I never did know where the European Tradition of April Fool's Day came from. Perhaps something medievil or from European gypsies. Maybe someone will tell me someday. Perhaps you'll remember some foolish joke that was played by yourself, on yourself, or by your relations or your friends? I recall one that was played on the English public when TV was new. The serious faced plum-in- the-mouth announcer, with a straight and serious face, announced that the spaghetti harvest from Italy was down this year and a short supply was expected. People should stock up on this valuable food he suggested. The poor crop resulted from heavy mountain frosts followed by high winds and an over supply of rain. And he asked if anyone watching had had problems with their crops? Ha ha... not only did several people ring the station and say their crops were poor but several "spaghetti experts" rang in with their own solutions to the problem... and some rushed the supermarkets to stock up in case of a national shortage....only to look and feel foolish when, a few hours later, the "spaghetti harvest" story was announced as a joke.
One thing one could learn from this is to "Beware of experts. "In fact I think that is an excellent subject for tomorow's small story.
Enjoy today.
Michael and Nida Johnson
