Thousands of email inboxes all over the land came under an avalanche of press releases, memos and resolutions starting on the morning of April 1 with which the public sector and private companies saw fit to celebrate the international day of humor. More than a few journalists have been hospitalized following exhaustion from reading so many funny emails.
Decades ago, April Fool s Day usually meant newspapers running a couple of whacky stories. One paper invited people to a grand exhibition of donkeys to be held in the central square. It took some time for those who showed up to realize that they were indeed the asses being made fun of.