Tuesday, April 27, 2010

A Tale of Frenzy and Fleas

 
We had a interesting drive yesterday into downtown Los Angeles..and I took tons of photos but can't find the cord to  put them onto my computer drive..so that will have to wait...meanwhile, I wanted to tell you a funny true story about one of Alan's "adventures" locksmithing......

He went  to re key a foreclosed house...he had a jacket on but since it was getting warmer took it off....while working on the front door, he suddenly noticed millions, (literally) millions of fleas....he quickly put his jacket back on..pulling down the sleeves...and made sure (he thought) his pant legs were down around his ankles and socks were pulled up to protect his legs..

...the realtor came...and as walked toward the front door, Alan warned him about the critters...the realtor jumped back, and started brushing his face, arms and legs furiously...yelling, "Get them off, get them off!" and then "What are they, what do they do?" Alan told him they suck your blood...that did it....the man ran out into the middle of the street, yelling  "I don't want them to suck my blood..no, no!"     "No blood sucking, no blood sucking!" He then ripped off his shirt, wildly dancing around in the middle of the street, running up and down..beating himself with his shirt...Alan had to laugh, it was so funny..........
It wasn't quite as funny when Alan got home and found his ankles looking like the above photo..evidently some of the fleas had gotten caught inside his socks, and had quite a feast.........!

6 comments:

  1. OH my! That Realtor must have a flea phobia! I pity whoever moves into the house...YIKES!

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  2. Happens so often with vacant houses - the usual meal providers for fleas are gone - they multiply like mad and go for the first warm blooded creatures to come in. I'm shuddering recalling so many times it has happened to us - the realtor involved in Alan's story sounds nothing like the usual Texas realtors' we've faced snakes, abandoned dogs (very sad) irate homeowners and oh yes - the one vacant house with a naked man coming out of the shower! Crazy business

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  3. GOOD GRAVY your hubby's legs look like it's a miracle he has any blood left!!! How awful!!! Gosh, he has nerves of steel, I would have pulled a stunt like the realtor and gone running around screaming...

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  4. That is so sad that the man didn't know what they were and way too funny about his reaction! LOL!

    It's weird how they are all in a ring around his legs!

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  5. Oh my soul this is real funny. Sommany of 'em.

    This looks like a scene from the Hollywood movie Predator!

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  6. O M Goodness..Thats terrible and kind of funny that the realtor freaked out..I bet he won't be showing that house and I also bet it will go dirt cheap if anyone knows about it :)

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