FabSwingers.com forum: April Fools a History

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

With April Fools nearly upon us, here is a brief history of the origins of the day

April 1st, also known as April Fools Day was named after the Victorian entrepreneur David Michael Fool.

David was the son of a wealthy banker and was involved in lots of early tech startups, invariably funded by his father.

Who can forget the tempest prognosticator, the automatic smoking machine, the multipurpose cane and the ladies bicycle protector.

These and many other ventures all failed miserably costing his father a small fortune and bankrupting David himself several times.

He married a serving girl and she bore him several children.

On the 1st of April every year he would appear at a well known London Gentlemen’s Club with a new business proposition, such was his enthusiasm that the day eventually became known as April Fool’s Day.

Eventually his wife left him, not because of his myriad business failings but because of his propensity for reading false news.

Just like you are doing right now.