[Erika]

Here's a good one for you...

I was sitting at the computer on Monday afternoon working on another stupid medical-legal report when a truck belonging to the local government pulled up and two officials got out. They came to the front gate and seeing my front door open and me inside, waved and called "Hello."

I went outside and after we introduced ourselves, they said that they had been driving around the town and had noticed "…quite a bit of plant growth in and around my yard."

They went on to say that upon closer inspection, they saw that two varieties
of the plants that were growing on the back border of my property were actually “invasive nuisance plants.” The one government official emphasized the last three words like he had said that they had spotted 'foreign terrorists' out back; or something equally undesirable.

I laughed and said that at this point, most of the plant life on my property
could be categorized as invasive nuisances. He started laughing so hard
that I thought he was going to choke. The other official just blankly looked at him.

Then while the first one was trying to stifle the escaping giggles, the second one said to him, “Are you on medication?”

When he said “No.”, she said “Well, you should be!”

I laughed and then she started laughing too. Man we all had a good laugh then, just standing at the front gate, laughing our heads off on a Monday afternoon.

Finally they composed themselves and gave me an information sheet that had
pictures of the two plant culprits out back that I needed to get rid of
(Mountain Bluet - bachelor buttons and Himalayan Balsam). Then they laughed some more when I said “OK, thanks for letting me know.”

I watched them get into their truck and drive away…and they appeared to
still be laughing while sort of ducking down and leaning towards each other;
like they were sharing a private joke or something.

Well, I went back to my report writing and thought no more about it until I
made a trip to the washroom about a half hour later. When I looked in the
mirror I realized that they had been laughing at me!

One side of my face looked normal but the other side looked like it belonged to a gangster that had suffered a stroke, and had then mowed the lawn with his teeth.

There were remnants of green smoothie mixed in with dried dribble that went
from mouth corner to chin and ended on my sweatshirt…the whole bit.
I must have been drooling that stuff out every time I opened my mouth to say
something and it must have been really something to see when I was laughing out there!

I had forgotten that I had been to the dentist earlier and had undergone some extensive tooth repair (another damaged tooth due to TMJ spasms). One side of my face was still frozen.

It made me laugh out loud and I just spontaneously started singing “I feel
pretty, Oh so pretty….

Maybe I should be on medication (LOL).

With love, Erika

[kicker]

Erika, how you make me laugh. You have such a great attitude. You know you'll never see those two again (probably) and so who gives a flying care about them. When I get Novacain part of my face freezes. I avoid blueberries for sure!

Bachelor buttons invasive? Sounds good to me but I like dandelions.

[SallyC]

Erika, I cannot get that hilarious scene out of
my mind...

[Sparky10]

Kind of have to wonder if the man would've been able to contain his laughter if you hadn't given him something to release it with, Erika. I was just tearing up at something on TV, and your story stopped that quickly! Don't be surprised if you do see them again. They might want to turn around a bad day!

[Erika]

I wouldn't be surprised if they start selling tickets back at the office to the "side show".

Hey...why not share it? This body is a never ending source of "entertainment"

With love, Erika