Guess What Tomorrow Is?
Tomorrow is April Fools’ Day. How it started no one really knows, as historians have linked April Fools’ Day to several different origins. For example, April Fools’ Day has been linked to ancient festivals such as Hilaria, a religious festival celebrated in Rome on the March equinox, during which people dressed up in disguises to celebrate. Others who believed it was tied to the vernal equinox speculate that it was Mother Nature, fooling people with her changing and unpredictable weather, who inspired the tradition. Regardless of how it started, we’ve all come to expect April Fools’ Day hoaxes or pranks.
And while a good natured hoax can certainly be funny (you may remember back in 1998 when scores of people tried to order a left-handed Whopper advertised by Burger King), for those of us who will be at work on Saturday, it’s important to be smart when it comes to office pranks. A good prank can offer some comic relief to an otherwise busy day at work so long as you stay within certain boundaries: