Needless to say, I’ve been avoiding Twitter and Facebook today. I really don’t want to look at every posting and ask if it’s an April Fool’s Day prank.
I really only have one April Fool’s Day tradition. Fishing licenses here run from April 1 to March 31, so I wandered down to Canadian Tire this morning and partook of tradition by picking up my new license. I’m actually looking forward to using mine this year, since with surgery, I didn’t go fishing once last year. Fishing should be good this year. Since we have a new boat, the fish won’t recognize it and know it’s me coming.
This is also a family anniversary day. On April 1, 1929, my grandparents arrived in Canada, along with my great uncle, John, at Pier 21. They had a total of £10 between them when they came. This sort of makes us the April Fool’s Day joke that never quite ended…
Doug Rutherford 