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I hate April Fools' Day but there's one joke that I've never forgotten. When I was a kid a local radio station advertised during the week leading up to April Fools' Day that the local phone company was going to "clean out the telephone lines". They said that they would have a countdown for it on Wednesday (which was April 1st) and that people should cover their phones with a plastic bag to collect all the dirt. Some people actually fell for it and did cover their phones and waited only to hear the words "April Fools!" when the countdown ended.