Indiana town nominates Village Idiot

The April 1 meeting of village elders in a tiny Indiana town was no joke.

Though the agenda may have sounded like a gag, the annual election of the Village Idiot in the town of Story was entirely serious, with community members casting their votes for the neighbor they believed made the biggest blunder in the past year.

This year's winner, artist Brad Cox, was selected for a particularly inept oil change that left his wife's car without a working transmission, according to a press release issued by the co-owners of the town's sole employer, the Story Inn.

Voting for the title took place at the inn's tavern, the Still, located beneath its old general store.

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