Just Call Us the Bean Bandits.....

It all started on Friday night when Justin called me on my way home from work. "I have a surprise from you. You'll think it's funny, but I don't know if you'll approve."
Bracing myself for the worst, I came home to find 3 gallons of food. A gallon each of coleslaw, baked beans and potato salad. He proudly said, "We had a BBQ today at work and they gave me leftovers!!" I said, "Oh? And how the heck are we going to eat 3 gallons of summer food before it goes bad?" He said, "I dunno..." Spontaneously, I replied, "How about we give it away?? Like maybe just leave it on people's doorsteps."

That's how the prank began. We decided to leave it anonymously on our friends', the De Poixs' doorstep because they are moving soon and we wanted to send them away in style. I'll refer you to their blog for the actual pictures.

http://depoix.blogspot.com/2009/10/bean-bandits.html

The first night we just left a bowl of baked beans with a note, "Here's some beans!" Saturday night after reading Jody's repulsed response on facebook we left more with a note, "Please give the beans another chance." Sunday night we left a bowl of coleslaw with a note, "Here's some coleslaw!" and another bowl of beans by their van with a note, ".... and some beans!!" Monday night we left potato salad with a note, "How about some potato salad?" Then Tuesday night we left a huge metal bowl with 1/2 a gallon of the baked beans with a note, "Here's a lot of beans!!"

Wednesday night we decided to reveal ourselves by just leaving a note, "Sorry, no beans tonight. Love, the Hendersons." On his way to deliver the note, Justin realized the door was wide open so he quickly ran away and came back later. Apparently, Alex had been hiding out for 1/2 an hour to catch us and almost did but mistook Justin for another neighbor, Todd Warczak.

Definitely the funniest prank we've pulled since the time we filled Justin's brother's A/C vents with fine pink glitter so when he turned on his car it got everywhere.

Last night they retaliated by seran wrapping our door and bringing back our metal bowl filled with spaghetti, ketchup, mustard, A1 sauce, and other nasty condiments.

http://depoix.blogspot.com/2009/10/spag-royale.html


We'll miss you, Jody, Alex and baby Elsa!!

Love,

The Bean Bandits