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No, there was no escaped tiger running around Cave Spring yesterday.

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That was an April Fool’s joke.

I’ve gotta hand it to you people — you’re sharp.  There were verrrry few people who fell for my ruse this year.  (You distinguished believers know who you are.)

Maybe I went too far in naming the fictional “Jowicker” zoological agency.  Or maybe my citing of witness “April Flanagan” was a little too on the nose.

Oh, well.  I can still reminisce with pride about last year’s gem of a hoax.  That one actually worked a little too well — I spent days afterward clarifying for people that I had not joined a traveling dance company for middle-aged performers.

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Guys, I have absolutely not joined a modern dance troupe.

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That post on Monday about joining the “Apollo Fridays” dance company was absolutely an April Fool’s Day joke.  If the anagram didn’t clue you in, then the villain names from FOX’s “24” probably should have (even if it’s fun to imagine Nina Meyers, Victor Drazen and Stephen Saunders conspiring to produce a national modern dance tour).

I really hope no offense was take by any of the people who believed me?  The wife of one of my college buddies wanted to support me by attending a show in Washington.  And another college friend actually is a modern dancer who really wanted to encourage me.  You guys are all so cool, your support for my faux accomplishment actually was touching!

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The ol’ METEOR ploy.

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My 2023 April Fool’s Day went well enough.  I didn’t get too many of my friends this year, but I still fooled a few on Facebook.  Ah, the old chestnut of the crashed meteor.

I think the name of the radio station at the end was a nice touch:

[Okay. The news said that a meteor fell in downtown Roanoke. I know that there were multiple points of impact, but they’re saying it was a single meteor that broke up upon entry.

NO INJURIES OR DEATHS. But the northern section of Elmwood Park is ON FIRE near the amphitheater. It began when the meteor struck near the trees along Elm Avenue.

Roanoke Fire Department responding.

Will share details here. But, if you can, try tuning in to W-AFD.]

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You know it’s a great April Fool’s day when you successfully persuade someone there’s a bear in your home.

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Life is good, and I AM A COMPLETE BASTARD.

I also got a few friends with a story about Gerard Butler shooting a movie in downtown Roanoke. (Though plenty of people clued to the gag pretty quickly too.)

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(I heard “Joker” was already taken.)

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I told my best friend yesterday that there was a boa constrictor loose in my house and she TOTALLY BOUGHT IT. So did her kids.

And last year I had her convinced that a family of raccoons had moved into my closet.

I am the April Fool’s joke MASTER; I should be a supervillain named “April Fool.”

Her, after the reveal: “At this point, I hope you get eaten.”

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It’s a 2018 two-fer!

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So this year Easter and April Fool’s Day fall on the same date.

Of course that means you should neglect to hide eggs, but tell all the kids to go look anyway.

 

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Norman Rockwell’s “April Fool, 1948”

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One of his annual humorous covers for “The Saturday Evening Post.”

How many “foolish” things are depicted here?

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An annual April 2nd disclaimer

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No, guys, I have not been hired by any United States Antarctic Research Program to assist John Blair and his fellow scientists at Outpost 31.  Neither will I be relocating to any research base in Antarctica.  Nor do I have a college alumnus named R.J. MacReady.

Those were lies.  My post yesterday was an April Fool’s Day prank.  The setting and people I described yesterday are derived from the classic 1982 sci-fi/horror film, John Carpenter’s “The Thing.”

 

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