April Fool
It's April 1st, or as it's also known April Fool's Day. I was never one to try and pull a big practical joke, but both my mother and I would try small jokes that sometimes worked and sometimes didn't. I could usually get them to work on my mother if I got her early enough in the morning, before she realized the date. And my "tricks" were usually simple: OMG! Do you see what's in the backyard?! Or "What happened to your car?" So on April 1st, I'm thinking of my mom and wishing I could try a prank out on her. But today pulling a prank or a gag would be difficult. What crazy thing could I say? Got Covid? Inject yourself with bleach Hey did you see, gas is under $2 a gallon? Did you know windmills cause cancer? Did you hear? They're tearing down (part of) the White House! We can stop that hurricane with a nuclear weapon! Let's replace teachers with robots/AI! I don't like the results; let's storm the...