Aprilili: How the day of the joke and the best scams in history was created

JA Burrow

Today, only jokes are allowed by law

The joke it means something different to all of us, but we can agree that it is necessary in life, death and everything in between. Today the focus is on those jokes - scams that require a little good will and not to be wanderers. Is it easy for you to accept a joke or not - it does not change the day, so relax and read.

Where does the tradition of the joke begin?

Antiquity

Harlequin, Photo: Pixabay

Some believe that the tradition originated due to changes in the calendar, reports BBC Newsround. The beginning of spring was once considered the beginning of the new year. When the first of January was taken for the beginning of the new year, those who continued to celebrate it at the end of March were ridiculed.

The awakening of nature was celebrated in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome with major festivals of renewal. As part of these ceremonies, normal life was turned upside down.

According to historian Andrea Livzi, "servants could command their masters, and children were allowed to control their parents." National Geographic.

Middle century

Harlequin, Photo: Picryl

According to English legend, the deception celebrated on that day was committed by the people of Gotham in Nottinghamshire in the Middle Ages. Gotham is now a pleasant village popular for family life, but until a few hundred years ago the locals were known for their "madness". Folklore says that King John, the villain in the Robin Hood legend, was to travel through Gotham to nearby Nottingham. Every time the king walked, it would become public property, so the villagers decided to fool around to repel the king.

Some of the earliest records of April Fool's Day, marked Joke Day, date from France and the Netherlands in the 1s, leading people to believe that it may be a northern European tradition that has spread to Britain.

Some historians say that the story told by the English poet Jeffrey Chaucer in the 14th century - when a fox jokes with a rooster - is the first reference to the jokes that take place on April 1st. The poet does not mention this date. The song says 32 days "from the beginning of March", which is interpreted as the first day of April. Those who do not believe in this theory say that he used only confusing words to ridicule people in the song.

The origin is probably a collection of all the unconscious and collective experiences of mankind. But the joke did not go down in history and this day is marked over the years with ingenious tricks and manipulations.

Some of the best are:

1905: Robbers rob America

Robber Barons, Photo: Picryl

On April 1, 1905, the German newspaper Berliner Taggelat reported that thieves had dug a tunnel under the US Treasury Department in Washington and stolen US silver and gold. The newspaper wrote that the robbery was organized by American robbers barons, whose burglars dug the tunnel over three years and earned over 268 million dollars and that the US authorities were trying to hunt down the thieves while publicly covering up the fact that the country was robbed. The story quickly spread through European newspapers before people realized it was an April Fool's joke by Louis Vierek, a New York correspondent for the Berliner Taggelat who published the joke under a false name.

1957 - BBC: Spaghetti harvest in Switzerland

The BBC's prestigious news program "Panorama" published one of the most famous April Fool's jokes in 1957. In the television report, thanks to the mild winter and the removal of dangerous ticks, Swiss farmers enjoyed a large variety of spaghetti. Viewers had the opportunity to see spaghetti being picked from the trees. A huge number of people were deceived, and the media wrote about it for days. Even the BBC director-general admitted to the woman that he "did not know spaghetti was grown that way", reaching for an encyclopedia, said Michael Pico, one of the editors who approved the scam on Witnesses of History.

1962: Sweden and tights for color program

Sweden's SVT (Sveriges Television) hosted technical expert Kiel Stenson, who said that thanks to the new technology, viewers can get a color TV. At the time, SVT was the only TV channel in Sweden and aired in black and white, so this was big news. Stanson explained that all viewers need to do is pull the tights across the TV screen, and the net will produce a refraction of light and give color to the image. Thousands of people tried the advice in their homes. Many Swedes still remember their fathers rushing around the house trying to find tights to put on their TVs. the website at the Museum of Jokes in San Diego.

1976: Who can float longer

Jupiter, Photo: Wikimedia

The famous astronomer Patrick Moore appeared on BBC Radio 2 on April 1, 1976 and said that at 9:47 a.m. people would be able to feel the "gravitational effect of Jupiter and Pluto". . "At that very moment, the planets will flatten out, which will weaken the Earth's gravity a little, so if you jump in the air at the right moment, you will briefly float." That morning, the BBC received hundreds of phone calls from people who allegedly witnessed the phenomenon. Among them was a woman who claimed that she and 11 of her friends got up from their chairs and slowly circled the room.

1977: The San Serif Islands

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In 1977, "The GuardianPublished a tourist guide to the mysterious island group San Serif. The two islands, Upper Caisse and Lower Caisse, form a semicolon. The details of the island's education state: "In addition to the main topics, a teenager from San Serif can be offered pearl diving as a choice for great results."

2008: Flying penguins in Antarctica

One of the BBC's last world-famous April Fools' Day jokes was made during nature series The Wonders of Evolution. They allegedly filmed the flying penguins. Host Terry Jones, a well-known member of the Monty Python group, is shown walking with penguins in Antarctica and then following their flight to the Amazon rainforest, where the penguins "spend the winter sunbathing in the tropical sun."

If you have been inspired by these masterful jokes - we suggest you roll up your sleeves and make the day of your loved ones such that it will be remembered by the grandchildren as well!

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