But April Fool's Day is coming up--and any excuse to prove my point in appreciated.
Florence loves to celebrate anything and everyone. That's just the way we are around here. Sure, we are the antiques capital of Colorado--but that's just part of the celebration.
Last year we had the first annual A Very Foolish Sale in honor of April Fool's Day.
So of course now it's almost time for the second annual A Very Foolish Sale.
So what does that mean for you, the unsuspecting, um, I mean, savvy consumer?
It means bargains and junk galore.
No, there is no Touch My Junk antiques store in Florence. But there should be. But ya can't always get what you want.
But there will be plenty of junk to touch and buy. And lots of treasures.
According to a flyer circulating around our fair burg:" It's time to clean out our shops with very foolish prices on selected merchandise. Prices will start at a dollar or less. If the weather is good we will have sidewalk sales, if not we'll have tables just inside the doors."
Yikes! One dollar or less!
A Very Foolish Sale will be held Friday, March 31 and Saturday, April from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Naturally I do LOTS of expert research for my blog posts and I wondered how the heck April Fool's Day even got started. It started sometime in the 1300's because it was mentioned in the Canterbury Tales.
It eventually devolved, oops, I mean evolved into a tradition of hoaxes, pranks and fake news. Well, howdy doo. I never realized all the fake news of late was leading us up to our April Fool's tradition.
It seems there have been jokesters and pranksters in every century. One of my favorites is this lion washing ticket that was circulated in 1837 for a fake Tower of London event.
I personally would pay a fortune to attend a lion washing ceremony.
My April Fools's advice to the city of Florence, and other fine towns celebrating April Fool's Day, is to have a lion washing ceremony. It certainly would draw many people and there would be no need to ever hold another event or sale. Think of all the time and effort saved.
OK, fake lion washings are one of many great April Fool's jokes in world history.
But I am not joking when I say that A Very Foolish Sale is a real thing and we hope to see you in Florence on March 31 or April Fool's Day to touch and purchase our junk. And please feel free to bring your lions and some soap.
