April Fools' Day (sometimes called All Fools' Day) is celebrated every year on 1 April by playing practical jokes and spreading hoaxes. The jokes and their victims are called April fools. People playing April Fool jokes expose their prank by shouting April Fool. Some newspapers, magazines, and other published media report fake stories, which are usually explained the next day or below the news section in small letters. Although popular since the 19th century, the day is not a public holiday in any country.
Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales (1392) contains the first recorded
association between 1 April and foolishness. Yup, there is a connection! Maybe I
should assign the students to read Chaucer and find the first ever published
April Fools’ joke J
Well, I have thought of playing several “funny” jokes on
my students but Bronchitis has kept me at home…no, not April Fools’ Day, I am
not coming to class, really! Hence I
personally can’t play any pranks on any of you dear students and colleagues, I
will let you browse through the best pranks of 2016 so far. Enjoy!
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