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You have done it again! I tapped to see if my neighborhood will change. Well done, Dan. Fran
Yesterday I thought you wouldn’t be able to do an April Fools column this year because your readers were getting too wise. But today I fell for it hook, line and sinker. Good going Dan.
I clicked. I laughed. Good on ya, Dan!
thank you
April Fools! Good one!
Ha! That was excellent! I totally believed you 🙂
You got me. Well played, Dan!
Perfect! You got me!
Ha!
Thank you for making my day!
Very good! First one today. Now I know to be alert.
You get me every year. You’d think I’d know better by now. Nice one!
Omg Dan! U sooo got me!!!
Got me too!
Me, too! Just before clickng, I was wondering how I was going to change all those free address labels that I have gotten through the years….never mind my tax return which was just completed by Ray!
I really should have known better. Good one Dan!
Well played, well played indeed. Didn’t see it coming, perhaps because you had me all spun up about whether I was going to lose my 06880 like I lost my 227 !
You did it again!
This year, too! When will I learn?
I came into your blog this morning…just to see what you had come up with this year! This was a good one!!!
Hard to believe it is April 1—thanks for reminding us!!!!!
So good I still can’t believe it’s not true!
Perfectly plausible! I got taken ~(
Just believable enough, Perfect. Thanks
Got me, Good one. Happy April 1st.
“USPS director of zip code enhancement” is a nice touch! Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night keeps Dan from the swift completion of a good April Fools joke!
Hook, line, sinker!
Wow, Dan! You have proved Abraham Lincoln wrong. Sometimes you CAN fool all of the people all of the time.
Happy to be your April Fool.
Totally got me! Happy April’s Fool Dan!
I’m an April Fool!
Gloria – I think that was P.T. Barnum.
Lived on Loren Lane, Bonnie Brook Road, and High Point Road while growing up in Westport. Wanted to see how they’d be split up. The only thing splitting is my sides. Got me again!
Golly, Westporters, Dan has manage to fake us six years running!
— April 1, 2013: “Westport Selected for Innovative Traffic Light Project” http://bit.ly/1iayI1d
— April 1, 2012: “Very Cool House Hunters” (probably better remembered as “Clintons to move from Chappaqua to Westport”) http://bit.ly/1iazmvz
— April 1, 2011: “Mitchells, Stew Leonard’s, Form Strategic Partnership” http://bit.ly/1iaArU2
— April 1, 2010: “Westport, Weston Schools In Early Talks on Consolidation” http://bit.ly/1iaANdl
— April 1, 2009: “Breaking News: Y to Merge Operations” http://bit.ly/1iaBByX
Dan, you are BAD.
Well done………….. I so thought April Fools came and went and thought maybe you were going to start spacing your “April Fools” bits every other year. Nice………… Again I like most took the bait………..
I fell for the Clinton’s rag, I fell for the others, I couldn’t BELIEVE I again fell for this…..You are very clever and naughty…..but what if it really DOES happen?
Damn, Dan, you did it again. I believed. But comments from 2014?
It’s the same page. I recycle it every couple of years — different story.
Dan, you are good! Too funny.
Ha! Didn’t see that coming.
I was totally taken in my friend!!!!!
About half-way through I started to suspect. Good one, although I was really looking forward to the video.
You got me too, Dan. I guess the Trump organization making a bid for the Westport Inn is also a myth.
Totally got me. Didn’t see it coming. Such events really do happen in Westport, of course, In 1976 Nelson Rockefeller was thinking of running for president and helicoptered onto a private property for a secret meeting of supporters, and I crawled through woods to get a photo for Fairpress. Good one, Dan – very funny !!!
Thanks, William. If you still have the photo, send it along!
Good one – slipped right into the trap !
Whew!! I fell for it too…well done!
You got me!!! Good one.
Ditto David P.
You did it again! Good one!!! Haha!
What does it tell us about ourselves that we bought this one??
Me, too
I was on my way to Westport for a chat! You are a cheeky devil!
How do you do it, year after year?
I know this town well.
I’ll say! Oh YOU!
Excellent! I only follow your blog since a couple of months and I like what and how you write, so I was kind of disappointed, like: Really? How can he talk against the hairpiece and then slime around a fundraiser.
Well done! You got me!
100% fooled
Hi Dan,
You got me before my cup of coffee……wonder if I will be able to drink it because of the smile you put on my face……..wow! Dan, so,well done….thanks.
I think when we can make April Fools jokes about a presidential candidate, something has gone seriously wrong. Was starting to get nervous reading this
Don’t worry, Jaime. When Trump is president, he will ban all satire.
I’ll save us seats in the internment camp, then. Brick wall or aisle?
Dan, I thought you were up to something because Trump was here in Monroe last night speaking before the Old Men’s Marching and Chowder Society…
Marching and Chowder Society? I miss you, Karl!
GOT ME!
Ok…too bad. I really wanted to hear something nice come out of your mouth about Mr. Trump…too much to ask for, right? LOL…”hair, not too orange…”LOL
Got me also! The 2014 comments were a nice touch! Still smiling ………
100% fooled!!! Nice one!!
Great job Dan – and thank God!!
Trumped by Woog! You rascal!
I loved being fooled, and such a great story! Thanks, Dan, and Happy April Fools’ Day to you too.
And I thought the sugar in the salt shaker and the salt in the sugar bowl was a good one! I think you got everybody!
Wow, that was great! I was picturing the event… large hands, nice blonde hair and all 😉
Scared the ____ out of me! SO well done, Dan! (Frederic read it to me from his phone this morning before leaving. I’m sure he couldn’t get himself to watch even 30 seconds of Trump so he never clicked and is probably still walking around town shaking his head).
Well, You really fooled me, Dan!! You are something else !!! All I can say is Heaven help us all if ” the Donald” is elected! However, unfortunately, I am really upset re this election. I have no idea what to do so plan to vote for “the lesser of the evils” I will say, however, Hillary knows more about foreign policy than any of the rest, AND, today that is important
Good luck to our country!!
Hook, line and sinker. You caught me too! Fun. Thanks.
I can’t believe I let it fester in my head for such a long time! Good job. Totally believable!!
I fell hook, line + sinker. Excellent!!
Hook, line and sinker as well.
Well done, Dan !
I fell for it. Well, until you said his fingers were normal size…
Totally fell for it. Can’t imagine it happening without someone leaking it, though. Hope it never happens!
Not as “orange” in person!
Bhwahahahahaha!
Hooked, lined, sunk!!
(and I was REALLY looking forward to that video too).
Is that secret Republican clan located at the top of Compo Parkway? Oooooops, I just clicked on your short video…… You’re a naughty but lovable guy.
MY MOUTH IS STILL OPEN!
Damn Daniel…!!!
Very funny…but he is still a very scary dude…
Your fish bucket is full tonight, Dan. I’m another hook, line, and sinker! Thanks for the (eventual) laugh.
Yep, me too. And I was so looking forward to asking you about it at the reunion this summer. smh.
Oh My! As I was reading your notice I started to reach for the phone to call my Larchmont realtor . Then decided to see a few comments.
So glad I jumped to the end & click on to your interview on “The GREAT White Hope” & happily hung up the phone.
That was a brilliant April Fool Hoax !
Too bad I saw it so late. You are terrific !
Actually, I don’t think it’s a bad idea!
Nice one Dan, you get me every year! Happy April 🙂
Perfect spoof! So near belieable.
Thank you Dan!
You got me also! I was jumping to defend the three car garage tax as we lived in a very modest house but did have a three car garage. Good one.
O.k…you fooled me with the column…BUT..what really got me were several “comments” by people who are dead..that is until I saw the date of their comments….how about 2014….or am I just a crazy April fool
And how about this bit of “news”
Town of Westport
Yesterday at 7:00am ·
Westport SUV Ban – Westport’s Board of Selectmen issued an executive order yesterday prohibiting SUVs from Westport roads. The ban, which goes into effect September 1, is intended to clean our air and reduce road wear, while also improving driving and parking experiences in town.
The executive order follows the ban on plastic bags that went into effect in 2008. “Westport remains on the forefront of environmental awareness and action,” said the statement. “To reduce hardship on residents, they will have five months to trade in their SUVs. Staples students driving Jeep Wranglers and similar gas guzzlers will have until December 1 to trade in their vehicles.”
It is estimated that 68% of current Westport vehicles are SUVs, notorious for their poor fuel efficiency and excessive carbon emissions. The ban targeting vehicles over 5,000 pounds will include these and other SUVs: Porsche Cayenne, Audi Q7, BMW X5 and X6, Lexus RX350, Maserati Levante, Volvo XC90, Acura MDX, Land Rover Range Rover and Discovery, Mercedes GLE, Lincoln MCX, Infiniti QX60, Cadillac Escalade, Chevrolet Suburban, Ford Explorer and Expedition.
Westport’s SUV ban will provide ancillary benefits to residents. According to Westport’s Chamber of Commerce, re-striping downtown parking lines to accommodate smaller vehicles will increase parking spaces by 20%. The extra parking will be welcome during the next holiday shopping season, in conjunction with valet parking introduced last year. It is also expected that the railroad parking waitlist will be eliminated as capacity dramatically increases for the smaller vehicles.
Historical preservationists are in favor of the ban. With no SUVs, there will be less regulatory pressure to widen the 1884 Saugatuck River Bridge aka the William F. Cribari Memorial Bridge.
The quality of Westport’s roads are slated to improve as the heavy SUVs are banned. The Public Works department estimates savings of $1 million a year which can be used to help our school system weather the state’s fiscal crisis, procure the much-needed Longshore drink cart, replace “malfunction junction” by Daybreak Nursery with a rotary, build exit 43, and support our other Crown Jewels.
“Westport is quickly becoming one of the five best places to live in the United States. It will now also be the cleanest,” concluded the statement.
Town of Westport
Yesterday at 7:00am ·
Westport SUV Ban – Westport’s Board of Selectmen issued an executive order yesterday prohibiting SUVs from Westport roads. The ban, which goes into effect September 1, is intended to clean our air and reduce road wear, while also improving driving and parking experiences in town.
The executive order follows the ban on plastic bags that went into effect in 2008. “Westport remains on the forefront of environmental awareness and action,” said the statement. “To reduce hardship on residents, they will have five months to trade in their SUVs. Staples students driving Jeep Wranglers and similar gas guzzlers will have until December 1 to trade in their vehicles.”
It is estimated that 68% of current Westport vehicles are SUVs, notorious for their poor fuel efficiency and excessive carbon emissions. The ban targeting vehicles over 5,000 pounds will include these and other SUVs: Porsche Cayenne, Audi Q7, BMW X5 and X6, Lexus RX350, Maserati Levante, Volvo XC90, Acura MDX, Land Rover Range Rover and Discovery, Mercedes GLE, Lincoln MCX, Infiniti QX60, Cadillac Escalade, Chevrolet Suburban, Ford Explorer and Expedition.
Westport’s SUV ban will provide ancillary benefits to residents. According to Westport’s Chamber of Commerce, re-striping downtown parking lines to accommodate smaller vehicles will increase parking spaces by 20%. The extra parking will be welcome during the next holiday shopping season, in conjunction with valet parking introduced last year. It is also expected that the railroad parking waitlist will be eliminated as capacity dramatically increases for the smaller vehicles.
Historical preservationists are in favor of the ban. With no SUVs, there will be less regulatory pressure to widen the 1884 Saugatuck River Bridge aka the William F. Cribari Memorial Bridge.
The quality of Westport’s roads are slated to improve as the heavy SUVs are banned. The Public Works department estimates savings of $1 million a year which can be used to help our school system weather the state’s fiscal crisis, procure the much-needed Longshore drink cart, replace “malfunction junction” by Daybreak Nursery with a rotary, build exit 43, and support our other Crown Jewels.
“Westport is quickly becoming one of the five best places to live in the United States. It will now also be the cleanest,” concluded the statement.
No Exit 43! 1- It would be in the middle of a developed residential area, and would require the tearing down of many houses. 2- Much of the area is wetlands. 3- It would be a block from my house.
I fully approve of medical marijuana…what I do not approve of is the necessity of more than one facility in a town with a population of approximately 28,000 people. I also do not approve of a high visibility location, such as the former Bertucci’s. The dance studio building on the Post Rd West is an ideal location.
GOT ME!
I was SO excited. Would have paid just about anything so see this show. Incredibly well done.
Another reader bites the dust! Great job!! Happy AFD to you too!
Dan, we always advise PR clients “Keep your brand far, far away from April Fools pranks. Unless you like being resented, even despised. The best you can hope for is tolerant amusement.” That said, I will say, this “too good to be true” will generate more hits on your blog than even, I dare say, ospreys!
Thanks for the list
I clicked before remembering what day it was! You fooled me, Dan! Ha!
Just saw Jimmy Page in the city yesterday and thought it was an omen! You got me!
Got me! Damn, I really wanted to see them too! Good one, Dan!
Got me!
Hahaha, you got me!
Got 8 tickets, Dan. Thanks. If dress in bell bottoms, a polyester shirt, and can stay groovy, you get a discount.
Totally got me!
Good one Dan 🙂 I forgot it was April Fools day !…Having gone to several of those legendary concerts, it sounded reasonable that those 2 could pull it off again…:-)
Now that was cruel and I’m an April fool!
You go for the jugular, love it. Best click bait ever…but face it who wasn’t going to be tempted.
PS- Watch out …Your turn is coming, payback is a Bitc…..
Fell for it!! …Yet, amazing things have been known to happen in our little Westport – leave it to you Dan. Thanks for the laugh,
Stacie C
Ha Ha! I fell for it because Clapton played at the Greenwich Town Party last spring, and I missed it and thought, “second chance”! Well played! 🙂
please put me on the list for the Clapton Page fundraiser thank you!
Interested in seeing Clapton/Page at Staples. I am a graduate from 1977. Please let me know when they go on sale.
Click on the link on the story above.
Please email me with more info on Clapton and Jimmy fundraiser at Levittz.
Click on the link on the story above.
Dick and Paul are masters of their craft. But I was waiting for them to add John Lennon, George Harrison, Brian Jones, Keith Moon, Jim Morrison and Jimi Hendrix to the lineup. THEN I would have scrambled for tix!
OMG!
Nice job Dan! I fell for this like a ton of bricks.
R
Want 2 tickets please
You got me! At least you brought a smile to my face. I wish I saw them for $3 the first, and apparently the only time, around. I miss cheap concerts. Those were the days my friend.
Would love tho go..saw them way back when
omg
you got me too
:))
How fantastic a town we live in is!!!
Let me know!
In.
Need updates to shows
Clapton and page june 30 – tickets – email list. Please add me
Did you read the text when you clicked on the link?
Bastard!
Please keep me notified on tickets for Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton
You did see the text when you clicked on the link above, right?
Please let me know when tickets are on sale for your upcoming concerts
I guess you didn’t read the text above after you clicked on the link, huh?
Casey Meskers
Meskers@optonline.net
134 Far Horizon Drive
Easton CT 06612
203-545-3578
I guess you didn’t read the text when you clicked on the link, huh?
Ladies and Gents,,,Dan Woog
GOTME!! Bought it lock, stock and barrel!@#$%^&*()
Nice one!! You got me!!
I am sure you and Keith would make great music together!
WHAT A STINKER!!! 😉 we owe you one…or more. xoxo
Although I think a couple of those would be great, I expected the April Fool’s joke, and clicked on your site looking for it. Maybe you should propose them to the Board of Selectwomen.
Well played, sir. Well played.
Some days the replies are as good as your column, Dan. Today was one of them! 🙂
The thing that really makes me laugh and I mean, crack up with tears, is imagining you laughing at your own april fools creation, and in your minds eye, watching people get fooled. I know you laugh your own ass off. Am I right?
Nice job, Dan! I was planning a comment –LOL!
I was prepared for it, after so many years. It’s still fun, though, to see what you come up with.
Hook, line, sinker for me! Well done Dan! Haha
Bravo! Although the BEST joke would be if the RTM adopted the plan.
So good!!! 🙂
Looked great until I saw the line about fishing off the roof. That would be quite a sight.
You got me! I was taking a break from my least favorite project and started thinking that you’d fallen off the roof of that “other” multilevel garage that everyone loves so much…
Dan, you got me too!
However it’s no joke that a nice parking structure on the Elm street lot would be a big improvement over what was planned at the Jessop Green, that’s a real JOKE OF AN IDEA!