On Thu, 2 Apr 1998, Hitoshi Doi wrote:

~ Michael wrote:
~ | At 15:52 1998/04/01 +0000, Chris Rijk wrote:
~ | >
~ | >>According to the mails on the Hayashibara Megumi ML,
~ | >>Megumi announced at her Tokyo Boogie Night event (tonight?)
~ | >>that she got married.
~ | >
~ | >Hmm, it was still April 1st then, wasn't it?
~ | 
~ | At your end maybe, but at my end, and Hitoshi's, it was the 2nd... Ummm,
~ 
~ When the event took place, I think it was still 4/1.
~ 
~ | who posted the item to the ML? Someone in the US? (And how prevalent are
~ | April Fool's jokes in Japan?)
~ 
~ April Fools has been imported to Japan.  Not that popular though..
~ There is no doubt that Megumi said it at the event.
~ (many people went to the event and heard it)
~ 
~ The question is whether she was joking or not.

Didn't Sakurai Tomo do a similar joke once?
Of course, she got married to hundreds of people that day...

Joe Petrow
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