April Idiot’s Day is about catching individuals off-guard with surprises they by no means see coming. Just like the prank pulled on residents of Sitka, Alaska on April 1, 1974. Folks awakened that morning to black smoke rising from the crater of Mt. Edgecumbe, a volcano only a few miles away that hadn’t erupted in practically 800 years.
That morning, 911 was flooded with so many calls that the Coast Guard despatched a helicopter to analyze. The supply of the difficulty, it seems, was not lava or sizzling ash. No, anyone had hauled 70 tires to the crater, doused them in kerosene, and lit them on fireplace. That anyone was native prankster Oliver Bickar, who additionally spray-painted a message within the snow: 50-foot tall letters that spelled “April Idiot.”
Most pranks are normally at another person’s expense. They don’t accomplish a lot good – aside from the individuals laughing, in fact. Which obtained me to considering: this April Idiot’s Day, let’s shock the individuals we love with one thing constructive. Let’s catch them off guard with small acts of kindness they by no means see coming. As an alternative of a sensible joke, hand-write a notice of appreciation. Put together their favourite meal. Shock them with a spontaneous date evening. Nearly something is a good suggestion. Simply do one thing that makes the one you love really feel liked as a substitute of fooled.
