april fool's day

long time couldnt write one......

What better day and topic to write about april fool's day

April Fools' Day or All Fools' Day is a holiday celebrated in various countries on April 1. The day is marked by the commission of hoax and other practical jokes of varying sophistication on almost anybody that comes in your sight, or sending them on a fool's errand or as they say in german Dummkopf Besorgung, the aim of which is to embarass all. In some countries, such as the UK, Australia, and South Africa the jokes only last until noon, and someone who plays a trick after noon is called an "April Fool". Elsewhere, such as in France, Ireland, Italy, South Korea, Japan, Russia, The Netherlands, Brazil, Canada, and the U.S., the jokes last all day. The earliest recorded association between April 1 and foolishness can be found in chaucer's centerbury tales. Many suggest that the restoration of January 1 as new Year Day in the 16th century was responsible for the creation of the holiday, but this theory does not explain earlier references.

The most popular theory about the origin of April Fool’s Day involves the French calendar reform of the sixteenth century.

The theory goes like this: In 1564 France reformed its calendar, moving the start of the year from the end of March to January 1. Those who failed to keep up with the change, who stubbornly clung to the old calendar system and continued to celebrate the New Year during the week that fell between March 25th and April 1st, had jokes played on them. Pranksters would surreptitiously stick paper fish to their backs. The victims of this prank were thus called Poisson d’Avril, or April Fish—which, to this day, remains the French term for April Fools—and so the tradition was born.

The calendar-change hypothesis seems, on the surface, like a logical explanation for the origin of April Fools. However, the hypothesis becomes less plausible if we examine the history of calendar reform in more detail.

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F1 new season 2010

With formula 1 back in the limelight with its new season and all excitement starting march14th its gonna be exciting time for all fans around the world.Michael is back and all other teams are ready with new cars especially Ferrari and not to leave Force India with VJM03 who performed well enough in the last stages of the year.

With the year starting in Bahrain.....i am betting my money on Ferrari who have a new car and also with Alonso and Massa they are a force to reckon with .

Although i am a die hard fan of Michael and it would be a dream to see him in the black mercedes ..but still i guess they would require time to settle and fine tune the car to have the result.

Force India for me would finish better than the 3 new teams added this season.

My take this year : driver's championship----Vettel

Constructor's championship----Mercedes(i am betting on Michael else it would obiviously be Red bull)

It would have been different and now at least vengsarkar would have understood difference between men and boys ,when he went out all guns targetting dravid,laxman and ganguly...of course tendulkar untouched. All these guys that are playing now(in this match) are used to playing balls at a speed of 120 kmph and probably never faced a short ball because nobody amongst the indian pacer balls one. just consider the the guys playing today. 1)gautam gambhir---might have a bad run in this one but used to playing and scoring centuries against sri lanka and bangladesh. 2)sehwag--would remain the way he is. 3)murli vijay-----god knows why shrikanth is so fond of him 4)badrinath---the guy hasnt played any international level cricket and you want him to debut against this pace attack when the pressure would be on him when big guns are absent. why not a raina or jaffer who would have shown some solidity (of course not to short balls,we have seen the world cup) but at least to fast deliveries 5) tendulkar --lonely guy 6)dhoni----???? 7)wridhiman saha----i couldnt stop laughing after seeing the way this guy was at the crease and he got out.I just felt a 5 yr old boy lost in a village "mela" looking for his parents. why do u play this guy?this guestion is not for dhoni as he had no choice that morning but to pick him,but to shrikanth. You are picking an additional wicketkeeper,as a replacement to dhoni..then Q1)why not karthik,at least he can hold the bat Q2) how much match practice did this guy have before coming to such crucial match Q3) if this guy was to be given a chance why not against bangladesh Q4)are we playing in some other country that you need a replacement .If dhoni for god sake would have been injured cant you replace him in the next one.Instead of that you could have had an additional batsman here.Utter nonsense 8)harbhajan singh--the guy seems to have lost it.only passionate abt fun and not cricket.doesnt like being told anything by anybody..bowling wayward.....instead of him irfan pathan would have better .both the guys bowl at more or less same speed.both are not picking wickets,but at least you would have somebody who can bat in absence of the big wigs. 9)zaheer khan--fine 10)amit mishra----better than harbhajan 11)ishant sharma----somebody give a counselling session