Today Americans play small tricks on friends and strangers alike on April 1. One common trick on April Fool’s Day, is pointing down to a friend’s shoe and saying, “Your shoelace is untied.” School children might tell a classmate that school has been canceled. Whatever the trick, if the innocent victim falls for the joke the prankster yells, “April Fool!”
Most April Fool jokes are in good fun and they are not meant to harm anyone. The cleverest April Fool joke is the one where everyone laughs, especially the person upon whom the joke is played.