In 1983 Boskin told an Associated Press reporter that the idea came from Roman festers during the time of Constantine I in the third and fourth centuries A.D.

1983年，布希金告诉联合出版社的记者，恶作剧这种主意来自于公元3}4世纪康士坦丁一世时期的一个罗马弄臣。

As the story goes, jesters successfully petitioned the ruler to allow one of their elected members to be icing for a day. So, on April first, Constantine handed over the reins of the Roman Empire for one day to King Kugel, his jester. Kugel decreed that the day forever would be a day of absurdity.

据说，弄臣们成功地恳请统治者允许他们中的一位做一天皇帝。之后，就在四月一号那天，康士坦丁一世把罗马帝王的王位转交给库高王—他的一位弄臣。库高颁布法令，将当天定为永久的“荒诞日”。

Kugel, incidentally, is an Eastern European dish that one of Boskin’s friends had been craving.

顺便提及一下，“库高”这一名称还是一种东欧菜名，也正是布希金的一位朋友钟爱的一道菜。

The news agency was less than thrilled about the gambit, Boskin said. "I thought I should have been complimented for a quacky, quirky story that was fitted to the occasion."

可是资讯社对布希金的这一“诡计”并不买账，于是他说道:“我觉得我应该得到肯定赞扬，因为我这个离奇的故事正是为那个节日量身定做的解释。”

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