An April Fools History Lesson

An April Fools History Lesson

by Amanda Blain
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Why do we play pranks on April 1st? It’s suggested that it goes back to the 16th century.. when the official date of the new year was changed to January 1st. It use to be March 25th. Those who started using the Jan 1st date started “playing jokes and making fun” of those who celebrated on other dates on April 1st…. Which was the end of that old new year.. :)In various countries, it is also called “April Fish” and you slap a cut out fish on someone’s back.

Major Internet companies have spent some serious time and effort creating amazing April fools jokes in the last few years…

No crazy pranks from me… but what are some of the ones you’ve seen this year so far or in previous years…. and remember.. Believe nothing today Internet! 🙂

 

april fools day*An April Fools History Lesson* Why do we play pranks on April 1st? It’s suggested that it goes back to the 16th century.. when the official date of the new year was changed to January 1st. It use to be March 25th. Those who started using the Jan 1st date started “playing jokes and making fun” of those who celebrated on other dates on April 1st. Which was the end of that old new year.. 🙂 In various countries, it is also called “April Fish” and you put a cut out fish you slap on someone’s back. Major Internet companies have spent some serious time and effort creating amazing April fools jokes in the last few years… No crazy pranks from me… but what are some of the ones you’ve seen this year so far on in previous years…. and remember.. Believe nothing today Internet! 🙂 #apirlfools #holiday #blog

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Phillip Ryan
Phillip Ryan
10 years ago

The 2 I saw were Peter dinklage was replaced in s4 of game of thrones and linus torvalds joining microsoft.

Tony Cacaccio
Tony Cacaccio
10 years ago

the google videos on +YouTube are awesome today 🙂

Martin Holmes
Martin Holmes
10 years ago

knows 🙂

Amanda Blain
Amanda Blain
10 years ago

Google NOES! 🙂

Emad Beshay
Emad Beshay
10 years ago

True Amanda

Sebastian Encina
Sebastian Encina
10 years ago

I read on the Internet about a teen in Nevada who drove drunk and killed a family in a van. Good think it is just an Internet prank. Ha ha, what a jokester!

Mary Rysdale
Mary Rysdale
10 years ago

George Takei pranked that he'd be in Star Wars….

Abuya Kabtimer
Abuya Kabtimer
10 years ago

some people dead in cause of april fools

aguili houari
aguili houari
10 years ago

salut atou mès amis

Gregory Santana
Gregory Santana
10 years ago

To Mr. Encina: It is not a joke. It happened, his name is Jean Ervin Soriano, 18, with a prior record. Prays to the family & forever hell to Soriano, 20 years of hard labor breaking rocks for highway construction.

Tim Wallace
Tim Wallace
10 years ago

But this is the internet… EVERYTHING is true on the internet.

Pramoet Boontor
Pramoet Boontor
10 years ago

ha ha

Mick Fealty
Mick Fealty
10 years ago

I don't usually do them, but because a reader spent a little bit of time and care on this I went with it, and our normally hard bitten and polarised political readership were enchanted enough to play along…

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leya tanner
leya tanner
10 years ago

fools come out all year

Troy Davidson
Troy Davidson
10 years ago

I feel spring is a great time to begin a new year. It is the time birds migrate back, buds are bringing forth new life. The psychological expectations of our world coming to new life could make it a great time for planing. Do you think this time is a better time for "New Year's" resolutions?

Sandy Campbell
Sandy Campbell
10 years ago

I got my mom this morning!!

Pramoet Boontor
Pramoet Boontor
10 years ago

hi

Hung Nguyen
Hung Nguyen
10 years ago

Bác nên trình bày rõ ràng hơn chút nữa

Jimmy Spopner
Jimmy Spopner
10 years ago

Yep

zino blacker
zino blacker
10 years ago

true words

lilly kimpel
lilly kimpel
10 years ago

yep

jeremy mayse
jeremy mayse
10 years ago

🙂

Donagh Reardon
Donagh Reardon
10 years ago

You have to give Google credit. They spend money on there fools day products.

Flood Jack
Flood Jack
10 years ago

is not a fish, is a grat shark 😉

mubasher iftkhar
mubasher iftkhar
10 years ago

i think you are dont mistake because some pepole weak of heart any one die ?

Pedro Sanchez
Pedro Sanchez
10 years ago

The good thing is Earth Day is on April .

Cyrex Fly
Cyrex Fly
10 years ago

Cause we want to

Zoran Grujovic
Zoran Grujovic
10 years ago

ja sam rodjen 1 aprila i volim da se salim na svoj i na tudj racun a pecarosi u calom svetu vole salu

Nicholas Schmelzer
Nicholas Schmelzer
10 years ago

Uh oh, I'm in trouble.

Lars Rosen
Lars Rosen
10 years ago

I wonder somtimes…

Jose Luis Perez
Jose Luis Perez
10 years ago

Nice reflexion, say that in Swizterland this was typical some years ago, "The fish on my back" that was called "April Fish".

Happy Elf
Happy Elf
10 years ago

Last year my niece replaced my conditioner with mayonnaise…

Rudi Brits
Rudi Brits
10 years ago

so many of them this year

Danyel Fields
Danyel Fields
10 years ago

So I would have been a new years baby way back. That is awesome

christ michael
christ michael
10 years ago

4 read

Suhaib Akram
Suhaib Akram
10 years ago

hello !

ali zaman
ali zaman
10 years ago

hi dear

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