-- All Fool's Day --

[kathy fitzpatrick]

Arthur,

It all goes back to that quote, "There goes Unca Donald..."  being in an
April Fool's story.

Kathy

>	DANIEL:
>	Well, playing tricks on the first day of April is a custom among 
>European peoples. In France the victim of such practical jokes is called an 
>April fish. In Scotland, a gowk or cuckoo. And in English-speaking countries, 
>an April fool. 
>	It is true, what you say about Alva losing Brielle in 1572. 
>But it just remained as a *saying* that Alva loses his glasses (Brielle) on
>the 1st of April. In Dutch glasses is equal to 'bril' and rhymes to April.
>	That's not the reason that people fool eachother on April 1st, 
>though. But the tradition of fooling others on the first of April originated
>in Europe a looooong time ago (way before Alva in the 16th century).
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>	Now, I have to figure out what April Fools has to do with
>Disney comics... 
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