I have a love-hate relationship with this day! I love that it brings everyone's mischievous side out to play but I feel a little weary for the duration of the day for fear that I might end up the fooled rather than the fooler. Who are you more likely to end up as?
Take Kimo Nakajimi as an example. He was definiely fooled. In 1981 The Daily Mail ran a story about an unfortunate Japanese long-distance runner, Kimo Nakajimi, who had entered the London Marathon but, on account of a translation error, thought that he had to run for 26 days, not 26 miles. Reportedly Nakajimi was now somewhere out on the roads of England, still running, determined to finish the race. Various people had spotted him, though they were unable to flag him down. The translation error was attributed to Timothy Bryant, an import director, who said, "I translated the rules and sent them off to him. But I have only been learning Japanese for two years, and I must have made a mistake. He seems to be taking this marathon to be something like the very long races they have over there."
Good luck!
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