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Writer's Block: Fool Me Once
Apr. 1st, 2012 09:34 pm[Error: unknown template qotd]
I always think April Fool's Day is kind of silly. For the most part, I don't play pranks on other people. If I do, it's usually painfully obvious that it's a prank because I can't hold a poker face to save my life. I also am not all that great at coming up with funny things to do until after the fact. It's all rather ridiculous.
If you want to prank me, it's fairly easy if you catch me before I remember what day it is. Depending on what it is, I can be slightly gullible. I remember hearing that Taco Bell bought the Liberty Bell one year and not realizing it was fake until the news cleared it up. Haha. In years past, I've been confused by various internet gags, but that blew over rather quickly once I visited several pranked sites, as the internet is pretty obsessed with April Fool's Day. I especially like Think Geek's special fake products, even more so because people have liked them so much that they've made a few of them a reality.
However, I mostly associate April Fool's Day with my adoptive grandpa. His birthday is today, and in years past, we've played some pranks on him-- from pretending the power is out (fairly easy to do in a rural area until someone actually tries to turn on something) to not talking and whatever else kids can get away with. Still, my favorite was when we invited him over to our house for cake. My mom presented him with a knife to cut the cake, and when he tried to cut it, he couldn't get very far because we had frosted a brick. Hehe. After a couple of minutes of that, my mom brought out a real cake, and we all had a good laugh.
Anyway, there are my April Fool's Day stories. I realize I usually write a poem a day for April, but I am not going to promise anything given how little I've been posting lately. I'm going to try to post the poems I have backlogged some time soon. Otherwise, we'll see where it goes. I'm just glad it's April. Should be a good month, I think. :)
I always think April Fool's Day is kind of silly. For the most part, I don't play pranks on other people. If I do, it's usually painfully obvious that it's a prank because I can't hold a poker face to save my life. I also am not all that great at coming up with funny things to do until after the fact. It's all rather ridiculous.
If you want to prank me, it's fairly easy if you catch me before I remember what day it is. Depending on what it is, I can be slightly gullible. I remember hearing that Taco Bell bought the Liberty Bell one year and not realizing it was fake until the news cleared it up. Haha. In years past, I've been confused by various internet gags, but that blew over rather quickly once I visited several pranked sites, as the internet is pretty obsessed with April Fool's Day. I especially like Think Geek's special fake products, even more so because people have liked them so much that they've made a few of them a reality.
However, I mostly associate April Fool's Day with my adoptive grandpa. His birthday is today, and in years past, we've played some pranks on him-- from pretending the power is out (fairly easy to do in a rural area until someone actually tries to turn on something) to not talking and whatever else kids can get away with. Still, my favorite was when we invited him over to our house for cake. My mom presented him with a knife to cut the cake, and when he tried to cut it, he couldn't get very far because we had frosted a brick. Hehe. After a couple of minutes of that, my mom brought out a real cake, and we all had a good laugh.
Anyway, there are my April Fool's Day stories. I realize I usually write a poem a day for April, but I am not going to promise anything given how little I've been posting lately. I'm going to try to post the poems I have backlogged some time soon. Otherwise, we'll see where it goes. I'm just glad it's April. Should be a good month, I think. :)
