Do you know what April Fool's Day is?

Matt: Kevin, why are you late today?

Kevin: My alarm clock didn't go off! I have been sleeping. When I woke up, it was already eight o'clock!

Matt: Oh, no!

Kevin: I just got dressed quickly and ran out the door.

Matt: Don't you eat breakfast? Kevin: No, I don't even brush my teeth or wash my face! But when I got to the bus stop, the bus had already left.

Matt: Then how did you get it?

Kevin: Luckily, Carl's father saw me in the street and gave me one in his car.

Matt: Well, at least when you go to school, classes don't start until five minutes later.

Life is full of unexpected things.

In May 2006, I got a job in the World Trade Center in New York. 200 1 September 1 1, I will arrive at the building at half past eight. I was just leaving when I decided to have a cup of coffee first. I went to my favorite cafe, even though it was only two blocks from my office. When I was waiting in line with other office workers, I heard a loud noise.

Before I could see what happened with other people outside, the first plane had crashed into my office building. We stared at the building burning with black smoke in disbelief. I feel lucky that he is still alive.

Nearly 10 years later, I woke up at11on the morning of February 2, 20/0, and I never realized my alarm. I jumped out of bed and walked to the airport. But when I arrived at the airport, my plane had already taken off in New Zealand. "This is my first holiday in filming for a year, and I missed the plane. What bad luck! " I thought to myself.

The other plane was full, so I had to wait until the next day. The next morning, I heard that the earthquake the day before was in New Zealand. My bad luck advertisement turned out to be a good thing.

April Fool's Day is a celebration held in different countries around the world. It happens every April 1 day, and many people play all kinds of tricks and make all kinds of jokes every day.

One April Fool's Day, a British journalist announced that there would be no more spaghetti because farmers stopped spaghetti in spaghetti. Many people go to the local supermarket to buy as many spaghetti as possible. When people realized that the story was a scam, all the spaghetti in this country had been sold out.

Another famous skill in Britain is when a TV program reported the discovery of special water. They say that this kind of water can help people lose weight, and a customer has lost a lot of weight in just four months. At the end of the day, more than 10000 people called the TV station to ask how to get water.

Many April Fool's jokes may not be very interesting. A famous TV star once invited his girlfriend to participate in his program on April Fool's Day. He proposed to her. This lady is very happy because she really wants to get married. However, when she said "yes", he replied: "Happy April Fool's Day!" This little joke doesn't have a happy ending.

The TV star lost his girlfriend and his program. However, one of the most famous scams in the world did not happen in April+10, 65438. /kloc-in the month of 0/938, actor orson welles announced on his radio program that aliens had landed on the ground from Mars. He described where they landed and told them how to cross the United States. Wells made it sound so real that hundreds of people believed the story. When fear spread all over the country, the police declared the story a hoax.

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1, the origin of April Fool's Day

April 1 day is a traditional western folk festival-April Fool's Day, also known as April Fool's Day. There are different opinions about its origin: one says that this custom originated from the "Interpretation Festival" in India.

This section stipulates that on the festival day of March 3 1 every year, couples fool each other for entertainment. More generally, it originated in France. 1564, France first adopted a newly reformed calendar-Gregorian calendar (that is, universal solar calendar), which started with 1 month 1 day, and changed the previous calendar that started with April 1 day. During the implementation of the new calendar, some conformists opposed this reform, still used the old calendar and refused to update it.

They still give gifts to each other and organize activities to celebrate the New Year on April 1 day. Advocates of reform laugh at these old-fashioned practices. Smart and interesting people send fake gifts to die-hards on April 1 and invite them to participate in fake celebrations, and call these fooled people "April fools" or "fish in bait"

Later, they fooled each other on this day, and over time, it became a popular custom in France. This festival spread to Britain in the18th century, and was later brought to the United States by early British immigrants.

In the beginning, any American can concoct shocking news without any moral and legal responsibility, and the government and judicial departments will not pursue it. On the contrary, whoever fabricates the most bizarre lies and who can deceive people the most will win the championship. This practice has brought a lot of confusion to the society, which has caused people's dissatisfaction. People's fooling and cheating during festivals are no longer as outrageous as in the past, but for relaxation and joy.

On April Fool's Day, jokes can only be played until noon 12, which is a strict rule by convention. People who have fun after noon are more stupid than those who are teased by them. People who joke after midnight will immediately find themselves in trouble.

There is a little poem that describes it like this: It's past twelve o'clock on April Fool's Day, and you big fools are late. Until next April Fool's Day, you will be the biggest fool.

2. Festival customs

On April Fool's Day, people often organize family gatherings and decorate rooms with daffodils and daisies. The typical traditional practice is to decorate a fake environment, and the room can be decorated like Christmas or New Year. When the guests come, it is unique and interesting to congratulate "Merry Christmas" or "Happy New Year".

Fish feast in April 1 day. It is also unique. Invitations to fish banquets are usually colored fish made of cardboard. The dining table is decorated in green and white. There is a fish tank and a small fishing rod in the middle. Each fishing rod is tied with a green ribbon and hung with a gift for the guests, a delicate celluloid fish or a fish basket full of candy. It goes without saying that all the dishes at the fish feast are made of fish.

There is also the custom of cooking fake dishes at April Fool's Day parties. Someone once described a typical April Fool's Day recipe: first, it was a "salad" with lettuce leaves covered with green peppers, but after uncovering the leaves, it turned out to be like this.

Come on, oyster cocktail; The second course is "baked potato", in fact, there are sweet bread crumbs and fresh mushrooms below; Since then, there have been roast chicken disguised with crab meat and raspberry ice cream buried under tomato salad. After dinner, guests can also take candy out of the pill box.

However, the most typical activity of April Fool's Day is that everyone plays jokes on each other and plays tricks on each other with lies. Some people tie their wallets to the street with a thin thread and pull the other end in the dark. Once someone finds a wallet, they will suddenly drag it away.

Others put bricks under the broken hat in the middle of the road, waiting to see who will kick them. Children will tell their parents that there is a hole in their schoolbags or a black spot on their faces. When adults bend over to see it, they will shout "Happy April Fool's Day". Run away with a smile. In a word, on April Fool's Day, zoos and aquariums will also receive many phone calls to Mr. Fish and Mr. Tiger, which often leads staff to cut off telephone lines in order to reduce trouble.

3. Customs of various countries

(1) USA

Nowadays, every April Fool's Day, whether they know each other or not, Americans will play some small jokes. A common prank on April Fool's Day is pointing at someone else's shoes and saying, "Your shoelaces are not tied." Students may lie to their classmates that school is over. No matter what the trick is, as long as the innocent victim is cheated, the prankster will scream: "fool!" " "

② Scotland

For example, in Scotland, April Fool's Day is actually celebrated for two days. The next day was devoted to fiddling with the area behind the human body. This day is called Terry's Day. The origin of the "Kick Me" sign can be traced back to this point.

(3) Mexico

April Fool's Day in Mexico is February 28th, 65438. Previously, this day was used to commemorate the innocent children slaughtered by Herod (about 73 BC to 4 BC). Later, it evolved into a memorial day containing pranks and tricks.

(4) France

On April 1 day, French traditions, including April Fool's Day (literally "April Fish"), tried to attach a paper fish victim without being found. It was founded in other countries, such as Australia and Italy. (For example, the long article Fish in April is used to repackage aussi as any joke in the daytime).

5] Spain

In English-speaking countries, 10 also played a similar prank on February 28th, and carried out a holy day massacre. This custom also exists in some parts of Belgium, including Antwerp province. The Flemish tradition for them is that their parents' children or just let their teachers lock them in if they promise to be treated at night or the next day.

(6) Iran

In Iran, people play jokes on each other on April 3rd, the first day of Nowruzi Festival 13. This day is called "Sizdah bedar" (Outdoor XIII). It is believed that people should go out on this day to escape the bad luck of 13 (number) because of good luck and bad luck, or 13.

(7) Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand

In the United States, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, there is a tradition of April 1, but everyone thinks that if someone pulls it after noon (in China and Japan), then this person's prank is actually an April Fool's prank (there may be such warnings in other countries).

(8) Denmark

In Denmark, May 1 is called "Major, Ji" and has a simple meaning: "Cat in May", which is the same April Fool's Day, although the Danes also celebrate April Fool's Day ("April Fool's Day").