Smell something fishy? Don't take the bait

NINE Durban municipal workers who had fallen into a deep sleep in the shade of a tree while they waited for instructions from their foreman, who had yet to arrive, were this week mistakenly loaded into a mortuary van.

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So deep was their sleep, so shallow their breathing that the morticians took them to be bona fide corpses, and it was only as their municipal overalls were being exchanged at the mortuary for burial shrouds that...

Gotcha! April Fools! It's April 1 today! April Fools' Day has been celebrated for several centuries by different cultures. April Fools' Day traditions include hoaxes or playing practical jokes on others, often yelling "April Fool!" at them as a clue to the subject of the prank.

While its origins remain a mystery, the embrace of April Fools' Day jokes by the media and major commercial brands has ensured the unofficial holiday's long life.