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# April fool’s edition a joke
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/april-fools-edition-a-joke-editor/
- Published: 2003-04-04T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T02:01:29.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Main St, #archive-import

*By Renee Montagne Santa Monica*

I fell off my chair laughing. And then called everyone I knew to run out and get a copy. Plus, it is so gratifying to read that I made it JUST under the line, by getting a parking ticket LAST Saturday (in front of my own house, while I was getting my hair cut on Main Street) so it will set me back a mere $ 28\. (The part about upping the fines behind closed doors, because “such an important issue (had to be) dealt with privately” — absolutely priceless!) P.S. Hard to top last year’s Ferris Wheel spinning into the Pacific, but that was mere fun, this is too too TRUE.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 4, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/040403.pdf?ref=smdp.com)