The Beginning of April

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The Beginning of April

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GSquared SSC Guru Points: 260824 More actions · Answer 1

Revenant (4/2/2012)
GSquared (4/2/2012)
As usual, I spent the day telling people who were barefoot or in sandles, et al, that their shoes were untied. Told my dogs that too, of course. . . .
How many dogs do you have?

Two.

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EL Jerry SSCertifiable Points: 7063 More actions · Answer 2

Being close to the USA border helps understanding their culture. Learning English in a Mexico-based USA-cultured institute helps even more.

Got my points, but no practical jokes yesterday since here in Mexico they are played, like in Spain, on December 28th.

Thank you, Steve, for the question.

"El" Jerry.

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Britt Cluff SSCertifiable Points: 5083 More actions · Answer 3

Why is this not 100% on the correct responses?

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Latheesh NK SSCertifiable Points: 6559 More actions · Answer 4

Why not satire? Points only to "Practical Joke" is not justified.

Lost 7 points anyway.

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sqlzealot-81 (4/3/2012)
Why not satire? Points only to "Practical Joke" is not justified.
Lost 7 points anyway.

Would have been even better if he didn't give any points for any answers. Then the question itself would be an April Fools joke! :w00t:

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GSquared (4/3/2012)
sqlzealot-81 (4/3/2012)
Why not satire? Points only to "Practical Joke" is not justified.
Lost 7 points anyway.
Would have been even better if he didn't give any points for any answers. Then the question itself would be an April Fools joke! :w00t:

Now that would have been classic.

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736150 More actions · Answer 7

No one "lost" points. There isn't a total from which we remove them. You earn them, or you don't.

GSquared SSC Guru Points: 260824 More actions · Answer 8

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (4/3/2012)
No one "lost" points. There isn't a total from which we remove them. You earn them, or you don't.

We all recognize the concept of "opportunity cost". Thus not getting the points does count as a "loss" to that extent.

Now, to violate my usual paradigm, I'm going to NOT write several dense paragraphs on the subject and will just leave it at that.

(D*** the verbosity! Full speed ahead!)

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EL Jerry SSCertifiable Points: 7063 More actions · Answer 9

Britt Cluff (4/2/2012)
Why is this not 100% on the correct responses?

April's fool is mainly celebrated in USA and Canada (not sure if any other countries) by playing practical jokes on April 1st. Since this is an international community I assume incorrect responses are from members outside of these countries that don't know or know very little what it is about.

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