Blog 11: April Fool's Day

            Today is April Fool’s Day so to avoid being tricked I have been hiding in my dorm room all day. I have never been good at pulling off April Fools jokes and pranks and do not have any shenanigans planned for today. In high school we had teachers who would do pop quizzes and what not that would turn out to be April Fools jokes. One year, one of the clarinet players in the high school band told our band director, that she was pregnant and that the father is her boyfriend who happened to be one of the band’s percussionists. She told our band director that neither she nor her boyfriend would be participating in band the next year because they would be getting ready for the baby. This all happened before school started that morning. The band director called the girl’s mother. The girl’s mother was in on the joke and pulled up fake tears and everything over the phone. When band class finally rolled around, the percussionist who was said to be the baby’s father walked into the band director’s office and said “April Fools!” and told the band director everything. I do not know how the clarinet player and her boyfriend pulled the wool over our band director’s eyes because he is usually pretty good about staying on his toes. The entire band laughed about it and rehearsal that day was pretty good. I don’t think I could ever pull something like this off without blushing or laughing or doing something that gave it away. Any good April Fool’s Day jokes for you guys?