Article: Hey, Your Fly Is Open

There are two types of people in the world: Those who look forward to April Fool's Day and those who don't. My family has both kinds, which will make things a little tense around the Kelly household today.

Me, I love practical jokes. I found some Washingtonians who love them just as much. Here are their stories.

For several years in the early 1980s, Lorraine Swerdloff was a member of that odd social set known as a carpool. Up before the sun, she piled into a vehicle that journeyed five days a week between Howard County and K Street NW.

"When you're riding for at least an hour each way, you do get bored," said Lorraine, "so anything to jolly up the circumstances was welcome."

Lorraine had ...

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