I was looking through the list of HTTP status codes and saw a strange one.
Error 418 (I’m a teapot)!?
Google have a dedicated teapot page:
If you hover over the teapot, his eyes open and he smiles. If you click it, it then animates.
It sounds like the origin was an April Fools prank.
RFC 2324 was written by Larry Masinter, who describes it as a satire, saying “This has a serious purpose – it identifies many of the ways in which HTTP has been extended inappropriately.” The wording of the protocol made it clear that it was not entirely serious; for example, it notes that “there is a strong, dark, rich requirement for a protocol designed espressoly for the brewing of coffee”.
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