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In his announcement of a Daylight Savings Time contest that prompted the below-quoted UPI report, Bob Ellis, the Eldorado Daily Journal's managing editor, promised: All entries will be donated to less fortunate nations that do not observe Daylight Savings Time. What, pray tell, was the rationale behind this odd contest? Ellis was quoted as explaning: It was also — and much more importantly — a salute to the leg-pulling abilities of one Bob Ellis. This beautifully tongue-in-cheek piece ended with a note that the rules were being announced early (until 1987, DST began on the last Sunday in April, not the first) because it seemed appropriate to coordinate the announcement with Sunday, April 1, 'All Fools' Day.' More than one news outlet missed the significance of that seemingly gratuitous statement: Moral of the story: even the most clear-cut, light-hearted April Fools' jest will take in somebody. Oftentimes the people you least expect it to.
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