PRESS FOR FAST-ACTING RELEASE:
26th Annual
INTERNATIONAL
GATHERING OF FOOLS
KICKS OFF PROVINCE-WIDE
FOOLISHNESS WEEK
PRESS FOR FAST-ACTING RELEASE:
26th Annual
INTERNATIONAL
GATHERING OF FOOLS
KICKS OFF PROVINCE-WIDE
FOOLISHNESS WEEK
Sunday, April the 1st, 2006
at High Noon
FOOL OF THE YEAR
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Elect The New
King or Queen of Fools
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The Day Of Fools is a Vancouver tradition - a homegrown display
of absurd dress, notions and behaviour - and the public is invited
to join the fun, in or out of costume!
This renowned spectacle, featuring floats, stiltwalkers, eccentric acts,
Human Beings In Silly Costumes, and major hoopla, also serves
as the public election of our annual "Fool of the Year".
This year’s nominees (prudently selected by Vancouver’s
official Fools' Day Committee) are to include:
Stephen Harper,
Marc Emery,
David Emerson,
Sam Sullivan,
Paris Hilton,
George Clooney,
Dick Cheney,
Christy Clark,
and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Competition for the Crown is furious, and hopefuls vie for dominance
after grueling weeks of floor crossing, belly flopping, tongue twisting
and pie throwing.
April Fool’s Day is also the premature climax of Vancouver’s annual
“Foolishness Week”, as proclaimed by the City for April 1st to 8th.
During this holiday observance, mirth, havoc, and nonsense reign
supreme for one entire week! Given such sweeping 'Foolish License',
authorities are cautioned to be on guard as of April 1st, as the
whipped cream will fly thick and fast.
Though the Committee is sworn to secrecy, spokesfool Godfrey Daniels
gave a hint of revelations to come as he quipped, "we will spare no
humiliation to ensure our place in the international spotlight".
contact:
Godfrey Daniels,
Commissioner of Fools
for The Fool’s Society
bigfool (at) fools-society.com
<press photos on request>