Comments on: April Fool’s – New Blogger

By: Jeff Lindsay

Jeff Lindsay — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 13:02:56 +0000

Hey, I did the same practical joke as ltbugaf on my mission in 1979, only I cooperated with a friend in Venezuela to let people think I was being transferred from Switzerland to Venezuela to help German immigrants. I thought it was an original idea, too. Worked almost too well, I’m afraid. that’s another story. Stupid but fun.

By: ltbugaf

ltbugaf — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 11:48:05 +0000

Actually, the fictional name of the town should have been a big tip-off, even if you don’t know what it means. Places in Virginia don’t have French names; every place here has either an American Indian name or is named after a place in England. :)

By: Nikki Workman

Nikki Workman — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 04:56:04 +0000

tee hee

By: Kris

Kris — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 00:42:30 +0000

DO you really think I was looking forward to your “insightful commentary”? Hehe.

By: ltbugaf

ltbugaf — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 23:25:57 +0000

By the way, Kris, I do appreciate your flattery, even though this was just a gag.

By: Mary Siever

Mary Siever — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 22:19:14 +0000

ltbugaf

It got by me the first time too, and I know at least that much French, lol.

We had an April Fool's joke the paper did a few years ago, saying the west side of Lethbridge was seceding from the rest of Lethbridge. At the time, living in west Lethbridge we thought that would be great and were rather disappointed it was a joke. Oh well. We prefer the southside now anyway.

By: ltbugaf

ltbugaf — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 22:14:29 +0000

So…

How many people got “Poisson d’Avril”?

It got by me the first time, and I used to consider myself pretty fluent in French!

I once played an April Fool’s joke on my girlfriend, while on my mission in Quebec. I wrote her a letter explaining that I had been transferred to Salt Lake City, to give tours to French-speaking tourists on Temple Square and nearby sites. My companion sent the envelope to some friends of my companion, in Utah, so they could apply a U.S. stamp and mail it; it arrived showing a Utah postmark. I then followed up with a regular letter starting out “April fool!”

I thought it was hilarious at the time, but perhaps that was just my 19-year-old maturity level talking.

By: Mary Siever

Mary Siever — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 05:51:21 +0000

Ah, well he picked ltbugaf because he can take a joke and everyone who comments here knows who ltbugaf is :)

By: E.

E. — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 04:47:38 +0000

I thought this was an April Fools joke.

By: Kris

Kris — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 03:05:43 +0000

I think Itbugaf will make an interesting addition to your team. I am looking forward to his insightful commentary!