APRIL FOOLS' DAY

      Perhaps we should consider April fools day as a national holiday. It has no religious or political implications; no group affiliation, universally accepted, blind to race, creed, nationality.
     Over the years I have read or seen some very creative stories created for April fools' day. My favorite continues to be the one the BBC broadcast more than 30 years ago now.  The Lock Ness monster had been found dead. The British Museum of Natural History decided to bring it to London in a refrigerated truck for study. The Scots were literally up in arms that a national treasure such as "Nessy" would be taken out of Scotland, particularly by the English. Armed and angry Scotsmen manned a barricade at the border between Scotland and England to prevent the "national treasure" from being looted by the heathens from the south.  This story continued throughout the day, with regular updates of the truck's progress, and Scotch reaction.