April 1, 2003
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Have you ever been an April Fool?

I think I'm a fool a lot of the time, so yes.

Karen, 23
Ames, IA USA

As the butt of an April Fool's day prank -- not that I remember. Have I been a fool? Most certainly, and not just in April.

Laura, 38
Lowell, MA USA

Oh, I'm sure I have at one time or another...but I can't think of any specifics at this moment.

Tam

One april fools day i came into my dorm to find my teddy bear hung by a noose from the ceiling light thanks to my roomate. If you think thats morbid you shoulda seen the prank i pulled on her.. :P

Talia, 25
Tallahassee, FL USA

Probably, but I don't remember anything specific.

Judy, 62
Easton, KS USA

I've been a fool in every month of the year.

Jane, 63
West Linn, OR USA

Of course. Glad the five kids are grown and no longer find big bugs in the freezer. Oh, boys!

Laney, 60
TX USA

A few times, when I was younger. My brothers were always the perpetrators.

Aly, 17
Cardiff UK

Undoubtedly.

Fisch, 47
Preston, CT USA

when i was little i fell for all sorts of little things (youre shoes untied, you spilled something on your shirt, etc) no one around me really pulls that kinda stuff anymore, otherwise id probably still fall for it ; )

Cara, 18
Valparasio, IN USA

Not that I can remember. But an associate got a good one today. The janitor in the building passed her on her way to the restroom. He told her it was closed, so she turns around to go to another. He says he's kidding so she proceeds to go into the restroom. After she comes out the janitor says " you have toilet tissue on your shoe" and her thinking that would be the best nightmare ever...looks down and he says April Fools! He's a fun guy!

Stephanie, 27
TX USA

Yes. Most recently, I got an e-mail from our operations people that an input file that is due on
the 15th of the month but is often late had come on April 1. When I checked the file, it was last month's data instead of this month's data, so it was worthless.

Cathie, 53
Novi, MI USA

At one time in my life I lived in the house between the newspaper I ran and a funeral home. One night I received a call at home from someone with a thick German accent who identified himself as being with the state health department. Earlier that day I had discovered this weird stuff coming out of the ground in the parking lot and had mentioned my concern to the guy who had just cut down some old rotten oak trees nearby. The fellow on the phone told me the tree guy had brought him a sample and they had determined that the stuff coming from the ground was fluid from a decomposed body. On further examination, they determined that the funeral home at one time had owned the property and had stored "innards" leftover from autopsies and the like in a vat buried under the parking lot. I freaked. I started making phone calls and trying to figure out
what to do when the phone rang again and it turned out that my friend's husband had been the German guy and he made the whole thing up. He had spent hours coming up with the story, rehearsing his accent and his answers to my questions. It wasn't even April. But it was Halloween.

Cindy, 41
VA USA

Frequently as a child and even more frequently as a co-operative mother/stepmother/grandmother.

Jill, 61
Saylorsburg, PA USA

Nope. Thank God!

Keri-Jade, 23
Brampton, Ontario CANADA

I'm usually a fool in any month.

A-Dog, 20
Eugene, OR USA

Yesterday / Tomorrow