Pity the Fool!
You either love it or you hate it, mark it in red on your calendar or try and ignore it completely in the hope that it goes away which unfortunately is a fool’s hope so you might as well embrace it and jump in to the fray.
April fool’s day is an informal holiday that dates back to the middle ages – yes as far back as then and it even has roots in a Roman festival called Hilaria – now we’re not sure if this part of the article was also an April fool’s joke but it made us chuckle. The ancient festival of Hilaria was the great granddaddy of April fool’s day and it apparently took place in March. Today April fool’s day takes place in April – funnily enough – and traditionally the pranks and jokes are only meant to be played until midday if you are foolish enough to prank a friend after the midday mark then you yourself become the fool.
Most of the time the first of April is filled with harmless fun and giggles with whoopee cushions hidden under seats, plastic flowers in your lapels that sprays water in the faces of your unsuspecting victims although sometimes newspapers and broadcasting companies go a step to far; in the 1970’s the BBC aired a documentary – or should we say mockumentary – about trees that produced ready to eat spaghetti. This practical joke backfired somewhat as the BBC was then inundated with enquiries as to where they can buy a spaghetti tree from.
We are well aware that it is now the second of April and the day for pranks, hoaxes and harmless fun but we have some fun ways of making next year’s April fool’s a bit different, you could pick an address at random and send them an arrangement and sign it from their April Fool.
How did you spend your April fools? Did you stretch clingfilm over the toilet bowl in the middle of the night? Or did you bring in a box full of delicious cream filled donuts for your unsuspecting colleagues (please see victims) to discover they’ve been filled with mayonnaise.
Don’t hesitate to let us know what you did to your friend’s family and co-workers.
