Yes, the April Fools joke on Frankie went okay. I don’t know how many phone calls he received as he would only say “enough.” To make it funnier, I planned for when he would call. I had written a message to read, as though he was hearing an answering machine. The message was “Due to the Floyd holiday on April 1, we are unable to answer the phone. Please leave a message, or call back on Monday April 2.” Each time I would see his name appear in caller id, I would read this message and then push a phone button at the end. He kept hanging up. Finally in the evening, I call his number and he wouldn’t answer. So I called his girlfriend’s phone and asked her how a Goat race worked. After that, we talked about the jokes from years past. This year was awarded to me! I guess now I have to be on my toes more each year until he gets me back!

Don’t know if anybody looked at Google’s April Fools joke this year. I make it a habit to look each year, knowing they will do something. It wasn’t their best, but it was cute. They were offering free WiFi broadband by a new service Called TiSP. (Reading FAQ, you learned TiSP stood for Toilet Internet Service Provider). When you sign up, they would send you an installation CD, a wireless router, and a spool of fiber optics cable. The idea was to flush the fiber down you toilet, and it would travel through the waste system (sorry no septic tank service). Once it reached the waste station, it would be hooked up to the Internet backbone and you would have service, all in about sixty minutes. Of course they recommend you call a plumber to re-route the wires through your toilet seat for comfort. I don’t know if they have the ad archived somewhere, but if you can find it, it is worth a chuckle to read.