Pat from Bishop, California, shares a story about a college history professor who gave a detailed lecture about a heroic Norwegian named Loof Lirpa. Only after taking extensive notes did the students realize that the professor was lecturing on the first day of April, and the hero’s name is actually an anadrome. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Loof Lirpa, the Legendary Norwegian”
Pat Armstrong writes from Bishop, California.
In college, we had a history teacher who gave a lecture on Luf Lerpa, the famous Norwegian who saved mankind during the Second World War.
None of us had heard of this guy, so we all took meticulous notes.
The lecture happened to be on April 1st, and it wasn’t until weeks later that someone realized that Loof Lerpa was April Fool spelled backwards.
That’s outstanding.
Yeah, talk about an anadrome.
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