: Em | Apr 1, 2005 5:39:55 PM
I was near tears that one of my favorite sites was ruined and then I looked at the date. Best April fools joke ever.
Posted by: jenni | Apr 1, 2005 5:47:18 PM
HA-HA! You girls are a riot. I join others on commending you on a very good April Fools joke. You got me! Now please bring back those wonderful celebrities, who despite having the money to buy beautiful clothes, still manage to look like crap.
Posted by: B | Apr 1, 2005 5:57:42 PM
Best laugh I've had in weeks! THANK YOU!!!
Posted by: Lynz | Apr 1, 2005 6:00:26 PM
You two are BRILLIANT!
Posted by: Michael | Apr 1, 2005 6:27:01 PM
Fugging hilarious. Here's to you, my two queens of snark.
Posted by: Brandon | Apr 1, 2005 6:39:16 PM
Ha Ha Ha. I hate April Fools!
Posted by: Crystal | Apr 1, 2005 8:03:03 PM
Holy shit, the links actually work! I died a little inside today, thinking of you ladies wading through the swamps of treacle to find suitably horrifying Celine Dion/hugging/blah-blah-blah-of-the-heart links to add that touch of authenticity to this fine site.
So, am I the only one who thought "Girlfriend-To-Girlfriend Totally Explicit Techniques" was a love primer for lesbians? Damn you, Lou Paget!
Please allow me to suggest another scary link:
Yes, it's just as scary as it sounds. And normally sane NY'ers are doing this. God help us all.
Posted by: snark | Apr 1, 2005 8:19:57 PM
This is the most thoroughly crafted and brilliant April Fools Joke that I have ever seen. All of the links are hysterical and the celebrity choices are inspired. Your regular site is great, daily fun, but this rises to new levels of snarkage. I also hope you keep this link going--though I will understand if regular doses of that crap leads to brain freeze. Bravo!
Posted by: Joan | Apr 1, 2005 8:26:27 PM
This is the most thoroughly crafted and brilliant April Fools Joke that I have ever seen. All of the links are hysterical and the celebrity choices are inspired. Your regular site is great, daily fun, but this rises to new levels of snarkage. I also hope you keep this link going--though I will understand if regular doses of that crap leads to brain freeze. Bravo!
Posted by: Joan | Apr 1, 2005 8:31:05 PM
dang! i was so scared. sad. i felt like i had just lost a friend.
Posted by: hello | Apr 1, 2005 9:21:02 PM
I'm absolutely horrified. Where's all those vaginal and tits exposure?
Whatever happened to celebs who dress up like a cake or a christmas tree?
I want them back!!!
Cant...br..eathe.
Posted by: Francy | Apr 2, 2005 12:06:53 AM
i had a dream last night...you know what it was about??
I was in a maze of computers and i checked every website in the world until i found the old fug (Which i BEG you to bring back...) and the website it turned out to be was: www.gofugyourself.com/slamcheese
strange huh?
BRING BACK THE FUG :'(
Posted by: musthavefug | Apr 2, 2005 3:46:36 AM
Brava! Brava! Bellissima! Can a blog receive a Pulitzer?
You had me going, too, for just a mo, then I looked at my calendar and realized that it was Plaintiff's birthday, recalling all the grief she got about it before and after The Divorce.
Long may you wave!
Posted by: BubbaBluffton | Apr 2, 2005 4:30:24 AM
No! no, no, no, no. Hugs aren't funny. These people don't deserve your razor sharp wit! I had to put my cigarette down to type this, so you know I mean business. You go back to fugging. Angry feminists that give you crap are just bitter women with too much time on their hands. Real feminists think this stuff is funny and we know that the true road to equality is snide superiority. Fug on ladies, leave the hugs to the Barney fan site.
Posted by: Bethany | Apr 2, 2005 6:24:21 AM
Ok, it's April 2nd. On with the fug.
Posted by: Dinosaur | Apr 2, 2005 9:29:12 AM
All you needed was Afternoon Delight by Starlight Express playing in the background. Yall scared me.
Posted by: annoir | Apr 2, 2005 11:40:29 AM
Nice goof! But seriously, people criticize your acid tongued remarks? Bring back the fug, it makes my sides ache with mean-spirited laughter! I expect good fug on Monday girls!
Posted by: Juliep. | Apr 2, 2005 4:39:51 PM
This is disgusting. Heather & Jessica, you are both going to hell for this. I hope you're happy that you have destroyed the dreams of countless young bitches out there by transforming in this-- this Mother Teresa THING! I feel as though I may faint.
Posted by: Rebecca | Apr 2, 2005 5:15:10 PM
AWESOME April Fools. A bit obvious, but very well executed.
Posted by: Kate | Apr 2, 2005 10:48:35 PM
definetly well played girls, i agree.
i didnt come back to the site until i discovered oh i get it haha, april fools. wonderful joke, totally fooled me and briliant it was! but now it is april 3, my birthday and the hugs conitnue...sob.
please i dont care what those damn feminists say. i need my fug. as funny as gohugyourself is, its nothing compared to fugging.
are you just gonna let courtney peldon dress like a 2 bit whore without criticsm? thats a crime!!! if this site is for hugging wheres the room for fugging? aaahhhhhhhhh
Posted by: zoejayne | Apr 3, 2005 3:11:14 AM
this is the worse brithday ever!!! thanks a lot jessica and heather!
Posted by: zoejayne` | Apr 3, 2005 3:12:54 AM
I think I am going to get nasty.
Heather and Jessica, I want names. I want the names of the @#%^&*#$%^&* who wrote you those "countless e-mails" about "the way "Go Fug Yourself" ruins people's lives, stunts the feminist movement, and not only represents all the evils of the world but in fact spawns new ones".
I WILL show them what FRUSTRATION is. God help me.
Posted by: Ez | Apr 3, 2005 8:39:20 AM
NO NO NO NO NO!!!!!!!!!!
Please make this be an april fool PLEASE otherwise I will die!!
If this is for real I will hate you guys forever. I mean it. This isn't good, or funny, or anything. You horrible people. I will never visit this site again unless you change it back!!!!
Posted by: rebecca | Apr 3, 2005 8:46:42 AM
The unfortunate thing about this prank is that we learned the average Fug reader just ain't so bright.
RELAX BITCHES.
Posted by: Chan | Apr 4, 2005 2:01:49 AM
The sacrine is just too much! I adore it almost as much as I love the spiced barbs of Go Fug Yourself.
Posted by: C. | May 12, 2005 9:05:25 PM
I was waiting for this year's April Fool extravaganza! Did I miss it?
Posted by: whomayshebe | Apr 2, 2006 6:09:51 PM