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Article: APRIL FOOLS' DAY JUST AIN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE.(NEWS)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
- Article date:
- April 1, 1999
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Byline: DENNIS McCARTHY
``The aim of April fooling has always been to put over some prank or impossible request on an unwary person who has not yet noticed what day it is. When the fooled person grows confused or realizes that he has been taken in, the joker calls out `April fool!' - an exclamation of triumph that also explains that it is jest.''
from the Book of Days.
I'm not sure exactly where my generation went wrong, but it looks like we've dropped the ball in passing down a cherished tradition that's existed in this country since the days the Washingtons were having the Hamiltons and Adamses over for a drink.
According to the Book ...