By: Martin Rand, III
Date: April 2, 2010
Yesterday was April 1, also known as April Fool's Day; but to me, I like to call it . . . THE WORST DAY IN THE WORLD!
Now, don't get me wrong. I'm all for a good joke every now and again. However, on April Fool's Day people take things way to far. Yesterday seemed to be the most confusing day of my life.
First, it all started when I picked up a copy of my school newspaper, The George Anne. What caught my attention was the headline on the front page. It said there are plans to destroy the brand new apartment style dorms and build more traditional dorms. I read the whole article without stopping or looking to see where I was walking. When I reached the end of the article, there was a jump-line. I followed the jump-line, but when I opened the newspaper, there was another front page with the cast from Law&Order:Special Victims Unit on it. Then in big bold letters the headline read "Welcome to our April Fool's Edition."
I felt so cheated. I thought something big was about to happen on campus, and it turned out to be a joke.I looked at the rest of the newspaper, but I didn't believe anything else I read in there.
Then, I get on Facebook. I see one of my friends status says she's pregnant. So, not to be duped again, I automatically assumed that it was an April Fool's joke; but I looked at her comments and she had seven messages. All of them said things like "Congratulations" and "How far along are you". My friend was answering the questions like it was all true. At this point, I got in the mix and ask her myself. She said it was true. I asked her when she was due, and she said "I'm due on... APRIL FOOL'S DAY LOL!."
Once again I felt cheated.
I thought I had learned some new information and I fell for it again. This is definitely the worst day in existence.
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