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April Fool’s Day special: Land of What the Ding-Dong

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Our seventeenth Spring Vignettes piece celebrates April Fool's Day, which is on April 31st.

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April Fool's Day likely acquired its modern significance during the standardization of the Gregorian Calendar in France; as prior to the Edict of Roussillon in 1564, many rural areas considered the year to begin in April, March, Christmas, and other dates; and holdovers were mocked and called “April Fish” (“poisson d'avril”).

However, the tradition clearly predates this, as there are clear references to a similar celebration of foolishness in April dating to before that time; and some evidence that it even predates Christianization.

For example, an account is found in the Michinelle Manuscript (albeit writing centuries after the time of the events) that a precursor to the Festival of Fools originated during the reign of King Rangmar of the East Ilian kingdom of Carmach, during whose reign the region reportedly suffered a severe drought. Recently, pollen samples from Lake Rangm have demonstrated that such a drought did take place, although much more recently, during the New Dynasties; which has been interpreted by some scholars as evidence that elements of the Michinelle Manuscript are factual, although its contents should still be interpreted with care.

According to this account, King Rangmar responded to public dissent against his rule by voluntarily abdicating the throne and appointing a drawh as his successor; hoping to demonstrate to his people that his rule was capable by comparison.

“Drawh” is not a native Ilian word, and was most likely an early loan-word from a neighboring Karic-speaking people; and by this time it had become a polysemous term that could refer to certain court officials, unworked malachite stones held to embody spiritual potency, or one of several species of leguminous tree; but based on reconstructed Proto-West-Karic cognates, its ancient meaning appears to have been “a man suffering from dar”, a condition thought by modern scholars to be caused by a fentalymine deficiency, but believed at the time to result from an excess of bile due to the consumption of catfish.

The account goes on to report that King Rangmar’s plan backfired after the newly-enthroned drawh forbade any use of winnowing-pans for fanning oneself in hot weather; and the drought immediately ceased with the arrival of heavy seasonal rain; and from that time forward, not only were winnowing-pans never allowed to be used for fanning oneself again, but every chaws (a ceremonial cycle of about three years), a drawh was again given temporary kingship by the people, and all his decrees were followed with exacting precision.

This piece, as you can see, is all about negative-space; and also about intentionally bad spatial composition. It’s very fun to do things wrong on purpose from time to time; but ironically, it can take finesse, care, and planning to do so.

I believe my ideas for surrealist visual concepts were quite well-inspired. I’m very pleased with how they turned out.

You always know it’s April when the teacup geese come flying home.

Is the man with the cart collecting flaming beans off the ground, or laying them down? No one knows.

Inspirations include Hieronymus Bosch and M. C. Escher.

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Colette’s April Fools Prank

Here is a drawing of me and my sister. this is 3 days late better late than never When I was in my room pulling up my pants, Colette saw me putting my pants on and she quickly pulled out her phone and took a picture of me pulling my pants up. She Pulled a prank on me. God Dangit Colette Colette: This is so going on Facebook Cole: Colette, what the hell? Enjoy I wanna thank someone on a discord sever for giving me this funny idea thanks again, they inspired me to make this. Also it's been awhile since I last made my twin sister Colette, I need to make her more often. I'll make a update reference sheet of her soon. IF YOU LIKE DIAPERS I SUGGEST YOU DON'T COMMENT READ BEFORE YOU COMMENT OR I'M BLOCKING YOU Cole And Colette belong to me Toad Species: Nintendo

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Many people celebrate the fun and excitement of April Fool’s Day as if it’s a national holiday. It’s a day filled with jokes and pranks, which is definitely a cause for celebration. But, how do you celebrate this not-so-national occasion, while making your party an adventure your guests will never forget. We have answers for you.

The History of April Fool’s Day

The genesis of April fool’s day is not usually clear. However, there are some theories surrounding the history of this day. The most famous theory is from France. In the 16th century, precisely 1562, Pope Gregory introduced a new calendar. In this new calendar, the year started in 1st January as opposed to 1st April in the old calendar.

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However, some people did not know about this change while others ignored or resisted the new calendar establishment. They continued celebrating the New Year at 1st April.

Those that supported the new calendar played games and tricks to those that did not and called them “April fools”. This has evolved over the years into a tradition of tricks and pranks on the first day of April.

Trending Tips for Your April Fool’s Day Party

April Fool’s Day Party Decorations

Just like any other party, the April fool’s day party deserves some decorations. Choose to go crazy with the decor to well suit this day. You can choose to decorate the party entrance with a balloon arch and maybe have the party space display pictures of your favorite famous clowns or comedians.

Printable April Fool’s Day photo booth. Image Source: Etsy

A piñata in a number one shape can also be ideal for the party space. The piñata can be filled with confetti or rubber chickens to excite the guests and even fools others. Any other decorations that you think may suit this day from any other holidays are also welcomed.

Place pictures and a majority of things either upside down or sideways. The balloons used in the decor can be happy face balloons to give a sense of happiness and laughs associated with April fool’s day. Some masks can also be hanged on the walls. A “Fresh Paint” sign, jokes, gags, glowing beer mugs, useless white-elephant type gifts can also work wonders.

Encourage your guests to wear as foolish as they can. They may choose to wear inside out, backward or just plain wacky. You can also buy your guests some “I’m no April fool” button or t-shirts. With all these, your guests will be amused by your hilarious party and will be ready to get you back next year.

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April Fool’s Day Party Food & Desserts

A party without food is not really a party. April fool’s day is not an exception. To make it fun, be sure to serve the dessert first, then the main course, followed by the salad, then the appetizer. The idea is to make this crazy by disarranging the order.

Mix up the guests by mixing up the table condiments. For instance, you can have the salt in the sugar bowl and catsup in a mustard jar. You can also put a fake roach on the dishes and go on to freeze plastic bugs into the ice cubes. Use funny hats or giant clown shoes for snack trays. This will take the party a notch higher.

Could’ve Fooled Me Food. Image Source: Food Network

Here are some silly cuisines that can be served on this special day:

Kitty Litter Cake – This just looks like kitty litter but tastes like a spice cake. Make sure to serve it with a new pooper scooper.

Puppy Chow – This cuisine looks just as the puppy chow but tastes like peanut butter and chocolate-kind of cereal. Serve it with clean doggy dishes.

Meatloaf Cake – Bake a meatloaf cake, frost with colored mashed potatoes. The meatloaf can be made from rice or cocoa. To make the mashed potatoes cut a cupcake in half and freeze it with vanilla frosting. Top it up with yellow gel icing and some yellow candies. Some candles can also be topped if it is to be served for dinner.

Peanut Butter and Jelly – This can be made by taking two slices of potato bread and putting a doll up of peanut butter in the middle and joining them together.

Cheese – Make some cheese for the cheese lovers. You can make the cheese from fruit flavored rolls and make crackers from Oreo’s.

Shrimp Mocktail – The shrimp can be made of rice treats and carefully wrapped in fondant. Strawberry preserves can be used as the mocktail. You can also add a slice of candy lemon and fondant chives to the mocktail.

Shepherd’s Pie – This pie can be made from cocoa treat mixed skillfully with “carrots and peas” made out of taffy. Some marshmallows can be melted in butter and spread on top then broiled for a few seconds.

Chocolate Cake Baked in Little Chili Bowls – This cake should be frosted and topped with jelly beans and orange tinted coconut. If you find this hard to make, try the pudding version of it instead of the cake.

Pizza – Our April fool’s day pizza should be made from cookies! Instead of the normal pizza, serve these funny pizza cookies for your party!

Pudding – Make a little twist by tinting butterscotch pudding with a little orange food coloring. Some alphabet cereal should be added to have a sweet alphabet “soup”!

Hamburger Sliders – This should be made from buns with patties. Some red and yellow frosting should be added for ketchup and mustard. Tinted green coconut should then be added for lettuce and finally sprinkled with sesame seeds.

Some other fun and foolish party foods for your April 1st party include:

Faux Buffalo wings

Sushi donuts

Beef Jerky with Ding Dongs

Peanut butter potstickers, probably with chocolate syrup dipping sauce

Try to be as crazy and creative as possible while preparing your delicacies. With all these, you can be assured that your party is going to be a hit.

Have a fantastic April fool’s day party. And, make sure you prank someone!

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