WELL, THIS IS CERTAINLY NOT GOOD.

I just learned that this is a day of fooling and first off, let me say that I DO NOT WANT ANYONE TO FOOL ME WITH ANY HOAXES OR PRACTICAL JOKES.
Secondly, does anyone think it might be cruel to do this to me, Bob, who everyone already knows is pretty much afraid of everything, even the FIOS people?

I looked up my friends at Wikipedia and learned this handy fact.   So the jokes and tricks in the USA can go on all day long?  I can't event take a nap?

April Fools' Day or All Fools' Day, although not a holiday in its own right, is a notable day celebrated in many countries on April 1. The day is marked by the commission of hoaxes and other practical jokes of varying sophistication on friends, family members, enemies, and neighbours, or sending them on fool's errand, the aim of which is to embarrass the gullible. Traditionally, in some countries, the jokes only last until noon: like UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa, someone who plays a trick after noon is called an "April Fool".^[1] Elsewhere, such as in Ireland, France, and the USA, the jokes last all day.


My Mouse Person was talking to me today (sometimes I can't even find him and today I can't get rid of him) and he suggested we see if we could find a place for the best hoaxes and tricks ever performed.   And we did it.  Here is where r you can go to find stuff out so you can fool your friends.  HA    Go to TOP 100 APRIL FOOL HOAXES 

This is, by the way, the site of The Museum of Hoaxes.   Mom says she thinks it might be a hoax that there even is such a place, but they have a nice banner, so it must be true.   

THIS IS THE NUMBER ONE APRIL FOOL HOAX OF ALL TIME.

#1: The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest

1957: The respected BBC news show Panorama announced that thanks to a very mild winter and the virtual elimination of the dreaded spaghetti weevil, Swiss farmers were enjoying a bumper spaghetti crop. It accompanied this announcement with footage of Swiss peasants pulling strands of spaghetti down from trees. Huge numbers of viewers were taken in. Many called the BBC wanting to know how they could grow their own spaghetti tree. To this the BBC diplomatically replied, "place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best."


I'm a little disappointed.   I thought that Spagetti did grow from trees.   My Mom said those are Lilacs.  Duh.   Oh well, live and learn, that's my MOTTO.

Actually, my Mom and I spent quite a bit of time at this Museum because it turned out to be pretty interesting after all.  And guess what?  You can get a T-Shirt too.

                                                                             

I asked Mom to explain Jackalope's to me, since I want to do whatever I can to help save them.   She said I really didn't want to know because they were way more pesky than squirrels and would no doubt eat our garden all to pieces.

So now you know what I have learned about April Fooling Day and just to make sure that I don't have any tricks played on me, I am not telling LIly or Rusty or Scarlett about any of this.    I am, instead, going to stay in my crate most of the day worrying about the Attack of the Jackalope.

Love and LIcks,

Bob
Reporting from Leesburg, Virginia
............. Jackalopes, Stay Away