I get it, man….
We came back from the parades this afternoon and found this note on our front door. The envelope said:
“To whom it may concern –
IMPORTANT!
(about the flag)
(VERY sorry)”
We looked up and noticed our City of New Orleans flag was gone — along with the pole and the bracket holding it to the house. Snapped off at the screws.
We opened the note and $60 fell out.
The note read:
“To whom it may concern:
Last night I did something that I deeply regret now. I had been drinking and (without going into the details, let’s jus say alcohol and a woman were involved) made a serious lapse in judgment — I stole your flag.
As I said, I am very sorry about this and, while I cannot get your flag back, I hope this is enough for a new one.
This is an action completely uncharacteristic of me, one I have never done before and I will not do again.
In no way was this meant as disrespect for you, your property or the city. Although I later realized that is exactly what it was.
I hope you can forgive me
–Anonymous”
Dude — lemme tell you something…
1) I forgive you. Had it not been for altitude and lack of way to get up that high, I’d have stolen two French flags from the outside of a French government facility on Bastille Day evening 1972 — because of alcohol and because I needed to impress a woman. I been there.
2) The $60 won’t quite cover it. But it’s okay. Another $30 of my own cash and we’re even. I got a story to tell.
3) I hope you got laid 15 times over. While wrapped in this flag. If not, at least you’ve got your own story to tell. And she’s got a flag that I hope she flies well. If this ain’t True Love, at least it’s True Passion. The world is entirely too short of both.
5) This letter will be framed and posted in my house. You’re a sneaky, impulsive little shit — and I need to be reminded I can be the same way.
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Heartening to know there is still honest passion out there. ;-)
A.
Did you get yours at the shop in Jackson Square? I’ve seen a bunch of cheapo versions on eBay and wanted to go local.
Brad & Dellwyn’s flag shop at Jackson and Magazine. They’ve got all the flags flying out front and they’re wonderfully helpful and funny. The NO flag will cost you about $70 or so and you wil probably have to order it (a couple weeks delivery time).
What a great story.
The reckless vandal was able to admit his folly, clear his conscious and make amends.
And you had your faith in honesty and foolishness restored. I love it when things go wrong that well.
Drury
What a great story! Reminds me of a forward…maybe I should forward this…
Great story. The young lady should consider him a keeper for his punctuation and spelling, let alone the flag.
Well, if she got knocked up in your flag
fate will name it after you!!
You don’t wanna’ be responsible for their
DNA on your flag any way.
Laurie
I live in Detroit. I read the New Orleans blog weekly just to see how people are doing down there. I have a deep love for New Orleans the city, the people and the culture. Its great to hear this story, and hear the simple humor even after everything that you have been through. I wish I was the guy that had the balls to take the flag, screw in it, and then let that person that I stole from know what happened to it. Brilliant!