The Snooze received an email this morning from a villager equally parts confused and offended by an annual April Fools day story.

Make some room, but not too much, for the Tiny, Tiny House movement.

There’s humor, satire and practical jokery the year ’round, but these take on new meaning, gravitas perhaps, when thrown into relief by the spotlight of April 1st.

This week, Village Council reversed its decision to ban clapping in Council meetings. In place of that decision is a new one: beginning Monday, April 1, all attendees of Village Council meetings will be required to clap for everything.