Nym Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 Not sure about France but in here in Quebec, April's fools is named ''Poisson d'Avril''. Either someone thought that somehow fools was directly translated to ''poisson'' , which is fish in French by the way, or someone tried to be original with French's names. Also fun fact, in elementary school (because nobody cares about that in highschool), there's this ''tradition'' to make paper fishs in class and try to stick them on someone's else back. The joke was to hope that the person wouldn't realize that there's a fish on their back and laugh at them. Looking back, I have to say this is really dumb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragoncat Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 I think I've heard of that paper fish thing before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rezzy Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 27 minutes ago, Nym said: Looking back, I have to say this is really dumb. Is "looking back" intentional? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darros Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 35 minutes ago, Nym said: (because nobody cares about that in highschool) I'm sorry that your high school was so dreadfully unfun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nym Posted April 1, 2017 Author Share Posted April 1, 2017 42 minutes ago, Rezzy said: Is "looking back" intentional? I don't know what you mean 35 minutes ago, Darros said: I'm sorry that your high school was so dreadfully unfun. Woah woah, let's not be over dramatic here, that was just about that day lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rezzy Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 10 minutes ago, Nym said: I don't know what you mean You said "looking back" which can be a double entandre for contemplating the past or checking the anatomical region that may have a fish on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nym Posted April 1, 2017 Author Share Posted April 1, 2017 2 minutes ago, Rezzy said: You said "looking back" which can be a double entandre for contemplating the past or checking the anatomical region that may have a fish on it. I had no idea about that term, I guess you learn something new every day :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ycine Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 As a French, we also called an April's fool "un Poisson d'Avril". And yes this is the same thing. We all decorate a paper fish, stuck it on people's bag and yell "POISSON d'AVRIL" when they found out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rukina Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 2 hours ago, Nym said: Looking back, I have to say this is really dumb. They found a way to let the kids enjoy the event without harming each other AND prevented many of them from crafting their own pranks to use on students or teachers. Sounds like a good idea to me. ^_^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nym Posted April 1, 2017 Author Share Posted April 1, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, Ycine said: As a French, we also called an April's fool "un Poisson d'Avril". And yes this is the same thing. We all decorate a paper fish, stuck it on people's bag and yell "POISSON d'AVRIL" when they found out. Yeah I forgot about last part lol 53 minutes ago, Sarracenia said: They found a way to let the kids enjoy the event without harming each other AND prevented many of them from crafting their own pranks to use on students or teachers. Sounds like a good idea to me. ^_^ It is a good idea, the problem that once you do that EVERY year from kindergarten to 6 grade is when it starts to be old very fast. Edited April 1, 2017 by Nym Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blah the Prussian Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 In the Czech Republic we call it "Kurva Dubna". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hasnbaakoajsbakaiaja Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 3 hours ago, Rezzy said: You said "looking back" which can be a double entandre for contemplating the past or checking the anatomical region that may have a fish on it. I think a double entendre is mostly used to imply a secondary meaning that is usually meant to be risqué. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rezzy Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 1 hour ago, 1japanfan said: I think a double entendre is mostly used to imply a secondary meaning that is usually meant to be risqué. Usually, but not exclusively. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darros Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 21 hours ago, Nym said: Woah woah, let's not be over dramatic here, that was just about that day lol Fair enough. I always enjoyed it at school. It's my dad's birthday though, so we never did anything at home that was April Fool's related so school was all I had Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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