{"id":16324,"date":"2025-04-03T09:09:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T13:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/?p=16324"},"modified":"2025-05-07T11:28:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T15:28:49","slug":"why-do-we-love-april-fools-day-pranks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/2025\/why-do-we-love-april-fools-day-pranks\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do we love April Fool&#8217;s day pranks?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Why do we love April Fool&#8217;s day pranks?\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/April-Fools-Day.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/April-Fools-Day.jpg 225w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/April-Fools-Day-160x160.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/April-Fools-Day-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\"><strong>Jim Davies<\/strong> talks about why we love pranks so much on this April Fool&#8217;s day episode of CFRA&#8217;s <\/span><strong><i><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal;\">Ottawa at Work<\/span><\/i><\/strong><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal;\"> with Patricia Boal. Time 59:00 to 1:06.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aired April 1, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-iheartradio wp-block-embed-iheartradio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"Ottawa At Work with Patricia Boal - April 1, 2025 - Ottawa at Work with Patricia Boal - Sound Bites\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/962-ottawa-at-work-with-patric-73061040\/episode\/ottawa-at-work-with-patricia-boal-271522489\/?embed=true&#038;cid=oembed&#038;keyid%5B0%5D=Ottawa%20at%20Work%20with%20Patricia%20Boal%20-%20Sound%20Bites&#038;keyid%5B1%5D=Ottawa%20At%20Work%20with%20Patricia%20Boal%20-%20April%201%2C%202025%20-%20Ottawa%20at%20Work%20with%20Patricia%20Boal%20-%20Sound%20Bites&#038;sc=podcast_episode_widget#?secret=MetEcru0Iz\" data-secret=\"MetEcru0Iz\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jim Davies talks about why we love pranks so much on this April Fool&#8217;s day episode of CFRA&#8217;s Ottawa at Work with Patricia Boal. 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