Stranger than Fiction.

Mike does not have a blog, but if he did this is definitely a story he would post! So, because I am an excellent wife I felt compelled to share it on his behalf!

Sweet little Mikey was doing some yardwork this afternoon. He had a full trash can of grass clippings and whatnot and headed for the dumpster. We have an odd German neighbor, who we frequently see through our back window at night standing in room with a strange red light and we think she is naked, but that is neither here nor there. She walks her dog daily and she usually fills the dumpster with empty liquor bottles, again neither here nor there. After our recent hail storm, she is having her roof replaced. Back to the story.

So, Mike heads for the dumpster and notices that one of the lids is open on the dumpster as he approaches. It is his custom to open the side that was still closed, so he boldly threw the lid open only to see a flash of movement. Upon closer inspection, which took approximately a tenth of a second, he realized that much to his chagrin it was not a cat or animal, but one of the roofers with his pants down squatting in the dumpster and leaving a deposit. He apparently spoke very little English. He simply smiled from ear to ear and said "HE-EY!"

This left Mike in an awkward spot and feeling mildly confused and uncomfortable. Not knowing whether he should dump the trash and leave yet feeling like he owed the man the courtesy of allowing him some privacy, he left the trash can next to the dumpster and walked back to our fence where he attempted to act nonchalant. Easier said than done. A few minutes later, he saw the man emerge, and went and emptied the trash can.

I laugh every time I imagine the whole scene in my mind. This stuff is too good to make up.

The moral of the story is that if you have a neighbor getting a new roof and need to take out your trash, you should probably knock on the dumpster first. Now you can't say that you were not warned.