# I pit April Fools Day

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-april-fools-day/617470>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [April 1, 2012, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-april-fools-day/617470 "2012-04-01T14:01:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-april-fools-day/617470/41 "2012-04-02T17:13:44Z")

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> [@constanze](#):
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> Huh? Somebody did prank you - April Fools Day is on April 1st in Germany, too (Aprilscherz) - but cutting off your ties is part of Weiberfastnacht, the Thursday of Carneval when the last and hot part of Karnival starts. Anybody who’s in the Rhineland region during Karneval and doesn’t notice it … deserves a cut-off tie.🙂

Am I the only one who finds three spellings for C/Karne/ival _really_ confusing?

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**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-april-fools-day/617470/42 "2012-04-02T17:35:07Z")

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> [@Fear\_Itself](#):
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> Depends on where you wear it.

Didn’t he say it was a butt-orange?

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**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-april-fools-day/617470/43 "2012-04-03T04:35:54Z")

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> [@DoctorJ](#):
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> I love a good prank, even when I’m the prankee. But I hate April Fool’s Day because it’s like Prank Amateur Night. Almost everything anyone does is immediately obvious or really irritating or (usually) both.
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> Real pranksters know you have to do it when people aren’t expecting it.

So don’t walk through any doorways during April without a snorkel.

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**Author:** ![constanze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@constanze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/constanze)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-april-fools-day/617470/44 "2012-04-03T07:04:59Z")

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> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> Am I the only one who finds three spellings for C/Karne/ival _really_ confusing?

Sorry, get mixed up some times.[Karneval](http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karneval,_Fastnacht_und_Fasching) = German spelling in use in the region (in other regions, known as Fasching or Fastnacht)  
Carnival = English spelling (I hope correct)  
Carne vale = original latin root  
Carnevale = current Spanish spelling?

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