# the house that was literatly in the middle of the street **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 27, 2018, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-house-that-was-literatly-in-the-middle-of-the-street/816876 "2018-06-27T23:02:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-house-that-was-literatly-in-the-middle-of-the-street/816876/1 "2018-06-27T23:02:25Z")
Apparently someone hauling a house just left there after it unhooked …. they don’t know if was done on purpose or not … they closed the road for the rest of the week but since it was a back road they don’t have any idea on how long its been there [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/delaware-police-find-abandoned-home-in-the-middle-of-the-road/ar-AAzfMas?li=BBnbcA1](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/delaware-police-find-abandoned-home-in-the-middle-of-the-road/ar-AAzfMas?li=BBnbcA1) if it was here in ca aand I had the money I used to have id offer to take if off their hands …… But could you imagine that phone conversation? " hey boss im making great time that house isn’t heavy at all im already 3 counties over " looks in the mirrors " oh shit " ……. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-house-that-was-literatly-in-the-middle-of-the-street/816876/2 "2018-06-27T23:34:28Z")
Wha?!? You just can’t leave a house in the middle of the road. Must be a very _back_ road. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-house-that-was-literatly-in-the-middle-of-the-street/816876/3 "2018-06-27T23:50:52Z")
Is this a mobile home move that went wrong? It shouldn’t be that hard to trace it back to the company that was moving it. Takes specialized equipment that few companies have. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-house-that-was-literatly-in-the-middle-of-the-street/816876/4 "2018-06-28T00:08:20Z")
Was there a magical tornado around? Are there feet in ruby slippers sticking out from under it? ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-house-that-was-literatly-in-the-middle-of-the-street/816876/5 "2018-06-28T00:12:37Z")
Sounds like an ambitious but poorly thought out prank. ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-house-that-was-literatly-in-the-middle-of-the-street/816876/6 "2018-06-28T01:30:11Z")
I’m guessing at least one local radio station played at least one song by Madness, the day that news came out. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-house-that-was-literatly-in-the-middle-of-the-street/816876/7 "2018-06-28T02:16:27Z")
I have seen an abandoned camper on the roadside, but a whole house? Someone’s gonna get a ticket. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-house-that-was-literatly-in-the-middle-of-the-street/816876/8 "2018-06-28T03:08:13Z")
> [@DavidwithanR](#): > > I’m guessing at least one local radio station played at least one song by Madness, the day that news came out. 🙂 It was our castle and our keep. That was where we used to sleep. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-house-that-was-literatly-in-the-middle-of-the-street/816876/9 "2018-06-28T03:19:36Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Is this a mobile home move that went wrong? It shouldn’t be that hard to trace it back to the company that was moving it. > > Takes specialized equipment that few companies have. article says it was pre fab ………