Last year, I played an April Fool’s Day joke on a friend and it backfired. It got too serious and others got too upset. I swore not to play a joke on this friend again.

This year, five days before April 1, he tried to get me back and it backfired. It got too serious and others got too upset. And he swore not to play a joke on me again.

It’s not a joke when someone gets really upset.

It’s not a joke when someone’s livelihood or very life is threatened.

It’s not a joke when real-life occurrences are used against a person.

It’s not a joke when more than the target is affected.

April Fool’s Day has officially come to a close. And I, for one, am glad.