April Fools

This week I am doing an April Fools centered program at the nursing home where I work for my internship. I sing a bunch of parody songs and then pull a few jokes on the residents. For one joke I pretend to see a fly zooming around the room, grab a fly swatter and then smash it (a raisin) on a chair. I then pick it up and eat it. That one got some nice "yuck" faces from the residents. My favorite joke is my brownie poo though. I thickened up a brownie mix with some extra flour and then molded it into little poo shapes. May I say that replicating poo is truly an artform? I was very proud of the results. For the program I set one out of sight of the residents before hand and then pretend to accidentally find it in between one of the songs. I call a nurse over to grab a tissue to pick it up with. She picks it up and shows it to the residents. They all are grossed out. We discuss whether it's from a cat or a dog (they have pets living in the nursing home). I decide to try eating it to find out and I get a really great reaction from the residents, especially when I offer them some. Then I say "April Fools!" and some of them laugh. After my supervisor clarifies a few more times that it isn't real poo everyone else chuckles and breaths a sigh of relief. I still get to do the program 2 more times this week so I am looking forward to it. I get better at the dead pan face when I eat the poo every time. This may sound crude to you, and I admit that I too think that it is. But it sure is worth it for a laugh! Here's a pic of my brownies:
-Nat