Jackass sey di worl' no level. Jackass sey nuff people whe nuff people feel sey fool a no fool, but some people whe dem tink no fool a fool (If yu no get it de fus' time read again. Afta yu cyaa fool Jackass sey yu a fool an cyaa read sense eena foolinish).
So today is all fool's day, or April fool's day, a day for fooling up and foolishness whichever way you name it or whatever origin you believe in, from the British and Scottish festival to France's switch from the Julian to Gregorian calendar. From the 'send the fool a little further' notes that children used to be given in primary school a long time ago when Jackass was a beenie little colt to the more elaborate pranks, fooling up will be the order of the day, with roars of laughter all around. (Hmm. It probably is not a good day for a woman to tell her partner that she is pregnant.)
But the world is not level at all, for in this age of rabid materialism where so many judge everything and everybody by dollars but no sense, fools are lauded for their foolishness every day of the year, including today.
Some 'respect'
Take, for example, someone who buys a car that is way beyond their means, just to impress and get some 'respect'. Trust Jackass, there are those who cannot put much food into their bodies, but they have to put gas in the car. After all, the car cannot live off its 'fat' rims now, can it? That person is, Jackass knows, a blithering idjit, but there goes John and Jane Public (who are often double blithering idjits) admiring the person in their ride.
Same goes for people who rent accommodation in areas which are, in practical terms, way beyond their reach. It seems all posh and lovely from the outside, but open the front door and you look straight through to the back. Place empty. No furniture. Sleep on a one mattress in the corner. Fridge looks like it is still on display. Little water cotch in one corner. Call them one time and the echo keeps repeating the name, like 'Jackass! Jackass! Ackass! Ckass! Kass! Ass! Ass! Ass! SssÉ' (OK, you get it.).
Speaking of fridge, every Christmas the furniture and appliance stores raise their prices a bit and announce a sale with little or no money down and, sure enough, people flock them. Not that many of them needed the items in the first place, but they convinced themselves that they did. And what happens at the end of January every year? The lines to pay the hire purchase fees are long with long faces which are looking at a long repayment period ahead. It's an all fool's line; well, most of it anyway, because some people would never be able to afford something if not for the low deposit set-ups.
And it goes on and on. People with expensive cellphones who cannot even call 119 with the credit (or lack thereof) which they have. But damn, are they proud of the instruments! People who bleach out their faces, men who smoke all this weed and cigarettes, which causes impotence, and then drink roots for 'stamina', women who wear high heels to Sting and other marathon concerts, men who watch the woman on the side like hawks, women who put designer clothes on their babies (who will grow them out in one month).
Fools all, but the person who falls for a hoax today is the source of the laughter.
Jackass sey de worl' no level. Jackass sey some people a play trick pon all fool's day, but dem a real jackass de res' a de year.
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