Here is a guy that acted like a fool for a living, yet he lived his life within earshot of the king. Gone are the days of the jester taking up his spot in the king's court, maybe society has forgotten all about the antics of the joker or maybe he just went underground. I think we like to pretend that he is gone accept for that one day during the month of April when we try to catch ourselves a fool. When I think about this tradition it seems an odd one, fun yes, but just a li