April First is a day that will live in absurdity. April Fools' Day is an opportunity for misfits, pranksters and even the media to pull some legs and cause brows to furrow. According to Alex Boese, creator of the online Museum of Hoaxes, "April Fools' is the one day that's basically reserved for misfits, rebels, nonconformists — and the powerless, like children. It's the one day of the year they get to have their fun." It is society's understanding that in return for blowing off steam on one specific day, those rowdy rogues will behave themselves the rest of the year, Boese says. In some countries the fun lasts only until noon, but here we can keep fooling people long into the evening....
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