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April Fools' Day
2:41 PM, Apr. 1, 2008
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Well it's April Fools' Day today, and annoyingly enough Ken thought to tell Jasmine about the day yesterday. She's only five, though, so I figured she'd forget, right?Wrong. This morning she was giggling like anything. At first she didn't really get it, she'd do silly things like point at Ken's head and say, 'Dad, you have a book on your head!' After a while we sat her down and explained that she's actually supposed to say something believable in order to trick people. So I wasn't too worried about her ability to actually trick me or anything. We packed everyone up with everything they'd need for playgroup and drove off to take Ken to uni. So she waits till we're halfway there and says in a dead serious voice, 'Mum, I left my water bottle at home!' Can you imagine how frustrated I felt? We had everything packed for playgroup; nappies, swimming stuff, everybody else's water bottles, and here Jasmine left her water bottle at home when I specifically asked her to take it to the car! Until of course she started giggling, the cheeky little girl! So I got her back. After a quick trip to Maccas, I stood in the carpark and fumbled in my handbag. 'Jasmine, I've lost the keys! We can't go to playgroup!' Hehe :) So anyway, I was very relieved that in Australia April Fools' Day finishes at noon. I got home and had a look at the Wikipedia April Fools' Day entry. The historical stuff was pretty boring, although it was interesting to find that some countries celebrate (if you can call it that) on the 2nd or 3rd of April. Some of the past famous pranks were interesting. Apparantly the best one so far was the 1957 BBC report of the annual spaghetti harvest. Apparantly they even managed to fake pictures of spaghetti trees. I wonder what they looked like? Another factor is that there have been times that serious news has been ignored by people who assumed that it was an April Fools' Day joke. The most tragic would be the 1946 tsunami, where 165 people were killed because they ignored the warning. One interesting thing to note is that some people have been sacked or even faced charges because of the hoaxes they have pulled. It is important to note that even with a tradition like this, you must always think about the consequences of your actions first. So that was my history lesson today. Hope you enjoyed! EDIT: Here is an interesting article about an April Fools' Day joke gone wrong in New Zealand, where a radio station advertised a fake concert. People were taking days off work and booking flights in order to see the band who wouldn't be there. As the article states, 'Contracts have been terminated, and heads have rolled.' OUCH!!!!
Edit 2: Here is another article in which an idiot rang 000 (Australia's emergency number) to report an injury in which a baby stopped breathing, which turned out to be a hoax. Thankfully, she is facing charges over the incident, which took ambulance resources that could have been needed to save someone else's life.
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