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[tgpo]

April fools.

[Syphic]

Bastard!!!!

[Will Hay]

wanker!

[tinpaul]

You Fools Fell For That....

[SLK001]

Good one! Had me takin' the bait!

[Gazorgan]

Too Obvious. You should have done something along the lines of supeno's being served and computers siezed......

[tgpo]

It seems others are doing this as well. There is one of these in the mac forum, and at resexcellence.com they have an april fools page up. And dotmac.info has an April fools article up. I love this day. Anyone know the history of it?

[Treebeard]

History of April Fool's Day

The history of April Fool's Day or All Fool's Day is uncertain, but the current thinking is that it began around 1582 in France with the reform of the calendar under Charles IX. The Gregorian Calendar was introduced, and New Year's Day was moved from March 25 - April 1 (new year's week) to January 1.
Communication traveled slowly in those days and some people were only informed of the change several years later. Still others, who were more rebellious refused to acknowledge the change and continued to celebrate on the last day of the former celebration, April 1. These people were labeled "fools" by the general populace, were subject to ridicule and sent on "fool errands," sent invitations to nonexistent parties and had other practical jokes played upon them. The butts of these pranks became known as a "poisson d'avril" or "April fish" because a young naive fish is easily caught. In addition, one common practice was to hook a paper fish on the back of someone as a joke.

This harassment evolved over time and a custom of prank-playing continue on the first day of April. This tradition eventually spread elsewhere like to Britain and Scotland in the 18th century and was introduced to the American colonies by the English and the French. Because of this spread to other countries, April Fool's Day has taken on an international flavor with each country celebrating the holiday in its own way.

In Scotland, for instance, April Fool's Day is devoted to spoofs involving the buttocks and as such is called Taily Day. The butts of these jokes are known as April 'Gowk', another name for cuckoo bird. The origins of the "Kick Me" sign can be traced back to the Scottish observance.

In England, jokes are played only in the morning. Fools are called 'gobs' or 'gobby' and the victim of a joke is called a 'noodle.' It was considered back luck to play a practical joke on someone after noon.

In Rome, the holiday is known as Festival of Hilaria, celebrating the resurrection of the god Attis, is on March 25 and is also referred to as "Roman Laughing Day."

In Portugal, April Fool's Day falls on the Sunday and Monday before lent. In this celebration, many people throw flour at their friends.

The Huli Festival is celebrated on March 31 in India. People play jokes on one another and smear colors on one another celebrating the arrival of Spring.

So, no matter where you happen to be in the world on April 1, don't be surprised if April fools fall playfully upon you.

[doom969]

[NightWing]

Just heard that the industry is switching over to the CED Selectavision standard orginaly developed by RCA. With service tech only replacable red/write head will inforce non modifiable recorder/players and with the head actualy touch the disk will allow a limited replay that can not be modified like the old divx player standard. Greate for sell through and rentals places. A win/win for the industry!

So when is DVDRHelp.com will switch its name over to CEDRHelp.com?

4/1/03

[OcTroN]

That was no fun at all

tpgo = satan

[Conquest10]

april 1st already? boy how time flies. i thought it was still early march or something.

[tgpo]

tpgo = satan

Fine with me, But I, tgpo, am still cool, right?

[WeedVender]

This is in the wrong Forum....

[tenders]

as soon as i read the subject line: i knew

[monoxide77]

WHY??? PLEEEEEASE TEL ME WHY!!!!!!!!!!!
sike.