From seebs Thu Apr  1 15:26:28 CST 1999
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In article <OoRM2.179$kM2.33262@burlma1-snr2>,
Barry Margolin  <barmar@bbnplanet.com> wrote:
>Sometimes funny is enough.

Well, it is for, say, rec.humor, but it's not the point of April Fools' day.
AFD is a modernized version of an ancient Pagan holiday, and it's *very*
important, spiritually, that you *actually* fool people.  Just being silly
is disrespectful of the spirits of people who have been tricked into doing
stupid things and died.

-s