四月一日是“愚人节”,这是众所周知的事情。在这一天,作怪是天经地义的事情。许多人卯足了劲,一心想把愚人节的无厘头发挥到极致。之前,任何人都可以炮制骇人听闻的消息,而且不负丝毫的道德和法律责任,政府和司法部门也不会追究。相反,谁编造的谎言最离奇、最能骗取人们相信,谁还会荣膺桂冠。这种做法给社会带来不少混乱,因而引起人们的不满。现在,人们在节日期间的愚弄欺骗已不再像过去那样离谱,而是以轻松欢乐为目的。
有整人的人,自然也有“被整”的受害者啦。在英语中,愚人节里被耍的人叫做:April fish。这是种说法是怎么来的呢。
首先,我们来看一下愚人节来起源:
In 1582 France became the first country to switch from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar. This meant that the beginning of the year was moved from the end of March to January 1. If someone failed to keep up with the change and continued to celebrate the New Year between March 25th and April 1st, various jokes would be played on him. This story might explain why April 1st specifically became the date of the modern holiday.
这个节日