April Fools’ Day

Today is April Fools’ Day (unless you are reading this early), and it is fun to reminisce about April Fools’ Days of yore.

When we were kids, we used to pull practical jokes on each other on April Fools’ Day. Nothing big. Just tell somebody to look over there and steal a French fry. Or pour cold water over the shower curtain when somebody is taking a shower. (Okay. That was as a bigger kid.) But at our house, the favorite joke was one that our dad taught us. Water over the door.

Our dad ...