Remember the date tomorrow. I shouldn’t have to say more. It is April 1. So you really can’t believe anyone until after noon and even that might not be a sure thing.
April Fools’ Day has been around a long time. So long that no one really knows where it came from. Some say it may extend back to Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales in 1392. Although the dates involved tend to get a bit confusing. And the first known reference in France is from 1508. But people have been playing pranks on others for a long time.
The origins May also be tied to New Years Day, since some marked the new year at the spring equinox with a week long celebration that ended around the first of April. When New Years Day was moved to January 1, some apparently took to calling those who celebrated the old date as April Fools. Although that one is disputed because there are references to the day being April Fools’ Day before these new dates were adopted.
But the thing is, by suspicious of everybody and everything tomorrow, particularly in the morning. You can’t be too careful.
There have been some rather outstanding pranks over the years. Like in 1857 when the Tower of London handed out invitations to the annual “washing of the lions”. Or in 1957 when the BBC reported on the Swiss spaghetti tree harvest, with video of farmers out harvesting their spaghetti crop from their trees.
There have been many other good ones over the years, and some that weren’t so good.
Just be careful what you might fall for tomorrow.