31 March and 1 April 2012

We are all so easily tricked. Even if you don't like to admit it, it's true. In one way or another, we will all fall for some stupid little prank. It's not fair! Why can't we just see the falsehood in the "evil" yet caring smiles of our friends as they trick us and laugh at us on this unlucky day. Who created April Fool's Day anyway? It's just one of the many other holidays that don't really seem to have much purpose. Let's be real...in a child's mind, ANY day is a great day to prank someone. There are lots of truly terrible, mean things that can be orchestrated on April Fool's Day.

Granted, my family loves each other enough that we're not THAT creative with our pranks. We usually leave the tricking to my dad and little brother...who always end up having a good laugh. Short-sheeting the bed, switching the cereals, reciting harmful jokes are all things that I can manage. When it comes to Saran wrapping the toilet seat, interchanging the salt for sugar, and hiding all your desktop icons on the computer, it becomes a whole new game. Why do we often find humor in other people's losses, faults, and falls? We laugh hysterically until we figure out that something is actually wrong, in which case we then feel terrible. But still laugh anyways. At the end of the day though, how do we feel about all the pranks? While it's all fun and games on our end, I don't think we really planned to see what our friends and family think of us after we have a good laugh and embarrass them. I guess it just becomes a good excuse to black mail us or to humiliate us another day when we least expect it.