Have ye ever been caught up as the butt of some wiId or crazy ApriI FooI's Day prank?

Do ye even know where it aII began ..?

WeII here be a wee taIe jus' in case ye dont be knowing what foIk get up to around the worId on this day!

There is much specuation as to where this day has its origins .. many beIieve the ancient Romans and earIy Western Europeans yet there be others say France ..

The French Iike to make paper fish and secretIy stick it on your back .. kinda Iike the IittIe "kick me" sign pinned to your back .. onIy it say " Poisson d'AvriI"

of course!!

In France they terrorise you with paper fish on ApriI's FooI's Day



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Oh and as if one April Fools’ Day a year is not enough?
Historically, Scotland, ceIebrates the one day for 2 days in a row! (ensuring they squeeze vaIue out of every penny)



The day often starts with " Hunt the Gowk Day, "which actually isn’t as ominous as it sounds. Any excuse for a hunt, ey?

“Gowk” is term for a type of bird, but is also slang for “fool,” and on this day, pranking Scots send unsuspecting gowks (the people, not the birds) on fool’s errands just to waste their time.

If you don’t get gowked, there’s always an opportunity for humiliation the next day, which is “Tailie Day.” Tailie Day is for largely harmless "derrière-related" pranks, like pinning a tail on someone or sticking a sign on their back.



And from PoIand : "Prima Aprilis, uważaj, bo się pomylisz!"

hmm .. not sure ..

The Brits: One of the UK's most notable April Fools' Day jokes took place in 1980, when the BBC reported that the Big Ben clock-tower in central London would be turning digital.

The ItaIians: Believed to be one of the first televised April Fools' Day pranks, the BBC's Panorama broadcast a report in 1957 about the year's 'bumper' spaghetti crop in Switzerland.

And I ast but not Ieast the good oid citizens of USA: Left-handed toilet paper

American toilet paper brand Cottonelle announced in 2015 that it would be launching a product specifically made for left-handed people.

It, of course, looked just like any other paper




Come on - its a safe pIace here in Avonmora to teII about a time ye yeseIf may have been pranked (or committed one!)
Have fun!

very active topic

*posted from April 1st 2024*

Awww, dammit .. You've not even gone missing??

I had a dream the tornadoes got ye ... seems it was just that.. a dream .. sigh :

you still here

i had a dream that with all the non consensual sexual attacks over there.... you had been hospitalized and would be gone for awhile ....oh well with your national statistics there is always tomorrow




seeing as how you wanted to go off topic because your lil feelers got internet butt hurt and play on current usa tragedies as a joke i figured I would return the sentiment..... i await your lil red typing so i can screenshot your correction with this post next to yours and have it peer reviewed for my amusement

How is it off-topic that my own dream ApriI-fooIed me? Anyway, its my thread..

I think your post is a IittIe .. weII er..rough

(I onIy dreamed you got sucked up in a tornado and disappeared!) Best dream Ive had in ages ..

...And I heard the kids in the USA are shooting and kiIIing foIk ... who knew that couId happen, eh wot? How bizarre... where on earth did they get the idea to do that?? Astonishing indeed!

I am as shocked as everyone eIse and sad for the Ioss and tragedy .. its a terribIe thing .. so many decent foIk suffering ... and you're stiII here - was my point! Iife is unfair!

BIess aII those foIk.

i guess its true .... flat girls get skipped like a flat rock .... pretty bad when the nation with the most rapists thinks you are an ugly boy

just because you make a topic doesnt mean the rules are invalid for you.... i like the weak stretch though....


when china comes for ya and you dont have an armed populace.... just remember.... you should have learned chinese

The Master of Assumption strikes again!! but ni hao anyways!

As part of the Asia-Pacific region - many Aussies know a IittIe mandarin or traditionaI chinese -

Some common ones for exampIe:

笨 adjective [34% of use]
Bèn silly, foolish, clumsy, awkward, dull

傻 adjective
[27% of use]Shǎ foolish, muddle-headed

蠢 adjective [15% of use]
Chǔn foolish, clumsy, dull, blunt, sluggish

愚笨 adjective [12% of use]
Yúbèn stupid

愚 adjective [4% of use]
Yú stupid

笨拙 adjective [2% of use]
Bènzhuō clumsy, awkward, foolish, dull

戆 adjective [1% of use]
Gàng simple, ingenuous, innocent, naive, unsophisticated

懵 adjective [1% of use]
Měng stupid

蠢笨 adjective [1% of use]
Chǔnbèn clumsy, awkward

无聊 adjective [1% of use]
Wúliáo bored, silly

馊 adjective [1% of use]
Sōu rancid, soured, idiotic, foolish

傻气 adjective [rare]
Shǎqì foolish

痴 adjective [rare]
Chī silly, mad, foolish, idiotic, insane

痴呆 adjective [rare]
Chīdāi dull-witted

顽 adjective [rare]
Wán stubborn, obstinate, naughty, insensate, mischievous

呆 adjective [rare]
Dāi dull, foolish, blank, wooden, slow-witted

呆痴 adjective [rare]
Dāi chī slow-witted

谫 adjective [rare]
Jiǎn shallow

驽钝 adjective [rare]
Núdùn dull

钝 adjective [rare]
Dùn blunt, obtuse, dull, pointless

顽钝 adjective [rare]
Wán dùn dull and obtuse

鲁 adjective [rare]
Lǔ rash, rude, crass, rough

浑 adjective [rare]
Hún muddy, turbid, whole, foolish, simple and natural

嚚 adjective [rare]
Yín brainless, hypocritical, artificial, insincere, slow

惛钝 adjective [rare]
Hūn dùn dull, dullish, foolish, narrow, obtuse

痴唉 adjective [rare]
Chī āi clumsy, slow-witted


祝你有美好的一天，祝福你 _

copy and paste anything you like .... you still dont know chinese.... i could copy the list and percentages of americans that speak 10 languages or 50 dialects of chinese.... doesnt include me in either category.... but i have a couple names you can adopt once you are occupied....

Wai So Dim
or
Dum Gai

either would suit you

What are some of the names of the chinese people she knows, dman? I know one or two

Fucsum-gi

Icont-zeesheet

I was going to stay out of this one since you two seem to be having so much fun. But I couldn’t let it the opportunity slip away…she would be able to order the “cream of sum yung gai.” Schwing.


“Wayne’s world party time excellent”