Since I'm finding excuses to be lazy, here are some trivia on April Fool's Day that I found online:
- It has been suggested that Europe derived its April-fooling from the French.
- Many April Fool hoax jokes include the phrase "Lirpa Loof" (formed by reversing each word), as a supposed man's name, or a supposed substance, or various things.
- Gmail's April 2004 launch was widely believed to be a prank, as Google was known to include joke pages on their website, until that point.
- The phobic name for the fear of April Fools' Day is Aphrilophobia.
- April Fool is the codename for a spy and double agent who allegedly played a key role in the downfall of the Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
- Apple Computer was founded on April 1st 1976.
- In 1957 the respected BBC news show Panorama announced that thanks to a very mild winter and the virtual elimination of the dreaded spaghetti weevil, Swiss farmers were enjoying a bumper spaghetti crop. It accompanied this announcement with footage of Swiss peasants pulling strands of spaghetti down from trees. Huge numbers of viewers were taken in, and many called up wanting to know how they could grow their own spaghetti trees. To this question, the BBC diplomatically replied that they should "place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best."
And finally, a quote on April Fool's Day:
"April 1st: This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three-hundred and sixty-four." — Mark Twain
I guess I'm a fool after all!!
1 comment:
i love the swiss farmer story. cracked me up!
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