Tuesday, December 1, 2009

An email I received today.....

I got this email today, and I about choked when I saw it. I was laughing hysterically, my Daughter thought I was sobbing and was really alarmed.

BTW, I apologize for being tardy responding to comments and messages, and awards. We are laying floors at my house (the whole house), and my laborer will quit, I am afraid if I lay out on the computer. I do sneak in a few looks every once in awhile.....

This is the email.
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Read the story before you look at the picture.

Well, there is good news and bad news about my Christmas decorations this year

Good news is that I truly out did myself this year with my Christmas decorations. The bad news is that I had to take him down after 2 days. I had more people come screaming up to my house than ever. Great stories. But two things made me take it down. First, the cops advised me that it would cause traffic accidents as they almost wrecked when they drove by. Second, a 55 year old lady grabbed the 75 pound ladder almost killed herself putting it against my house and didn't realize it was fake until she climbed to the top (she was not happy). By the way, she was one of many people who attempted to do that. My yard couldn't take it either. I have more than a few tire tracks where people literally drove up my yard.

Kind of feel like I gave in to the man by taking him down but my neighbor did confirm several near miss accidents on the busy street next to my house. I think I made him too real this time

So it was fun while it lasted

11 comments:

Chloe m said...

Oh. My . Heck, That is crazy! I would love to see the reactions of the people in our neighborhood!
Thanks for sharing this!
Rosey

Amy said...

Oh my gosh! That is so funny and I bet that did draw attention. LOL

Anonymous said...

Hillarious, Janie! Wouldn't that be a hoot? I wonder if I could do something like that with my front yard trees. Nah, probably wouldn't work as well. It's notable that so many people wanted to help the poor "guy."

Lorilee said...

Too Funny!
Blessings,
Lorilee

Catherine@AGardenerinProgress said...

I love it!! I can imagine it would draw a lot of attention :)

Christine B. said...

Thanks for the laugh. Good luck with the wood floors, been there and done that!

Cheers from Alaska,

Christine B.

Noelle Johnson said...

Oh boy! What a sense of humor. Too bad they had to take it down. I guess it was too realistic looking. Maybe if they tried dressing him in a Santa outfit?

D said...

Oh my gosh, Janie! I can't stop laughing. What a sense of humor that person has.

Carla said...

LOL!!! Hope the floor installation goes smoothly:)

Thomas said...

OH MY GOSH! That is hilarious. I was good about not looking at the picture first. Too funny!

joene said...

Hysterical ... thanks for the laugh