by Jim Siergey
The nartoon pictured above ran in the April 3 print edition of The Lansing Journal, and we promised to publish the answers online. Here they are!
References to April
- Miss April centerfold
- Jesus (Easter or Resurrection Day is usually in April)
- Easter Bunny (Easter is usually in April)
- Ram on lampshade (April’s horoscope sign is Aries, the Ram)
- April showers
- April Fool (the jester)
- Tax man (taxes are due April 15)
- Baseball generally begins in April
- TS Eliot’s “The Wasteland,” includes the line “April is the cruelest month”
- Buddha’s birthday is in April
- The globe (Earth Day is in April)
- Aphrodite sculpture (April is named after Aphrodite, and the Venus de Milo statue was also discovered in April)
- Swee’ Pea (April’s flower is the sweet pea)
- Daisy Duck (April’s other flower is the daisy)
- Diamond (April’s birthstone)
- April calendar
Did you find any others? Let us know in the comments!