April Fools Day: April Fools Day, sometimes called All Fools Day, is one of the most light-hearted days of the year. Explanation of the origins of April Fools Day was provided by Joseph Boskin, a professor of history at Boston University. He explained that the practice began during the reign of Constantine, when a group of court jesters and fools told the Roman emperor that they could do a better job of running the empire. Constantine, amused, allowed a jester named Kugel to be king for one day. Kugel passed an edict calling for absurdity on that day, and the custom became an annual event. In a way, explained Prof. Boskin, it was a very serious day. In those times fools were really wise men. It was the role of jesters to put things in perspective with humor. This explanation was brought to the publics attention in an Associated Press article printed by many newspapers in 1983. There was only one catch: Boskin made the whole thing up. It took a couple of weeks for the AP to realize that theyd been victims of an April Fools joke themselves. April Fools Day is observed throughout the Western world. Practices include sending someone on a fools errand, looking for things that dont exist; playing pranks; and trying to get people to believe ridiculous things. HAPPY APRIL FOOL’S DAY. Sunish.C
Posted on: Tue, 01 Apr 2014 01:57:07 +0000
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