Tuesday, April 01, 2008

April gets rid of 1

The United Nations has decided to derecognise April 1 as a valid day and has absolved the month of any responsibility of this date now on wards. The decision comes after increased demands from April to remove the date from its month.
“The world community has accepted April’s demand for removing this date from its account. From 2008 onwards, April will have only 29 days,” United Nations Ministry of Months Principal Secretary Gregory Emit told reporters in a packed news conference in New York.
April expressed happiness at the decision and said, “I am happy with this decision. This one day was bringing a bad name to other really great days I have.”
Contrary to what people expected, February has not opposed the decision saying it doesn’t harm its reputation. “My status as a unique month stays. I have no problem with another month having 29 days, because I have 29 only in leap years. I remain the only month that has 28 days. If April has 29, I wish the best for April.”
There is still a lot of confusion about April 1’s status. March has denied it can accommodate another day and said it will resist any move to impose another day, especially such a scandalous day. “It will be foolish to add another day to a month already packed to the brim with 31 days,” it said.
April 1 however declined to comment saying it was studying the order. It was however caustic at April’s attitude towards the first day of the month: “It’s the start of the financial year and I have been the auspicious day for the world for so many years. If April wants to lose me, it’s April’s loss. Imagine a month starting on 2nd. It’s ridiculous. It’s a joke.”
When asked that it was fool’s day April 1 laughed and said, “Come on human beings make fool of each other almost every day. On April 1, they at least a get a good laugh out of it. Look at what George Bush has been doing since he came to power. What’s April 1 got to do with fools. Man is foolish all 365 days.”

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