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# Letter: Reader praises the paper's April Fool's edition
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/still-laughing-editor/
- Published: 2004-04-02T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T04:08:55.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Pico, #archive-import

*By Hank Baylis Santa Monica*

I heard those shots ringing out from Pico ’hood (SMDP, April Fool’s edition). It was the guts bursting of laughter from people reading todays edition of SMDP. I haven’t read anything so funny in a while. If you continue to print such a copy with this hilarity, I see a Pulitzer in your future. Way to go, and thanks for the fun.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 2, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/040204.pdf?ref=smdp.com)