April Fools

When I was little I always liked April Fools. It was always a lot of fun in school to play pranks on teachers and friends.

One time my science teacher in 7th grade was teaching us about inertia and when something is not moving, it will not move unless acted upon by an outside force. So when April 1st came along, my friend and I tied a piece of fishing line to his eraser on the otherside of the room, and when he came in we slowly moved it across the bottom tray of the chalkboard until it fell off then we jerked it out the door. The teacher was a little puzzled when it first started moving, but soon after realized it was being moved by someone that was snickering out in the hall.

And I can remember one time in Highschool that I gave a good friend some Exlax. It came in a chocolate bar, and was wrapped in foil, so it looked a little like a Hershey bar, well 1/2 a Hershey chocolate bar. And he looked at me kind of odd when I gave it to him, and then not really thinking anything downed it. I did not get to get the full effect of the joke until the next day when I asked how his night was and he advised me that he had to go to the bathroom all night long. PRICELESS! And of course the highschool jokes and pranks were a lot more fun and complex than the ones from elementary school.

This morning I pulled one on my daughter, she walked out of the bathroom from getting dressed, and was still barefooted walking through the house. Even though she is only in Kindergarden she is very smart when she wants to be, and nothing gets by her. If we move something in the house or rearrange 1 thing, that is one of the first thing she notices. So, anyway, she was walking by me as we were getting ready to eat breakfast, and I said ":Oh! Your shoes are untied" and of course she looked and noticed she did not have any shoes on, and no socks, and looked up at me as if I was a complete idiot. I then announced "April Fools!!!" and began to laugh. She then laughed and was trying to pull one on me until I took her to school.

Now it seems like it is just another day. I know that some adults pull very complex pranks on co-workers and family members, but I just do not see the fun in it anymore. And I do like to pull pranks on people and have fun with people, but it just seems like April 1st is a normal day, just like any other. It is not anywhere near as fun or as exciting as it was back in school.

That is another thing I miss from being in school. On top of not having to pay for food, cars, house, phone, gas, electric, cable, internet, etc... I miss the carefree life where April 1st was almost to the point of being a holiday in school, cause there was so many pranks being done to people.

Happy April Fool's Day everyone!