Talk:April Fools' Day/Archive 2

Spaghetti trees

"Spaghetti trees: The BBC television programme Panorama ran a famous hoax in 1957, showing Italians harvesting spaghetti from trees." The hoax obviously shows swiss people harvesting spaghetti crops. Ticino is a swiss canton, this is also mentioned in the listed link to the BBC. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.213.43.253 (talk) 20:24, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

Fifty years ago, most British people did not know much about Italian food like spaghetti. Some people say that it was many years before they found out that spaghetti does not really grow on trees. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Patdop (talk • contribs) 11:38, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Canada

In Canada I'd always heard it was only until noon. I'm here now, born here, grew up here. At school we were always told it stopped at noon. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.180.218.83 (talk) 02:50, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

That used to be in the article (that Canada and some other countries stop at noon) but that's now been removed? I'm an American living in Canada, and I was so confused when people thought my prank was real because it was after noon. I said, "Huh? After noon?" It differs by country and it should be in the article. --66.119.170.242 (talk) 16:16, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

April Fool's 2011

When does this article get protected this year? 71.191.106.65 (talk) 23:23, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Fool's or Fools'

While the page is titled "April Fools' Day", there are several instances on the page where it is referred to as "April Fool's Day". Which is correct? --SnorlaxMonster 12:44, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

I would argue that the title of the article should be changed. According to Google's NGRAM viewer, April Fool's Day has always been a more common usage than April Fools' Day, throughout the 100+ years that the expression has been widely used.Jbening (talk) 12:16, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Islamic view

Where is the Islamic view of April Fools' Day? αυρδεκ ζαφυρ 09:57, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

April 1st or May 2?

"...is set 'Syn March bigan thritty dayes and two.[3] Chaucer probably meant 32 days after March, i.e. May 2'..."

I would have to disagree with this statement. "32 days since March began" would in fact be April 1. Danwaggoner (talk) 15:36, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

Chaucer scholars disagree. He was sponsored by the king to promote the May 2 engagement date. There are several references to this date in various stories. "almost every modern edition of Chaucer has gone against the authority of all extant manuscripts and rewritten the phrase "Syn March bigan" as "Syn March was 'gon'".[1] Perhaps the copyist who altered this passage can be considered the first April Fool's prankster -- and possibly cost Chaucer some of his sponsorship. Kauffner (talk) 12:53, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

Edit request from 86.27.72.233, 1 April 2011

Youtube 2011 April Fools: It's called "Youtube 1911", and all it does is make the thumbnails for all videos sepiatone and adds vaudeville music replacing the original audio.

86.27.72.233 (talk) 01:20, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. — Bility (talk) 03:23, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

WTF ?!?

Revert this --79.118.35.225 (talk) 06:14, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

April 31st

Hahaha, hahaha, LMAO!

Changing April fools day to April 1st to April 31st, on 1 April 2011, you merry pranksters! How kooky and clever...

April Fools!!!

It may be the weakest attempt at humor ever recorded on the internet. (unencyclopedia excluded ofcourse)

66.108.243.166 (talk) 06:44, 1 April 2011 (UTC)Moi

Edit request from 24.20.213.133, 1 April 2011

In France, it is said that until 1564, the year began on the 1st of April (possibly due to the beginning of spring). That year, king Charles IX of France decided to modify the calendar, so that thereafter the year would begin on the 1st of January. When January 1st 1565 came, everyone celebrated by wishing each other a Happy New Year with presents, kisses and the usual things that accompanied the new year's day. Only, when the 1st of April arrived that same year, some had the idea of still celebrating the day by giving presents, but of a more humorous or mischievous nature, possibly to continue the tradition of celebrating that day. Thus, was born April Fools, or "Poisson d'avril", as it is known in France. Hkundalini (talk) 07:22, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Stickee (talk) 08:15, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

Read the article. The phrase poisson d’avril is first recorded in 1509, before the calendar change. In Medieval times, most towns began the year on March 25, which was the first day of spring on the ancient Roman calendar and was later Annunciation Day. Each town did its own thing, with many celebrating for more than one day. But if they were still celebrating on April 1, that would imply a full week of celebrating. Some French towns celebrated New Year's on Christmas or on March 1, but that only makes it worse as far as this theory goes. Kauffner (talk) 13:59, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

Iran Republic Day

"In 1979, Iran declared April 1 its national Republic Day. Thirty-one years on, this continues to be mistaken for a joke.^[77]"
I have three suggestions for this part. The first is that Thirty-one be changed to Thirty-two, because Thirty-two years after 1979 is 2011. I don't know if it is bad addition or needs to be updated from last year. I guess it could instead read, "More then thirty" so it would not have to be changed as often. The second suggestion is that the "years on" be changed to "years later". This is so that it is more grammatically correct, and sounds better. The last suggestion is that the cite note be moved to right after the first sentence, like this, "...national Republic Day.^[77] Thirty-...". I skimmed the CIA site that was cited and I don't think that the joke part was mentioned. ~cyalknight@gmail.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.134.215.125 (talk) 11:33, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

Edit request - intro

Unsubstantiated claim: Traditionally, in some countries such as New Zealand, Ireland, the UK, Australia, and South Africa, the jokes only last until noon, and someone who plays a trick after noon is called an "April Fool".[1] The site (hardly a reputable source) makes no mention of the claim [2]. 87.209.183.151 (talk) 13:07, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

 Done Kauffner (talk) 13:27, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

I can say from my story that this is true. Not sure how it needs to be supported by research, but all Canadians I talk to say April Fools ends at noon, whereas in the U.S., I had never heard that. --66.119.170.242 (talk) 16:17, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

I would like to add the following to the April Fools' Day page: Hotheaded Naked Ice Borers

In the April 1995 issue of Discover magazine, an article announced that wildlife biologist Dr. Aprile Pazzo was doing research in Antarctica when she discovered a fascinating new species she dubbed “hotheaded naked ice borers.” This odd little creature had a bony plate on top of its head that would become extremely hot and allow these little buggers to plow through the ice making tunnels at very high rates of speed.

Problem is, not only does the creature not exist, but Dr. Aprile Pazzo herself was a concoction from the creative minds at Discover. Her name is actually Italian for April Fools. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dianajlane (talk • contribs) 15:50, 1 April 2011 (UTC)