A Hilariously Rude Note was Scrawled Under a Floorboard in 1941. This Homeowner Just Found It…
Peter Pizagalli
Published
11/26/2015
Covered by floorboards for 73 years, a grumpy message greeted a Boston homeowner who dared to renovate the entry to his home.
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Tech consultant Alex Robinson recently bought a three-story row house in Charlestown, Boston’s oldest neighborhood. The New Hampshire native knew his new neighborhood had a blue collar history, but he learned just how rough around the edges it could be when he pulled back the entryway floorboards during a renovation project… -
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Scrawled in pencil, Robinson found this uncivil but amusing message: And America at war to fight Germany.5/10/41 by Albert Stella this floor was laid. Go Fu*k yourself.Albert Stella clearly wanted to send a message expressing his irritation to anyone who undid his hard work. Perhaps, given the first line in his note, he was especially concerned that the next person to remodel his home would be a German citizen if the U.S. lost. Fortunately, however, reality was much more benign than what Mr. Stella seems to have been imagining, and perhaps his vitriol was a bit over the top. For his part, Robinson is forging ahead with his renovation project.
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