Today is April Fool’s Day. It is said this day dates back to 1392 in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. There is a web site which lists the top 100 April Fool’s Day hoaxes.
The photo comes from the number 1 hoax: 1957: The respected BBC news show Panorama announced that thanks to a very mild winter and the virtual elimination of the dreaded spaghetti weevil, Swiss farmers were enjoying a bumper spaghetti crop. It accompanied this announcement with footage of Swiss peasants pulling strands of spaghetti down from trees. Huge numbers of viewers were taken in. Many called the BBC wanting to know how they could grow their own spaghetti tree. To this the BBC diplomatically replied, “place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best.”
It’s amazing what folks will fall for. It’s even more amazing the truth that they won’t believe: That God loved them so much that He sent his only son to die for them so that whosoever believes in Him might be saved. Try that one on some folks and they will look at your like it’s an April Fool story. But do it anyway; it’s what we are called to do.
Don’t be a fool. Be blessed.
Nick
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