April fools day. April fools day? What does that imply? Well, that it’s the month of April, that it is a day for fools and that it is a day. Or more to the point: That it’s April 1:st and on this day the fooling of other is in order.
Here’s my question: Isn’t everyday an April fools day of sort? Do we not tell jokes, fool people on a day to day basis? Ok, here some may want me to make a distinction between to joke, fool, and to lie. On the former the truth comes out… or at least sooner than later, and if we’re being honest, it sometimes does not come out at all. On the latter the truth does not come out… well… ok, if it does it’s more often later than sooner and sometimes not at all. So what is the difference? Time? I do not buy it. There will also be people compelled to argue for the different nature in a joke and a lie. The former being non-malicious the latter, more often than not, being mean, ill. I agree, that may be the case, most of the time. But I’m sure you all can think of a mean joke and a non-malicious lie.
What I am saying is that a joke and a lie are just two words for the same thing.
So, why April fools day? A day on which it’s ok to tell jokes/lies. Isn’t that the case every day? Is it not ok to tell jokes/lies everyday? Some might say no, yet do it, joke/lie, everyday.
April fools day is that’s it’s there for us to let loose from the shackles of the rest of the year. The being nice/truth telling humans caring for one another. When April 1:st comes along we can joke with/lie to our close ones in a manner not accepted the rest of the year.
Get a clue!
Let’s take an office worker for example. Whats the first thing he does when he gets to work? Turn on his computer? No! Lie! The first thing he does is lie!
-Hello Bob! How are you?
-I’m fine…
And Bob is also a liar, because he’s not fine. And this goes on:
-So how was your lunch?
-It was ok…
No it was not, it tasted bad. Bob did not like it. Yet he said that it did. (Perhaps the lunch thing is a Swedish phenomenon but you get my point; and so proved because I’m sure you can think of a hole host of other lies like Bobs here.)
So what am I proposing? Well, I am proposing April Truth Day. Lie all you want the rest of the year but please tell the truth today. Let the world see the sorry state that it is in and well take it from there. If we do not know it’s broke, we are not going to fix it and believe me, it’s broke! Just ask Bob…