Yesterday was 1st April, which most people know as April Fool's Day or All Fools' Day. The day is marked by the creation of hoaxes and other practical jokes and pranks of varying sophistication on friends, family members, enemies, and neighbors, or sending them on a fool's errand, the aim of which is simply to have some fun and to embarrass the gullible or unsuspecting. Most of these jokes are small but some are pretty big scale. Some can be quite hilarious (except perhaps to the victims of the prank) and still memorable after many years.
I remember one April Fool's Day back in the late 70's when I was in London, the BBC's "That's Life" program announced that a new species of creature had been discovered. They showed footage of something called the Lirpa Loof which looked somewhat like a cross between a small monkey and a koala. They even showed the stool of this strange creature to be purple in colour and glowed in the dark (making good use of colour tv technology obviously). The announcer said the creature was now in captivity at the London Zoo. As a result hundreds of people called in and crowds flocked to London Zoo hoping to catch a glimpse of the creature.
Another one is about Decimal Time. This has been repeated several times in various countries. This hoax involves claiming that the time system will be changed to one in which units of time are based on powers of 10. So in the "new" system, 100 seconds will make 1 minute and 100 minutes will make 1 hour. Hmmm ... this could have interesting implications for clock & watch makers, exam-taking students or runners trying to break sporting records.
Over to you ....
Are there any good April Fool jokes you remember from your life?
Did you play any jokes yesterday and were they successful?
Did anyone get you yesterday with their April Fool prank?
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Yea, used to play a lot of jokes on other people when we were kids. Now we also become victim of jokes. Ha ha!
ReplyDeleteThink the April Fool jokes are dying off lo, forgot to play, didn't kena any and nobody talks about it anymore, not even at work place or home.
ReplyDeleteWon't be surprised if the youngsters nowadays do not know what April Fool means.
April Fool jokes dying off? Kinda sayang, lah. We need to inject more fun into life.
ReplyDeleteLast year my daughter pulled a good one and I fell for it. She stuck a sheet of thin & transparent cellophane sheet over the toilet (slightly below the edge). So when I went in to pee ... well, I had to clean up the mess !!!
Got an sms supposedly from Air Asia at 3.30am (yes 3.30am) this morning saying that my already once retimed flight scheduled for 8.20am is again retimed to 11.00am. I thought it was an April Fool joke. Or was it?
ReplyDeleteHappily, you were able to see the humor in your daughter's prank and cleaned up the mess, JY. I would safely say that if we did that to our parents, a few of us would have gotten the rattan, and we would have been the ones doing the cleaning! Yeah, April Fool jokes is kinda dead this year at office too - the Gen Yers are too dumbstruck by the GFC (global financial crisis).
ReplyDeleteSo Leo, did u eventually get on the flight at 11am!
ReplyDeleteYes James, I think he did got on the flight at 11am, didn't you Leo?
ReplyDeleteNorbert, I was in time for 3.00pm Good Friday servive at St. Peter's and that's why was able to bump into you. Saw you chatting with Ben Chung. BTW, also met a couple of ex-STS 77 gals as well.
ReplyDeleteWJ, the flight did not take off at 11.00am.
Leo, I think you saw me chatting with Tony Chung la, not Ben. You on diet ka Leo? You look so slim and handsome woh.
ReplyDeleteRight Norbert, it was Tony. hehe.
ReplyDeleteLook slim because lost some weight. That's proof I have been observing Lenten abstinence by skipping lunch among others.
So guys, how's the mini reunion trip to Sibu and Miri ho? why no sound no sound one?
ReplyDeleteMiri trip, we appoint Leo to be in charge.
Sibu trip we appoint Gerard to be in Charge.
Agreed boh everybody? Say 'aye' if you do.
Identify yourself first anon 6.41.
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