"April Fool's Day" A Personal Log

Stardate 9904.01

Jen wipes the tears from her eyes, as she holds her stomach, and howls with laughter. After several seconds, she is able to contain some of the mirth, and is able to breathe once more. But, then, she looks up at her communications terminal and sees her brother's blue eyes watering, laughing almost as hard as she was. Of course, as soon as their eyes met, they both started screaming again in another bout of hilarity. Once she heard her brother catching his breath, she tried to do so as well. After several deep breaths, she ventured a look at the terminal. Scott was wiping his eyes, and down to just a huge grin.

"So, what happened then? Too bad I didn't get to take that class at the Acadamy! It sounds like your professor is the best!"

"You mean AFTER he fell on the banana peel, put his hand in liquid nitrogen and shattered it, told us his jokes? Well, then, after we were all laughing as hard as you and I just were, he said, 'OK! Anyone who has laughed during the past hour FAILS my class...' and he looked so mean!"

Jen gasped, "But ... how could he? Obviously, he did everything he could to MAKE you laugh! Even the one Vulcan in your class chuckled, you said!"

Scott's brow furrowed. "He then said an odd thing once we were all silent. He said, 'April Fools!' Now, what does THAT mean? None of us knew! Then, he dismissed us, muttering how it's no fun if we don't get it."

"I don't know, brother ... let me check our database." Jen hit a few buttons, and her terminal went to split-screen mode, allowing her access to the computer core. Within a second, Jen had her information.

"There isn't much here ... all it says is, 'Playing tricks on the first day of April is a custom among European peoples. In France, the victim of such practical jokes is called an April fish; in Scotland, a gowk or cuckoo; and in English-speaking countries, an April Fool.'"

"Well, I guess since it was an ancient Earth history class, he'd know about something so farfetched. But still ..." Scott shakes his head.

"Don't worry about it ... you still had a great class. Oh, and thanks for sharing that story - I really needed to laugh!"

"All righty then, sis ... I've got to go hit the books. Don't be a stranger!"

Chuckling, Jen replies, "Well, as long as we're in communication range, I'll keep in touch!" Jen hits the button to end the transmission.