And The Sun also said that the European Union was going to ban April Fool's Day altogether!

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No sincere scholar of April Fool's day should wish to be anything else.

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The last notable joke he endured was April Fool's Day 2002, when two Quebec radio DJs phoned him, pretending to be Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien.

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The crowd was on its feet, but some skeptical reporters wrote that the whole thing had been staged, since the game was originally scheduled for April Fool's Day.

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Italy will be at home to the Republic on April Fool's Day in 2009 with the return game taking place at Croke Park six months later on 10 October.

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