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Apr.1,2022
April Fool’s Day is an annual custom on 1 April consisting of practical jokes and hoaxes. Jokesters often expose their actions by shouting “April Fools!” at the recipient. Mass media can be involved in these pranks, which may be revealed as such the following day. April 1 is not a public holiday in any country except Cyprus which is a national holiday (though not for April Fools’ Day but instead for a holiday called “Cyprus National Day”), Odessa, Ukraine and the first of April is an official city holiday. The custom of setting aside a day for playing harmless pranks upon one’s neighbour has been relatively common in the world historically.
In Ireland, it was traditional to entrust the victim with an “important letter” to be given to a named person. That person would read the letter, then ask the victim to take it to someone else, and so on. The letter when opened contained the words “send the fool further”
Danes, Finns, Icelanders, Norwegians and Swedes celebrate April Fools’ Day. Most news media outlets will publish exactly one false story on 1 April; for newspapers this will typically be a first-page article but not the top headline.
In Italy, France, Belgium and French-speaking areas of Switzerland and Canada, the 1 April tradition is often known as “April fish”. Possible pranks include attempting to attach a paper fish to the victim’s back without being noticed. This fish feature is prominently present on many late 19th- to early 20th-century French April Fools’ Day postcards. Many newspapers also spread a false story on April Fish Day, and a subtle reference to a fish is sometimes given as a clue to the fact that it is an April Fools’ prank.
Amaretto went the other way on April 1, and instead of pranks they have given us many great eye traits. In April 2013 starting the first, we could get the Autism Awareness eye
and starting April 1 2014 it was the Aviation Appreciation eye. Both of these eyes can be passed on.
Beginning April 1 2015 we got the Flags of the World eye China.
April 1 2016 was Flags of the World eye Morocco, then in April 1 2017 it was flags of the World eye Jordan, 2018 was Indonesia. April 1 2019 it was Colombia, then last but not least in starting April 1 for a month it was Ghana. So many great eye traits and they can all be passed on!
What is the worst and best April Fools Prank you have ever played or had played on you?
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