Get to Know TJM – Marching, April Fools and Are Peeps … Good?

We asked our staff this month about their experiences with marching, memorable April Fools' Day pranks and what they thought of Peeps. Here are our thoughts:

Shannon Moore

I can't say there have been any great April Fools'  jokes that I've experienced, or ones that are memorable enough (not hard to miss with my memory). 

I hate to admit it, but I do like Peeps. But no, they aren't food. 

The closest to marching that I can remember would be high knees in soccer practice ... or maybe when I was a kid playing with my parents?

Johnathan Henry

Best April Fools' Day joke: Telling my mom that there was a spider on her, and the result being her freaking out.

Rick Cundiff

Most Memorable April Fools' Day experience: A coworker once decided it would be funny to put a rubber band on the sprayer in our break room sink. I turned on the water expecting it to flow from the faucet, and got sprayed instead. I found it considerably less amusing than the coworker did.

As for Peeps, I’m not really a fan. They just don’t taste like much. My wife loves them, but she insists on opening the package and letting them get stale for a couple of weeks before eating. Says it improves the flavor and texture. Who am I to argue?

When it comes to marching, I have many (mostly) fond memories of marching in junior high and high school bands. (Saxes rule!) Lots of parades, football games and the like. We had a really elaborate routine sophomore year in high school, and it looked great on the field (better than the football team, which didn't win a game that year.)

And those wool band uniforms? Not bad for the town Christmas parade, miserable for the Fourth of July parade.

Matt Fischer

Peeps are trash.

Kristen McKenney

I used to work with a guy who liked to  draw pictures with his finger in the pollen dust that collected on my car. Back then I had a black car that I didn't take to the car wash that often. I didn't mind, and I actually thought some of the pictures were kind of funny. One April Fools, I walked out to my car after work half-expecting to see some doodles, but instead, he had just finished wrapping it up completely in industrial plastic-wrap. We had a good laugh, and he helped me cut it off the car.

I loved Peeps when I was a kid, but idk what happened ... I just sort of outgrew them. Now I get to watch my kids enjoy them. They have all kinds of interesting flavors now (so I hear). I do occasionally freeze regular marshmallows and eat them as a snack. Does that count?