is what you might be today if you lived in France. It means "April fish" and is the equivalent of our April fool.
In Scotland, you might be an April "gowk" or cuckoo.
Supposedly, April Fool's Day began in the 1500's when the Gregorian calendar took over from the Julian, and New Years was no longer celebrated on April first. Those who forgot and celebrated the old way were fools.
Sadly, this year it falls on a Sunday, leaving little opportunity to torture our fellow workers, unless we happen to be working on Sunday, which I hope you aren't. I guess you'll just have to put that whoppee cushion on the pew in front of you and see what happens.
You can go to last year's April Fool's post to read about some of the top hoaxes of all time.
I don't usually think of Canadians as pranksters, but they have pulled off some major stunts. When Canada introduced a two-dollar coin, a radio station created an uproar by announcing that April 1 was the last day that the treasury would honor two-dollar bills.
And another time, a Canadian Member of Parliament announced that the clock in Ottawa's Peace Tower was being converted to digital. I know it's a stunt, but enough real idiotic stuff happens, so I might believe something like that.
For more of this, go to Snopes.com.
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