april’s fool, that’s me
i never really “got” april fool’s day. it always struck me as one of those things that’s only funny if you’re 10 years old or younger – and most times, not even then. i’m not a natural joker, and have a hard time lying convincingly, so i never really paid it much attention. needless to say, it seems to be a big thing over here – consequently, i have repeatedly been one of those people who always gets caught out by the fake news item or prank, and feels like a dolt for the rest of the day.
so as i was going into a team meeting this morning and something uncharacteristically popped into my head, i thought i’d try my hand at pulling off an april fool’s joke of my own. at the end of the meeting, when we got to the “any other business” item on the agenda, i cleared my throat and put on my best sombre face.
“i just wanted to let people know that i’m going to be leaving ………”
i looked across the table as my boss’ face fell in exaggerated comic slo-mo, and couldn’t contain myself.
“bwaaaaaaaaaahahahahaha!!! april fools!!”
turns out, it’s not that funny.
(also: apparently there’s some unwritten rule that says all april fool’s jokes pranks must be perpetrated before noon. at 12:30, i was in clear violation of the code.)
sigh.
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Comment by kim
1.04.2009 @ 21:13 pm
For some reason I am laughing at you doing this, well done you!
Comment by Noble Savage
1.04.2009 @ 22:27 pm
Ha ha! Good on ya’ Jen. At least you didn’t say you were sick or something. *That* would’ve been unfunny.
Try telling your husband that you’re in labour on April Fool’s Day. It took three times of saying “No, REALLY. I’m not joking. Meet me at the goddamn hospital!” before he would believe me.
Comment by Thomas Foolery
2.04.2009 @ 14:22 pm
Yeah, it needs to be something sillier. At your meeting, you should have announced that you’ve been living as a woman for a couple of years now, and you’ve been scheduled for your gender reassignment surgery and you’d like to thank everyone for their support.
But you had to do it before noon; them’s the rules.
Comment by Jen
2.04.2009 @ 16:45 pm
clearly i should have consulted you first!
yeah, i had no idea about the noon cutoff. best i just leave well enough alone next year.