April Fool's Day 1963

Mike and I always tried to come up with something fun to pull on one of the parents on April Fool's Day. Well, in 1963, we pulled the best April Fools trick ever!!! Every weekday, Monday through Friday, without fail, when Daddy came home from a hard day's work, he would sit down at the kitchen table and Mom would put a cup of coffee in front of him, along with the sugar bowl. He liked 2 heaping teaspoonsful of sugar in his coffee. This day we thought it would be so much fun to fill the sugar bowl with salt!!! I can't remember which of us came up with the idea, but we both loved it. While Mom was out of the kitchen, we poured out all the sugar and filled the bowl to the brim with salt, all the while laughing at what we thought Daddy's reaction would be. Well, sure enough, about 5:30pm Daddy came through the door, went into the kitchen and sat down at the table. Mom poured his coffee, put the cup and the sugar bowl, along with the teaspoon, down on the table in front of him. Mike & I were hanging in that kitchen, giving each other the "this is great" sign and trying so hard not to laugh. Well, our little sister, Terri, who was probably about 5 at the time, walked up to Dad and said, "Daddy, can I have a bite of sugar?" Oh, happy day - this was going to be better than we could ever imagine!!! We looked at each other and both our faces turned so red, we were thrilled with this outcome. Daddy said, "Sure, baby." And he put a nice big teaspoonful of "sugar" in her mouth. She turned shades of green and when the tears started falling, the parents figured out what we had done. By that time we were laughing so hard we were crying and slapping each other on the back - this was just the best! The last thing I remember is the both of us flying out the front door and down the street when we realized we were the only ones enjoying this moment and both parents were headed for our necks!! It wasn't too long ago that Mike and I talked about this April Fool's joke and got another great laugh over it. Gosh, I miss my kid brother!

Lynn