April Fool’s Stories

from WAN March 23, 2023

by westaustinnews

Badgerdog Writing Workshops

— Compiled by Forrest Preece

It’s about that time of the year, so we asked a few West Austinites for April Fool’s stories. Here is what they said.

WHEN

YOU WANT TO GET AWAY EVERY DAY

One time we unbolted the front seats in a friend’s car in the middle of the night and turned them around backwards. One of my favorite stories involved my ex-wife’s father when he was a kid growing up in Ranger, Texas. They wanted to prank their teacher so one night they disassembled a Model T Ford, carried the parts up to the third ﬂoor of the schoolhouse, and reassembled it in the middle of the classroom.

— Andy Fish

On April 1, 2016, I posted on Facebook that Forrest and I were looking to move back to a singlefamily neighborhood. I said, “It’s so crowded that no one comes down here anymore ... so look for us in the suburbs soon. Preferably someplace where walking to anything is unimaginable, but you don’t have to ride an elevator to bring in the groceries. How could we have been so blind for almost eight years? [If you read this far, congratulations. You don’t have attention deﬁcit disorder and you probably know what day it is. Just a little good fun, folks.]” Even a month after that, people were bounding up to us at parties, all atwitter – “Hey! I heard you were moving out of downtown!”

— Linda Ball

One fine April 1st years ago, Johnny Guffey called me up all in a turmoil, telling us that Jeffrey’s, where he was the legendary server, had burned down. He told me that it was a kitchen fire, and the place was a total loss. He went on and on about how horrible it was and what was he going to do, his co-workers were going crazy, and all the rest. Then he said, “You do know what day this is, right?”

— Lisa Jasper

Like so many, we love the local camps. My Camp Mystic experience was a treasure and now my girls are enjoying the same experience, while our son is a proud camper at Rio Vista. While camp is great for the kids, the adults deserve a place to enjoy too.

Let me put my knowledge of the area I now call home and my personal network to work for you. We’ll have fun ﬁnding your very own “happy place” in the Hill Country.

The best April Fool’s Joke ever played, in my opinion -we opened Esther’s Follies on April Fool’s Day, 1977, and have been laughing ever since!

—

Shannon

Sedwick, Co-producer, door person, chief bottle washer and bathroom monitor at Esther’s Follies

Oh my! The joke that backﬁred!”

Deborah

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