Thursday, April 03, 2008

April Fools!!! (replay)

Ok, for the record there was no snow in Barbados.
It was my April Fools joke on you, my dear readers. The coldest we've ever gotten in Barbados in my life time and the generation before me is 17 degrees C (and that was super cold for us). :) (have I mentioned recently how much I love it here?!)

So April 1st was great! because I got my sister SOOOOO good. I'd wanted to play the "it snowed" on her (even though she would never have believed it - her living here), but I could not get through with the joke.... what happened was much better.

When I heard my sister having breakfast I got up and put on as many layers as I could: over my pajamas I pulled long jeans followed by a jeans skirt. Then I bundled up in a long sleeve shirt, a sweater, another sweater and a shirt over the sweater. On my head: a head-tie, a head warming band (you know that covers your ears with fleece) and a cap. Then, since I couldn't find the other one, I put on one Black heavy duty winter mitt.
And then - I couldn't make it out the bedroom because I was laughing so hard. I tried valiantly to regain my composure and barely made it into the living room before I collapsed on the couch in giggles. At this point I was laughing so hard I was actually crying. All I could say to N was - "I'm so cold!"
(please note - it was not cold at all - about 23 degrees at the time - and she was wearing a light shirt and shorts).
N looks concerned. And amidst my laughter I manage another "I'm soo cold!"
At this point I've given up on the joke working - because I'm laughing far too hard.

And then she says - "You're cold? let me see if you have a fever..."
And then - she comes over and feels what little neck there is exposed amidst my many layers.

"No, no fever. What's wrong?" N stands, watching me convulsing on the couch - tears in my eyes and running down my cheeks and she has this look of complete concern and bafflement.
She later admitted she was worried I was delirious and she was actually afraid to touch me in case she caught it.
I couldn't hold it out any longer - I point at her "ah-h- April ---Fo--o--ols!!"

LOL
Soon she was laughing just as hard as I was and for about 2 minutes we laughed, giggled, chocked and rolled. I got her soooo good.
That went better than I could ever have imagined - you should have seen the look of concern, and fear she gave me. She told me afterwards that the one black glove is what scared her the most - she really thought I was mad, or terribly sick.

Aye me.
Brilliant!

Did you get any laughs for April fools?
heart, tulip.

5 comments:

sappho said...

AHHHHH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!

OK the fact that you TOTALLY got me with the snow thing is making me laugh so hard. it sounds like you had a way better April Fools than me!!!

gosh, i miss you so much, tulip.

:D have fun in the snowy shores of barbados!!

xoxo
sappho

kjane said...

LOL Oh my dear dear little long distance Roommate! Hahahahaha I can picture it exactly. Nicely done.

Too bad about the snow though. Skiing is really quite wonderful.

C said...

Other than this ... no, no April Fools tomfoolery here. But me too, I can picture it exactly - too funny!

I wanna come to Barbados.... yay for NO SNOW!

Tulip said...

haha :)
sappho - every time I read your response here I crack a smile :)
(haha - I'm glad your such a good sport - to let me know how I good I got you!)

spart and C - you totally know how I do it - rolling on the spart's futon - unable to speak for laughter...
oh - I miss that futon.

sappho said...

talibah!! that's the best april fool's i've ever heard of! do you have a picture of yourself in all those layers?!?!
i REALLY want to see!

love, molly from saf's computer