I learned an important life lesson last weekend. The lesson is this: Don't surprise your wife on April Fool's Day by short-sheeting the bed. It'll only make her angry.

"What is this," she asked, "something you guys do to each other at summer camp?"

I admitted that it was.

"Is this like that Three Stooges humor you guys thing is so funny?"

Suspecting this was a rhetorical question, I remained silent. I'm learning.

Next year, it's back to the old plastic cockroach in the sugar bowl gag.