April the 1st.
Mar 12th 2009, 4:20 pm
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April the 1st.
I saw in the local rag today, apparently Butano gas bottles are being reduced in price from 13.50 to 10.50. 
Mar 12th 2009, 4:22 pm
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Re: April the 1st.
Is that an April Fool ?
Mar 12th 2009, 4:27 pm
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Mar 12th 2009, 4:38 pm
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Mar 12th 2009, 4:43 pm
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Re: April the 1st.
Ah ha, found it. It is 28 Dec. I know this is digressing a little from the topic of this thread, but I thought this was an interesting little story so I wanted to share:
Spain's Equivalent of April Fools' Day is Dec. 28
If you should be in a Spanish-speaking country today and play a joke on your friends and follow that up with a shout of "¡Tontos de abril!" chances are you'll get nothing but blank stares as a reaction. The minor U.S. holiday of April Fools' Day is little known in Spain and Latin America, but there a rough equivalent, el Día de los Santos Inocentes, observed on Dec. 28.
The day, observed in Spain (especially the southern areas) and parts of Latin America, is observed in much the same way as April Fools' Day. But when the prankster is ready to reveal the joke, the saying is "¡Inocente, inocente!" or "Innocent one, innocent one!"
In its origins, the day is a sort of gallows humor. The Day of the Innocents observes the day when, according to the Gospel of Matthew in the Bible, King Herod ordered the baby boys under 2 years old in Bethlehem to be killed because he was afraid that the baby Jesus born there would become a rival. As it turned out, though, the baby Jesus had been taken away to Egypt by Mary and Joseph. So the "joke" was on Herod, and thus followed the tradition of tricking friends on that day. (This is a sad story to be sure, but according to tradition the babies murdered in Jesus' stead went to heaven as the first Christian martyrs.)
Spain's Equivalent of April Fools' Day is Dec. 28
If you should be in a Spanish-speaking country today and play a joke on your friends and follow that up with a shout of "¡Tontos de abril!" chances are you'll get nothing but blank stares as a reaction. The minor U.S. holiday of April Fools' Day is little known in Spain and Latin America, but there a rough equivalent, el Día de los Santos Inocentes, observed on Dec. 28.
The day, observed in Spain (especially the southern areas) and parts of Latin America, is observed in much the same way as April Fools' Day. But when the prankster is ready to reveal the joke, the saying is "¡Inocente, inocente!" or "Innocent one, innocent one!"
In its origins, the day is a sort of gallows humor. The Day of the Innocents observes the day when, according to the Gospel of Matthew in the Bible, King Herod ordered the baby boys under 2 years old in Bethlehem to be killed because he was afraid that the baby Jesus born there would become a rival. As it turned out, though, the baby Jesus had been taken away to Egypt by Mary and Joseph. So the "joke" was on Herod, and thus followed the tradition of tricking friends on that day. (This is a sad story to be sure, but according to tradition the babies murdered in Jesus' stead went to heaven as the first Christian martyrs.)
Mar 12th 2009, 5:40 pm
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Mar 12th 2009, 5:59 pm
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Re: April the 1st.
It is no joke.
Here is the link to the news article I saw the other day.
http://www.agalega.info/videos/?emi=...:16&canle=tvg1
Mar 12th 2009, 6:43 pm
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Re: April the 1st.
its paddys Fool day on the 17 March 
Mar 12th 2009, 7:06 pm
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Re: April the 1st.
Noooo ..... that's Paddy gets rip roaring drunk day and sings lots of songs finishing up with "Danny Boy" before he passes out stone cold in a river of green beer.
