Win $25,000 by picking the exact

[Dr. Jack]

Seriously has April Fools warn out its welcome or what?

A good bit of advice – do not believe anything you hear or write on April 1st.

It’s kind of old and irritating to me.

Who made up April Fools anyway?

[Victor]

I`am in and will put up half the money!

[pittviper]

NO... now give me my 25 thousand.. lol..

[bw=betwins]

Ok Dr J you had me. Yes April fools is one stupid day. I think next year it will be a national holiday. Oh and bythe Way I will be creating a baseball contest over at A1 freepicks. The winner will win One million dollars 2nd place 500,000 & 3rd place 250,000 the prizes will be honored only if I win the Mega millions lottery of 138 million that will be drawn this Tuesday.

[peznt]

Got me......

Enjoy the Day!

peznt

[pm530]

Your right, simple and fun!

Let's have a great day and do our best to not be too much of a fool!

[Trossi3389]

Lmao !!

[pm530]

Dear Yahoo!:
How did April Fools' Day originate?

Apparently, you aren't the first to ponder the origins of April Fools'. While researching your question, we stumbled across this poem:

The first of April, some do say,
Is set apart for All Fools' Day.
But why the people call it so,
Nor I, nor they themselves do know.
But on this day are people sent
On purpose for pure merriment.
--Poor Robin's Almanac (1790)

It's an apt sign of the ambiguity surrounding the holiday. As we discovered in our search, everyone has a theory, but few agree on how the tradition arose. Still, we'll try to get as close to the truth as possible.

We began in Yahoo!'s April Fools' Day History category, under Holidays and Observances > April Fools' Day.

The first site, Snopes, has an interesting theory. Many believe that up until the mid-sixteenth century, France celebrated the new year on April 1. But in 1562, Pope Gregory XIII introduced a new calendar to the Christian world, which changed the date of the new year to January 1.

Of course, they didn't have email back then, so word traveled slowly and some people continued to celebrate on April 1. These poor, misinformed souls were referred to as "April Fools" and had tricks played on them.

The second site, Holiday Page: April Fool's Day, offered a similar explanation, although the details differed a little. According to their version, Charles IX introduced the Gregorian calendar in 1564, changing the date of the new year. The "April Fools" tradition was then passed on to England and Scotland in the eighteenth century and eventually made its way to the American colonies.

Next, we checked out a message board devoted to the origin of April Fools' Day, but it just added fuel to the fire. In the end, further research only led us to futher debate. We concluded that there is no absolutely conclusive conclusion.

Whatever the specifics, we have to agree with Mark Twain, who said, "The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year."

[BigFratDaddy]

i will sue for false advertisement if im not at least compensated with a cappersmall shirt or something!!

[CANDY-MAN]

how many dollars is that?

[GrandGouda]

I won!



Thanks for the quick payment Jack!

[jethro]

shame on me you fooled me once SHAME ON ME IF YOU FOOL ME TWICE


been away for some time got ta get back into the swing of things

[WildKat]

Yeah, you got me....I was just hoping that I was not to late to enter........

[wageringedge]

Is that in "PESOS"?...

Here are the "MEGA MILLION" numbers that will be drawn next Tuesaday for "BetWins" above; 6, 13, 19, 22, 37 & the "Mega Number" 27...

Now you may honor your MLB contest!!!

Take Care, John Beekley

[bcbadgalz]

I fell for it for about the 20th time today...
Usually I do it to people but my mind was elsewhere today.
Thanks Jackson !