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Winner of the Worst House Project Contest

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You know, when you take on house renovation, you tend to hear a LOT of horror stories. I think my "skin crawling moment" happened when I read about Heather and David's episode with the mites this past summer.

And ALL of the stories have been uniquely horrifying moments that any home owner could look back upon and hope (HOPE!) to be able to laugh at one day.

The voters for HIP's contest have spoken. Although all of the entries received votes, a winner clearly emerged by midnight on Friday.

Yes, Jonathan's story of "Bat Guano and Stitches" sufficiently grossed out enough readers to rise victorious out of the fray and give us all (especially me) perspective into our own house dilemmas.

Some of the comments that were sent along with the votes illustrate how the story was received by our readers:

I vote for Bat Guano�

Look at me, I'm voting!�

yikes, bat shi*t. gross!!!�

1 vote for bat guano, yep�

This was tough. I was all set to go for the mumified kitty, the rats and the drawers painted shut with food in them (I cringe even as I type that-- I think it certainly deserves honorable mention). Somehow, though, the iron and the stitches on top of layers of bat feces sealed the deal for me. My little remuddled bungalow suddenly seems like a piece of cake...Thanks for the perspective�

All the stories are worthy, but this one really made me cringe�

bat poop is gross. I'm afraid that we'll find something similar when we get to the upstairs, though, yuck!�

Definitely getting bat poop all over your head is a nightmare of the worst degree! Can you imagine all the bat poop that got into the cut from the iron??!?!?! Poor Jonathan!�

Gross, I'm voting for story #4 the falling bat poo�

laughing so hard that i literally have tears in my eyes over this one...

Bat gauno and stitches wins every time!!

An honorable mention should go to Sean's mummified kitty, which also received quite a few votes. However, EVERY entry received votes which just goes to show you that house restoration takes courage and fortitude and...a very large first aid kit with the phone number for an exterminator taped to the lid.

Since Halloween IS coming at the end of the month, and your own little "ghosts and goblins" might be interested in something more INTERACTIVE that has emerged from our winning story...HouseInProgress offers this link to making your very own bat guano with our compliments.

Enjoy :)

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Posted by jeanne on October 9, 2004 at 11:45 PM (3)

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