One Of The Best And Funniest April Fools Tricks Was Invented And Played By Me Last Year. I Should Say That My Friend And Me Used To Make Fun Of Each Other Regularly On April Fools Day With Varying Success. That Is My Friend Was On His Guard And Knew He Should Be Ready For My Dirty Tricks, Which Made The Task Almost Impossible To Carry Out.Last Year Not Long Before April Fools Day Andrey Returned From Canada, Where Hed Been On A Business Trip (both Of Us Work As Translators Of English For One Company But On Different Floors). On April 1st I Called Andrey, Having Arranged Beforehand That The Telephone Girl Should Interrupt Our Conversation In A Couple Of Minutes And Say That Mr. Andrey Polyarov Has A Call From Canada. After That She Put Him Through With Another Telephone In Our Room, And I Quickly Answered It. I Should Say That To Change My Voice And Create The Effect Of Long-distance Call I Wrapped The Blower With A Sweater And Made Use Of Loud Speaker Instead Of Receiver. A Lot Of People Were Standing Still Around Me, Excited That Andrey Might Recognize My Voice. But Their Fears Were Groundless He Had No Smallest Piece Of Suspicion!I Started Speaking In English, My Voice Being Loud And Very Formal: --Is This Mr. Andrey Polyarov?Andrey, A Little Anxious, Replies: --Yes, This Is Me? Who Am I Talking To? --This Is Otrinto Company, Where On March 11th You Ordered Two Commercial Vending Machines Of A Total Value Of 3,141 Canadian Dollars -But I Havent Ordered Any Vending Machines -Excuse Me, Is This Mr. Polyarov? -Yes, This Is Me, But I Havent Ordered Any Vending Machines, And Im Not Going To Pay Anything. Andrey Was Starting To Lose His Patience. I Went On Insisting -Im Sorry But I Have An Order With Your Signature. By The Way I Remember You Pretty Well Youre A Russian, Stout, Baldish, Speaking With Accent, Right? -Right! But I Repeat That I Havent Ordered These Fucken Vending Machines -Sir, I Should Warn You That In Case On Non-payment Within A Reasonable Time Well Have To Bring A Legal Action!Andrey Finally Lost His Temper, Started Yelling That He Never Knew Any Otrinto Company, Never Ordered Anything And That I Could Stick My Vending Machines Up My AssThe Audience In Our Room Couldnt Suppress A Laugh, Every Word From Underneath The Sweater Resulted In A Burst Of Homeric Laughter. I Was Chuckling Myself And Couldnt Speak And Play My Role Anymore. I Tried To Clear The Air. -Andrey, This Is Me, Denis, April Fool! But It Was Vain. Andrey Was Shouting That He Knew No Denis. He Wasnt Even Realizing That I Was Speaking Russian To HimOf Course I Could Go On Further, Providing Andrey With The Details Of His Appearance, Passport Number, Address Thats What I Had Planned Actually, But As I Say It Was Absolutely Impossible As My Last Words Werent Pronounced But Were Gurgling Through The Choking Laughter.
