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April Fools Day 愚人节的介绍 April Fools Day is celebrated on April 1st every year. Its origins are uncertain. Show you several origins. 2015 The Gregorian calendar reform (格里高利历即阳历) 1582 France Reform The Julian calendar (儒略历) The Gregorian calendar Someone failed to keep up with the change. Send him on a fools errand . Try to trick him into believing something false. The Change of New Years Day 2015 2015 Roman Mythology Ceres Jupiter Proserpina Daughter Pluto The king and ruler of the Olympian gods The Goddess of grain and the harvest the God of the Dead The Underworld abduct (诱拐) Pluto Mom, help me!!! Ceres Search in vain for her Proserpina The mythological antecedent of the fools errands Christian Mythology Noahs Ark Sending the dove was on a fools errand. Christian Mythology Jesus Pilate 彼拉多(古罗马犹太总督) Herod 赫洛德 Sending a man from Pilate to Herod -- an old term for sending someone on a fools errand The Turn of The Seasons The weather becomes fickle (变幻无常的) . As if Nature is playing tricks on man. Sunny Wet Cloudy Snowy The History of April Fools Day to play practical jokes on others send people on fools errands fool the unsuspecting How to spend April 1st cookies add some toothpaste coke, Join all sorts of condiments reset his/her alarm clock  How to spend April 1st Empty the paper out of the main printer. Print out a phony pink slip and leave It in their mailbox. Set a password on someone’s screensaver. Who wants pudding? Each country celebrates April Fools differently In France, the April Fools is called April Fish In England, tricks can be played only in the morning In Scotland, April Fools Day is 48 hours long Who is pig? A: Ask friends: pig English spelling is PUG? B: wrong, is the PIG A: --not right, how do I remember is U (YOU) B: -you made a mistake, is I A: -the pig is U B: -pig is I Classical April Fool jokes The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest Sidd Finch Instant Color TV The Taco Liberty