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612. April Fool's Day, and Lirpa Loof, and Wayne's idiosyncrasies!

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April Fool's Day was always a fun day, with Wayne around.  He would call various family members, and tell them some outlandish thing, passing it off as truth.  Most of the time they would see through it, and laugh!  They will miss it today.  For my April Fool's Joke, I want to tell fun things about Wayne. A classic April Fool's Day joke was first done by his twin brother Blaine.  They were both teachers, and loved to have fun.  Blaine had told his principal that Lirpa Loof, a Hungarian educator, was coming to their school (he taught in Las Vegas at the time) to visit.  The entire school was taught of how to treat a visiting dignitary, and the whole school assembled in their auditorium, awaiting the visit.  When Lirpa Loof didn't show up, Blaine told the principal "Spell that backwards!".  Of course, his principal, and perhaps others, were quite upset, and disappointed! In our book about our lives, Wayne includes one paragraph about his version of Blaine&