MAN COMES HOME TO FIND HOUSE GONE

A Long Island, New York, man returned home from a long trip to find his home and all his possessions vanished. Philip Williams, 69, flew to Florida in December 2014 to escape the cold winter and undergo a knee operation. When he came back to his West Hempstead homestead in August, all that was left was a grass-covered lot. Local officials say they made the decision to demolish the home in May after receiving numerous complaints from neighbors that the house, built in 1920, was in extreme disrepair. The town claims it sent him letters in October and November, but Williams says he never received anything. Williams is now suing the town.
* Long Island, or Long-Gone Island?
* Does David Copperfield have an alibi?
* Good luck proving there used to be a house there.
* “No, seriously, I can draw a picture of it.”
* Nice neighbors, huh?
* When he got back and stepped out of the taxi and stood there gaping, the neighbors were all peeking from behind their curtains having the biggest laugh ever.
* “It Takes a Village … to Really Screw You Over.”
* This takes “homeless” to a whole new level.
* At first I thought he had bet the house on the Mets.
* Try saying “Hempstead homestead” fast twenty times.
* Let’s be fair: It’s a very nice grass-covered lot.
* Now they’re citing him for not mowing it enough.
* That’ll take the warm fuzzy feeling out of getting home right away.
* Anyway, how’d the knee operation come out? All better?