Posted by:
Breeze
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Date: March 31, 2015 05:44PM
My mother used to get us first thing in the morning, before we had time to realize it was April Fool's Day. Following her example, I used to tell the kids that a house was on fire, or that the Budweiser Clydesdales just passed by our house, or the news reported a huge tidal wave would hit at 7:21 am. Tell them anything that will make them rush out of the house in their pajamas, and embarrass themselves. My son grabbed our garden hose, and ran around the corner, to help put out the fire, which was very funny to see. I spotted the Clydesdales several times, and after driving around looking for them, we went to a drive-through breakfast, which made it fun--except the first time, my husband fell for it, too, and he didn't think it was funny at all. He was in his sweat shorts and bare feet, telling me "Turn right--they might be on their way to the fairgrounds!" DH got mad at the tidal wave joke, because when we were driving closer to the beach to watch the wave come in, he said, "If a huge tidal wave is going to hit, shouldn't we be driving in the opposite direction?"
Every April Fool's, somebody would always sit on the whoopee cushion, but one year, nobody did, though they anticipated it all day. At dinnertime, I served pepperoni pizza, and the kids said it looked a little flat. It was the whoopee cushion, covered with cheese and pepperoni.
My brother used to eat Wheaties every morning. We cut up grocery bags into flakes, and put them into the box, thinking he would catch on right away, but it wasn't until he put the milk on them, and they got soggy, that he noticed. The downside to that joke was that it was the last of the milk.
The worst joke was that I decided to sleep in and skip seminary. My mother came bursting into my bedroom to wake me up and tell me that the boy I liked had come to take me to seminary in his brand new car. I had to make a mad scramble to get dressed and look presentable in about two minutes, and as I ran out the front door, Mother yelled "April Fool's!"