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So he sent out a dove.
But the flood had not subsided.
And, ever since, we pay tribute by freaking pranking people.
Honestly, reading about the history of April Fools Day feels like a prank.
And then on March 29, Swift published an elegy for Partridge.
The supposedly dead man was then met with confused looks as he walked around his town on April 1.
Eventually, Partridge left public life forever.
Cancel culture has really gotten out of control.
This story was widely picked up throughout Europe before it was made clear that it was a joke.
And in 1957, the BBC aired a story about Switzerlands booming spaghetti crop.
Because spaghetti was not widely available at the time in England, a lot of people believed it.
I will not make a joke about British food here and you cant make me.
There was also April Fools Day in 1997 whenAlex Trebek and Pat Sajak swapped shows.
But, as the internet does, its made everything faster and worse.
Now, the April Fools prank is dead.
Anyway, they are all lame, and the internet is lamer for having experienced them.
We shift it from being a day of pranks and hoaxes to a day of jokes and comedy!
This is not without precedent.
.Kids Thing
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Halloween has trick-or-treating and cute costumes.
They really nail it.
For April Fools, kids will … tell each other jokes!
I think we should empower kids to tell each other their own jokes or ones they read.
(This is less about April Fools and more about rewarding shy kids.)
But giving little kids an opportunity to tell jokes on the show seems like a nice replacement.
That would be a nice thing to look forward to in 20 years.
This is, however, a prank, and we arent doing those anymore.
SO NO FISH ALLOWED.
Bananas because of the funny slipping.
And beans because of farts.
.Vice
Valentines Day has sex.
St. Patricks Day has drinking.
On April Fools, we smoke cigars.
Comedians have loved cigars for nearly 100 years.
There are multiple comedians you cant picture without a cigar.
Same with Milton Berle.
Currently,Ron White has his own signature cigar.
Why are cigars so popular with comedians?
Or, more likely, comedians found it a useful prop for dick jokes.
Either way, were all smoking cigars as a way of honoring Groucho Marx.
.Dressing Up
Speaking of Groucho, everyone, especially babies, has to dress like Groucho.
Somewhere along the way, Grouchos face became the symbol of comedy.
He is an icon.
April Fools is all about … blue!
.Decorations
Valentines Day has hearts and Cupid.
Halloween has skeletons and spiderwebs.
So, there it is.
Ill see you on April 1.
Ill be the one wearing blue, smoking a cigar, and eating a banana cream pie.
I wont be wearing a Groucho costume, because I already kind of look like him.
