Yes, it’s come and gone, April Fools’ Day, a 24-hour span of hijinks and creativity that apparently has gone by the wayside.
In today’s world, over-the-top news that’s hard to believe is being reported each and every day around the clock. I’d like to come up with something that would go viral but those moments cannot be scripted no matter how hard you try.
Someone in an Indiana Catholic church found red marks resembling blood on a communion wafer. Communion coming to life? No, it was fungus and three different bacteria a lab found on the cracker. Yikes, that’s no April Foolin’.
More than $389,000 of cheese was stolen in London. Apparently, a man fooled cheesemakers into thinking he was some high falooting Frenchman and he took delivery but paid no money for the award-winning cheddars.
The thief made off with 950 wheels – roughly 48,500 pounds – of Hafod, Westcombe and Pitchfork cheddar from three different artisan suppliers across England and Wales. The Mississippi State Edam Cheese is always sold out when I check online. It surely could make a cheddar thief out of you.
A man in Pennsylvania has an emotional support alligator named Wally. And he said he lost it in Georgia. Apparently, the six-foot-long emotional support alligator's adventures around Pennsylvania include visiting nursing homes, splashing around in Philadelphia's Love Park fountain, meeting with the mayor, and smiling contentedly in his red harness as various admirers hug and hold him. He’s been tailgating to Philadelphia Eagles games where fans pass him around hugging him. Like Jerry Clower used to say, “If I’m lyin’, I’m dyin’!” But I did find that on the internet so buyer beware. Wally can be seen on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook. I once had a pet baby possum but that emotional support didn’t last too long after he bit me.
And back to Britian for the last tidbit of not April Foolery. A man was buried in a coffin painted with a Snickers candy bar theme.
Now, that’s not my go-to candy bar (but it works in a pinch), but I don’t know of anything I love enough to have my coffin painted for.
Why waste a NY Yankees logo, Rebel Red and Blue paint, or anything else to be planted in the ground following my demise? But the dude “was known for his sense of humor” and even had “I’m Nuts” painted on the side of the coffin.
He put it in his will and his loved ones abided. I also found that another Englishman died and was cremated and left instructions to pour his ashes down his favorite pub’s drain on the street. No April Foolin’.
I guess an alligator support animal isn’t that far off after all…
