On April Fool's Day 2008, on our popular neighborhood e-mail list, Cleveland-Park.com, we published an alert informing neighbors that an exotic animal, the loof lirpa, had escaped from the ...

Today's the day for being had -- April 1, April Fool's, whatever you want to call it. Me, I can't recall being completely pranked, except by a vintage NPR report about a trustafarian named Lirpa Loof.

1984: The Lirpa Loof Close "He's the most amazing thing I've ever seen in my life" That's Life visits London Zoo, to catch a glimpse of their exciting new attraction, a rare Lirpa Loof from the ...