Monday, April 2, 2012

When I Was A Kid

April's Fool is no longer as special a date as it used to be.
This is probably due to the fact that nowadays, in the run-up to April Fools', we're reminded that the impending day is soon, and so its not so much of a surprise, thanks to commercial interests that go around advertising it everywhere.

When I was a child however, April Fools was a big day. Primarily because I was, without fail, unaware of the date change every year, apart from the fact that I now had to write the number 4 rather than 3 as I had been for the last month. And every morning, without fail, at about 8 am or so, some wisecracking smartypants would allude to a spider on my head. The first time, it was always scary. And like OMG THERES A SPIDER ON MY HEAD WHAT DO I DO? But within a minute, realisation would dawn upon me that there was no eight legged monster on me anyway. Of course, I'd know it was April the 1st within a minute because someone else would go, "Abeer, there's a lion on my head". The entire day after that would be full of eye rolls when magically goats and cockroaches would all appear on my head on that fateful day.

I know this is terribly pathetic an exercise for the 1st of April. But this is what we did, and this is what I miss, because it was a bit more fun that day.
Hopefully ones in the future are a little more than a date change from 3 to 4.

"April 1. This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred & sixty-four." – Mark Twain

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