Every April 1st we wait for the joke, hoping not to fall for it. But we often do.
· It’s all good-natured fun.
· The kind we need more of.
Radio stations, late night television, and even newspapers seek to portray an outlandish story as being accurate on April Fool’s Day. Those all used to be in good fun until actual fake news became so prevalent. People used to try out some of these pranks at work until companies began asking for it to stop since rumors can get rampant in a workplace. People are on edge these days worrying that anything they hear shouldn’t be believed when in fact we all should be trying to stop untruths. It’s a shame we can’t joke around for fear that someone will accuse us of something. So, if you’re going to say something outlandish today, do it with a smile and a twinkle in your eye. Have a good laugh about it and let it go. The world needs a little more foolish fun today.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 – 1910): known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, essayist, and humorist, maybe the best the US has ever produced.
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