On Apr 1, 13:56, Julio MacWilliams wrote: } Subject: [Paddlewise] april fools day? > > Not everyone in this list lives in the USA; outside of McDonald's > and Microsoft country April 1 is a day just like any other and those > kinds of jokes are not appreciated, so please be considerate to our > international friends on this list. Actually, I heard on the radio this morning that it's known as "April Fish" in France and Italy, and is a much *bigger* deal there than here. They were explaining it originally had to do with the changeover of the New Year celebration from March 22 to January 1. Supposedly people give out chocolate fishes too after the practical jokes are played. Wish I'd known about April Fish last year - remember Jackie's fish story? It was just too funny when someone took the bait that time! Then again, maybe April Fish is a radio April Fool's joke on me! Hmm, the more I think about this, the more plausible that sounds... *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Apr 01 1998 - 15:15:42 PST
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