Was gravity the answer?

One innocent Halloween prank turned ugly for a builder of a two-story home in rural Utah. The builder, a man who aspired to be a sculptor before necessity forced him to abandon his dream for the practicality of construction, decided to give his client, the soon-to-be new homeowner, a scare on Halloween.

The builder was inspired by the shape of the house. The turret which jutted out on the west side of the house, facing the road, was the shape which tickled the builder's imagination. Not just a cylindrical shaped building, the turret could be transformed into the stage of his largest masterpiece.

Perhaps, had the roof not been shingled with black shingles the eve of Halloween, the whole creation would have never come to fruition. Perhaps, had the roof over the turret not been shaped like a pointed hat, the Halloween prank may never have come to life. Perhaps, had the owner been around that day, the builder may never have had the guts to go through with his artistic work. Sadly, in this situation, the world is not built upon a "perhaps," and disaster followed.

The morning of Halloween dawned crisp and clear, unusual for this area of Utah which was normally covered with snow so late in the fall. Local traffic stopped to gaze upon the masterpiece attached to the grand house. The builder had attached giant eyes, built from leftover pieces of drywall, in two windows of the turret. He constructed a giant nose out of leftover pieces of wood, and had attached the nose to the side of the turret just under the eyes. Finally, he painted a giant mouth on the side of the turret under the nose. When viewed with the hat-shaped roof with black shingles, the builder had created a witch.

A local reporter came to write an article about this unusual Halloween prank, but the story he got was much more than the whimsical human interest piece he expected. Although the builder was quite creative, he seemed to lack a thorough grasp of the laws of physics. While being interviewed by the reporter, the builder watched in horror as the nose of the witch suddenly came crashing down the side of the house. While no people were hurt during the fall of the nose, the house did not fare so lucky. The wall to which the builder had attached part of the nose was dragged down by the plummet of the nose. Due to the awkward nose/wall piece that fell from that height, one of the first-floor windows was completely demolished.

The builder, as luck would have it, was blessed with the foresight to have very extensive coverage on his builders insurance (he must have gone to GoldBlend!). The destroyed wall and window were replaced with only a small deductible required of the builder. The homeowner, instead of pressing charges for the delay in his occupancy, was amused by the witch and the local press coverage. For this innovative and resourceful builder, builders insurance saved the day.

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