Oh wow!! I am so impressed with the photo shop skills!!! I thought maybe you knew a police officer or something and plotted to get a pic in the back of his car! GREAT STUFF!!!
OK....that was funny! You had me for a minute...but I actually thought you had been hacked!! I even googled your name because I wasn't sure I should press any buttons if you had been hacked (your shot in the police car was good, but you weren't handcuffed...I have a little bit of sleuth in me...and seeing as how I live in a place where EVERYTHING is photoshopped, I have become quite good at spotting such things!)
Thanks for the laughs...it was just what I needed today!
Okay, you totally got me on this one. I was not expecting "this" because I'd forgotten all about this being "April fool's day".
I went everywhere trying to understand how this charge made any sense at all, but began to figure that in this world or political correctness and all the other "interesting" things that are happening, it was certainly possible for "them" to accuse one who stands strong for Christ of this accusation. Certainly much of Christ's teaching are extremely odious and are cause for much if not all of the content in Fox's Book of Martyrs.
I am relieved after spending 30+ minutes trying to find out how this was going down.
Your photo-shop work is superlative. Wish I had 1/10th you skills. Very good.
Hopefully this will never happen but if it does I also hope most if not all of us of us will hold fast to the teachings that come forth so readily from your life.
I was on the lookout for April fools things, So I knew right away it was fake.... How funny this one is. Good job with the photoshop. :) I am sure this will bring a smile to Abi :)
Too funny.....at first I thought it was some funky virus!
So yeah, for that split second, you got me...but I was already onto the April Fools joke. I put a plastic spider in one of my boys lunches this morning. HEE HEE!
HA! I actually typed in April Fools in the prank comment box. I don't even know you and I think I have to go look up the word that you were being charged with. I answered yes for both just because I figured it was a prank. LOL Good one though, because the rest of us that can't do that on our computers will be really jealous.
I didn"t remember it was April Fools day...and I was crying because I thought you had really been arrested. I am still not laughing, just relieved beyond what I can tell you. I thought the mug shot was a bit odd b/c my husband is a cop...and I thought it was a bit bold of blogger to post pictures of an arrest, but I was too upset to even think about it. WHEW!!! Praying for you guys!
Since my almost four year old had just "got me" with a silly AF joke (that only a 4 year old would think is funny!), I knew what you were doing but I was totally impressed with your skills! :)
I kept telling myself "this has got to be an April Fools Joke" but had to keep going just to be sure!! The picture of you in the cop care is way real looking!!
Okay, that was mean. I was freaking out and getting ready to call in my peeps to release you. Seriously...I can't handle such news this early in the morning. You are on my list! YES, you had me. That was too good!
OH GEEEEEEZ, I read your blog first thing every morning and "forgetting" the date , I too, was freaking out thinking the worst... You are one funny guy!! You sure stopped my heart and put a huge smile on my face in the matter of 60 seconds!!!!! Becky B. Mom of 8
That was a good one! You had me fooled for a little bit but couldn't understand why you had a grin on your face in the mug shot. LOL Have a blessed day!
Okay school is done for the day. First I looked at all your other blogs to see if they had been shut down, then i clicked on your blog a bunch. my mind said if it was shut down then it would just be shut down they would not let you post that. then i looked up your crime and it was something to do with stealing money (did not read it well). okay so let me say i am sorry for thinking you could do that. Then i decided to vote no, because you would not steal money. so i clicked not guilty. thanks for reminding me that it is April Fool's Day. I am now going to look up your crime again then call friends and be upset (hahaha) and have them look at your site. Thanks for helping me get my April Fools day going
wow, you had me there for a second, then I was going back and forth "well, it IS April 1st....but it has been a nasty week with people accusing stuff...maybe...it IS April 1st...etc."
I didn't fall for that one. My kindergarteners and I just read an April Fool's story in class yesterday, so I may be walking into a trap when I get to work this morning! I actually looked up the term "odious versification" before I voted, just to be fair, and I'm one of the only ones that voted "no." LOL See you when you make bail!
I had no idea what that charge meant, thought it was probably an April Fools joke and UBER appreciated you posting it!!!!!!!!!What fun!! Great photos, and a great way to start my day Brent!! Prayers for a BLESSED April 1 for you and your house!! Linda at www.smithsoup.blogspot.com
I have had a terrible morning, I felt sick when I turned up your page. It may be a joke to you, but I have been so upset all morning I was shaking. I don't wish to be part of this sort of thing, I can do without this shock. so I no longer want to follow your page.
oh...you want to laugh at me? -so I´ll tell you what I did.. :D :D as I´m not native English speaker I had no idea what "odious versification" was so I googled it and it didn´t make sense - so I was searching in my dictionary - I didn´t find it -so I said NO - whatever it is, you can´t be guilty...honnestly it took me few minutes to click on the button and well, I´m laughing now :D :D :D ...but it scared me at first :D :D good job!
OMG, I was seriously worried and scared for your wife and kiddos there for a minute. I almost didn't continue on and started to look you up on google! Good thing I didn't. That was funny though. :)
OMG! You had me scared to death there for a couple minutes! All I could think was "how will I be able to get updates on Abby if this blog is shut down???" Big sigh of relief knowing it was just an April Fool's joke! You got me good with that one!
You better be glad I'm down here in Missippi! OMGoodness! I'm a big jokester, but I totally fell for it - especially after the post about the rude people and all. Oh my! My heart is still pounding! I saw your tweet as I was getting in my car to head to work (A 20 minute drive!!), and my heart seriously hurt the whole way!
Brent, as much as I love you guys I have to say that this was not well recieved by me. Some jokes are funny yes, however talking about being jailed and your blog removed, not funny at all.
I hate to sound like a party pooper, but this didnt sit well with me. Especially during some really difficult times for many people in the blogging world.
uh, that was hilarious. and my heart nearly stopped when i first read it, as i was fearful that brent had seriously been hauled off to the big house...i *might* have forgotten that today is april fool's day.. thanks for the laugh! blessings from mn
When I got the notification of an urgent message, I was concerned. Then when I saw that I was being redirected, I figured this was a celebration of the day. I was sort of on the lookout. Today is also my son's birthday, so we're aware of the day - weeks in advance actually! ;-P
Glad your "Urgent Message" wasn't about beautiful Abby. Oh, and just for the record, all of your daughters are beautiful.
That was great!! And your photo-shopping skills are amazing! Praying for you and yours. Whenever I think of Abby on the go, I start by praying/pleading "Abba, Abby." With love and prayers from another adoptive family (3 or our 4 kids).
I love it!! Although you didn't fool me... I think this is the greatest April Fools ever!!! Great Job!!
When I saw the picture in the cop... my exact thought 'man he did an awesome job on that one' and I think for fooling people you should show us how you did that!!
My heart rate just jumped to about twice the normal rate...good golly you got me good. Enjoy a prank filled day and God bless you and your sweet family.
Okay...so I know I'm blonde...but it took me reading the comments to figure out what was going on!!! I sat on your blog for a good 10 minutes, I closed the browser, tried again, tried again, tried again. Then realized after reading the comments that it's April 1st!! I hate being fooled...but YOU got me :)
Oh my gosh! I was desperately checking other blogs and couldn't figure out why no one was PRAYING FOR YOU TO GET OUT OF JAIL!!!!!! I'm glad I finally went back and clicked for more info!
You got me, too. I was searching for the definition of Odius Versification, then news storys about this. I didn't want to say you were guilty of something unil I researched it, lol..Good one!
LOL!! I forgot it was April Fools ... thanks for the reminder. That was funny, even though I couldn't figure out how odious versification was somehow criminal. Have a great day, and thanks for the laugh!
ROFL!!! you are a tricky mister!! I figured something was up though when I tried to look up odius versification and only came up with your blogger page. lol!
Honestly, the cop car ... great! The mug shot ... too happy. Give away ... all the yeses to close the blog. We all know that too many people love you guys and that there are only a handful of spoil sports out there who criticize you guys! My the way ... had to look up odious versification. Thanks for the vocabulary lesson, my kids will thank you later after I add it to our homeschooling lessons next week!
you booger! (can I call you a booger if I don't know you personally?!) It took me a little to realize that "duh, it's April fools" because I didn't click past the first page..... I figured someone hijacked your blog and was being hateful or something! VERY clever indeed!
HAHAHAHAHA.............. I KNEW IT ALL ALONG YOUR ND UP IN FAMILY WOULD NEVER BE IN TROUBLE. GOD FEARING PEOPLE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE HIS MERCY AND LOVE ALL THE TIME, EVEN IN ADVERSITY. LOVING YOU GUYS MORE THAN EVER ..................HUGS SUSARAH AND THE WILLIAMS FAMILY
BY FAR - the Best April Fool's Joke so far today! I love it ... thanks for the laugh at work - and I LOVE the cop car photo ... looks pretty authentic ...
I love a good joke but personally I think that very poor taste. I saw the first page with the Blogger redirect and thought "wow...this family's testimony is really going down the tubes." I've heard from others who get to your blog from mine and they started to doubt your story. How sad for Abby if people stopped praying for her to get better because they think you are some sort of con artist. The sad fact is some people scam others by pretending to have sick kids. Its disgusting but people like that are out there. A number of people thought that about you after your post.
I've officially lost a lot of respect for you. I'm sure someone as smart as you could have come up with a better April Fool's joke.
I had to look up what odious versification was and when I looked it up I knew it was a joke. Very good one though! I love your blog, love your faithfulness to God and love that you are not afraid to stand for HIM! Praise God for people like the Riggs family! Praying for Abby continuously! Ann
gosh you had me scared i was like what in the heck then i clicked on more and that came up i thought aint no way brent was arressted no way no how then i seen it was april fools joke i totally forgot today was april fools day man anyway my heart is still beating fast when it slows down i wil have a good laugh i hope abby is doing ok hugs
Hahahaha, you completely had me going there! I kept thinking what in the world did he do???? Yes, I must confess that I did Google “odious versification” but I did vote that your blog should be kept :) That was perfect! Hahaha!!
OK you win the best April Fool's Day prank. You almost got me. I must say I am impressed with your photoshop skills. I bet you could make me look like Miss America! :)
YOU SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I usually don't use language like that, but my heart stopped and I got tears in my eyes. I couldn't believe what I was reading. I love you guys and hope you have a good day. God Bless you!!!
DUDE, that was just WRONG! It was a GOOD ONE.. I'll give you THAT! Ha!!!
Seriously, you photoshopped yourself into that police car??? Man, I SO NEED to learn how to work that! (I ordered photoshop a year or so ago and have YET to learn the first thing about it) =-/
You had me going until about 1/2 way through and then I remembered that it was April Fools Day. You are so funny. Hope you have a great day. Don't let the grouches get under your skin.
hahaha very funny. i was ttally freaked out. i officially hate you , jk no i dont. lol odius versification, very official sounding........ hope you have alot of laughs today!
Yes, that was pretty good and real looking too but I knew better. lol I thought you had a friend on the police force. Pretty good cropping there!!! =) Enjoyed the joke. lol
FYI - I JUST got my Abby t-shirt and I LOVE IT! I wore it to the YMCA today and when I really didn't want to keep movin' I saw her sweet face and thought - if she can fight like she has - I can push my rear end up over this bench again and again and again. I have actually used her for motivation to keep myself moving on many occasions - GO ABBY GO! Loves to all of you!
Pretty good....I even opened another tab to web dictionary to see what odius versification meant! My initial thought was for your poor wife and all she is already handling for Abby....thank God it's April Fools and that's all it is!
You are such a mess!!! POOR Michelle and Abby and Sami...they have to put up with you EVERYDAY>>> I have sympathy for you girls!!! Looking forward to Abby's update.
you know. at first I thought, " no way" but then as my day went on I started to wonder if this was an april fools joke or not. I figured I would try one more time to find out more info on all of this and I am so glad I did. :) ha ha! very funny. goodness. ok. I can breathe easier now. hope you are having a bunch of laughs over all of this today. :)
NOW I can say it is funny but while reading it . . . NOT!!!! I don't even know what O V is but was going to say you are not guilty. Have a great day!!! Gail and Johanna Faith
I just gotta say it...Brent is as odious a guy as I've known. I was celebrating his arrest...I'm deeply wounded and disappointed to realize it was a hoax.
Have you ever been told that you have a totally 'weird' sense of humor??? If not, then I am telling you now.
"Odious versification" ??? That sounded so bogus that I knew it had to be a joke. But.... I will admit that the first picture made my heart skip a beat.
Don't you wish you could look at this whole past year and be able to say "April Fools", it is all a big joke and that Abby really doesn't have anything wrong? But then all of us wouldn't have grown to love Abby and your family the way we have.
OH MY GOSH!!! If i could reach you, i think i would slap you real good....i fell for it and it tore me up.... I forgot all about the date..now i'm laughing...but not at first. I have always been leary of the computer anyway, and my first thought was (just being honest) has this family fooled me all this time, it broke my heart, but you GOT ME !! Now i can breathe, LOL LOL
Disgusting enough that you thought this post was an April Fool's Day joke, but even more disgusting are the people who think this is funny and I and some others just "don't get it". You have a seriously ill child and if this is the way you deal with it, you are totally irresponsible!
I saw this first thing this morning...I am a kindergarten teacher (with four kids of my own), so April 1 is always looming in my mind. I wasn't too surprised. Clever though! You are so much more technologically advanced than I am. :)
Are you sure this isn't Laughter Lives Wednesday? You really had me going! I thought 'OMG, my daughter-in-love just sent you a contract!' How could you?!?! And when I realized it was an April Fools joke (which was classic), I literally was laughing out loud! Thanks for the uplift today!
I like your mug shot was great. Very good joke. Sorry some people haven't learned to laugh. As parent of seriously ill child, I find that laughter is a really great stress releiver.
You got me too ! Then I had to go google to define odious versification lol. Of course I go pick a bad site and am just lucky my security kicked in and blocked it grrrrr. good one! :) Linda
wow... really good. At first I thought u knew someone who was a police officer and then when i saw odious and how scruffy u were looking, i thought they were booking u for being stinky?!? lol... funny tho!
I gotta say that I'm cautious (read skeptical) of things, so I wasn't taken in by your April Fool's joke, but I appreciated it. I thought it was well done. I came back today and decided to comment after reading that readers some were offended. As other readers have commented, I too can't understand, unless the offended people were joking back - though it didn't sound like that at all, how some people can't laugh in the middle of extremely challenging times. God made laughter, and laughter has always been a way I relieve stress. It's not always appropriate, but in a long-term trial, there's plenty of room for laughing and being silly. So, there's my two cents for the day (after).
188 comments:
That was pretty good.
However ... I KNOW you are sooo.... computer savvy that you could come up with this.
And ... I live with a husband that LOVES pranks.
Keep the laughter coming ...
Laurel
mama of 13
I was freaking out!!!!! what the heck??? Holy moly you got me thats for sure!
You are certifiable.
Now that was a FOOLS joke to remember :)
~Elyse~
sorry...you didn't get me. I am on the look-out for jokesters!!!
Oh wow!! I am so impressed with the photo shop skills!!! I thought maybe you knew a police officer or something and plotted to get a pic in the back of his car! GREAT STUFF!!!
I totally fell for that.. !
OK....that was funny! You had me for a minute...but I actually thought you had been hacked!! I even googled your name because I wasn't sure I should press any buttons if you had been hacked (your shot in the police car was good, but you weren't handcuffed...I have a little bit of sleuth in me...and seeing as how I live in a place where EVERYTHING is photoshopped, I have become quite good at spotting such things!)
Thanks for the laughs...it was just what I needed today!
I KNEW IT! THAT'S FUNNY!
You crack me up!
Oh my gosh! You totally had me!!!
That pic in the cop car looks SO REAL! I didn't even think about it being April 1.
Terrible! :D
Okay, you totally got me on this one. I was not expecting "this" because I'd forgotten all about this being "April fool's day".
I went everywhere trying to understand how this charge made any sense at all, but began to figure that in this world or political correctness and all the other "interesting" things that are happening, it was certainly possible for "them" to accuse one who stands strong for Christ of this accusation. Certainly much of Christ's teaching are extremely odious and are cause for much if not all of the content in Fox's Book of Martyrs.
I am relieved after spending 30+ minutes trying to find out how this was going down.
Your photo-shop work is superlative. Wish I had 1/10th you skills. Very good.
Hopefully this will never happen but if it does I also hope most if not all of us of us will hold fast to the teachings that come forth so readily from your life.
much love in
HIS Amazing Grace
Reeder
You had me... I looked up all the words my little german brain didn't know and was so worried...
That was the best yet scariest April Fools ever!
grrrrrrrrr LOL :D yes the cop car looks REAL
The car picture was great, however your "lines" in your "lineup" shot don't line up, lol, so I new I had been had then. LOL
I was on the lookout for April fools things, So I knew right away it was fake.... How funny this one is. Good job with the photoshop. :) I am sure this will bring a smile to Abi :)
Haha.. You had me flipping out!! But I should know by now that you would pull something like this... Happy aprils fools day..god bless!!!
Keep the laughter going!!
Too funny.....at first I thought it was some funky virus!
So yeah, for that split second, you got me...but I was already onto the April Fools joke. I put a plastic spider in one of my boys lunches this morning. HEE HEE!
I declare that this man is blatently guilty of odius versification!
BOOK 'EM DANO!
Haaaaaaaaaaa!
You're a genius, I swear.
LOL...Very good!! Make it a great day!
Brent, out of all the people I know, you're one of them.
Silly Goose.
Oh MAN April 1st is over here in Oz so I wasn't ready for a prank!!! Technically you are the April Fool because it's after 12pm here. So there.
You are a bad boy Brent Riggs!!! Hope you have a nice night in jail eating lettuce and stale bread.
Marie.
You are really a "fool" and that is a mild description of you.
Ha ... you aren't right!
HA! I actually typed in April Fools in the prank comment box. I don't even know you and I think I have to go look up the word that you were being charged with. I answered yes for both just because I figured it was a prank. LOL Good one though, because the rest of us that can't do that on our computers will be really jealous.
Have a great day.
I didn"t remember it was April Fools day...and I was crying because I thought you had really been arrested. I am still not laughing, just relieved beyond what I can tell you. I thought the mug shot was a bit odd b/c my husband is a cop...and I thought it was a bit bold of blogger to post pictures of an arrest, but I was too upset to even think about it. WHEW!!! Praying for you guys!
You are ROTTEN!!!
LOL--that's hilarious! Have a great day!
That was not funny:>) WOW, you got me,and got me good, especially w/that pic in the cop car!!! Hahaha
Since my almost four year old had just "got me" with a silly AF joke (that only a 4 year old would think is funny!), I knew what you were doing but I was totally impressed with your skills! :)
Didn't get me, but I can't wait to see who else you get!
Yes, Brent, those pictures are surely ones you'll want to save for next year's Christmas letter!
You got me!
I kept telling myself "this has got to be an April Fools Joke" but had to keep going just to be sure!! The picture of you in the cop care is way real looking!!
You got me DUDE!!! Dang you are good!
I was so confused I even googled odious versification I know I'm a dork. But you got me hahaha.
Hilarious!!!!!
LOL. You, together with one of my coworkers, would be a dangerous April Fools combination!
Just what I needed...a good laugh! A nice way to start my Wednesday! Praying daily for Abby and all of you...
Kimberly in Alabama
Okay, that was mean. I was freaking out and getting ready to call in my peeps to release you. Seriously...I can't handle such news this early in the morning. You are on my list! YES, you had me. That was too good!
You never seize to amaze us w/all the "gift" God has given you!!!
Love that you can have this much FUN!!! Laughter is the best medicine!
Ha ha-nice. At first I wasn't sure, but that was a great aprils fool day joke. How'd you make those blogger pages?
Okay, first of all - I had to look up the definition of "odious versification"!
Great pics and April fools day joke!
You definitely had me going
OH GEEEEEEZ, I read your blog first thing every morning and
"forgetting" the date , I too, was freaking out thinking the worst... You are one funny guy!! You sure stopped my heart and put a huge smile on my face in the matter of 60 seconds!!!!!
Becky B.
Mom of 8
Thank you fo rmaking my heart stop beating while pooping in my big girl panties. Appreciated it, I think. lol
You freaked me out!!!
I'm going to have to spend at least 5 minutes until I can forgive you. I did not need a heart attack this morning!
Oh yeah I had to sit and read fine print for a minute..you had me!!! Good one :)
That was a good one! You had me fooled for a little bit but couldn't understand why you had a grin on your face in the mug shot. LOL Have a blessed day!
Okay school is done for the day. First I looked at all your other blogs to see if they had been shut down, then i clicked on your blog a bunch. my mind said if it was shut down then it would just be shut down they would not let you post that. then i looked up your crime and it was something to do with stealing money (did not read it well). okay so let me say i am sorry for thinking you could do that. Then i decided to vote no, because you would not steal money. so i clicked not guilty. thanks for reminding me that it is April Fool's Day. I am now going to look up your crime again then call friends and be upset (hahaha) and have them look at your site. Thanks for helping me get my April Fools day going
OMG! I almost started crying! Thank goodness it's not true! I seriously was so worried and my heart sank! Good prank though!
JamieV
You got me! I did have to look up the definition though and then began to wonder.
wow, you had me there for a second, then I was going back and forth "well, it IS April 1st....but it has been a nasty week with people accusing stuff...maybe...it IS April 1st...etc."
LOL...you totally just made my day :-)
I didn't fall for that one. My kindergarteners and I just read an April Fool's story in class yesterday, so I may be walking into a trap when I get to work this morning!
I actually looked up the term "odious versification" before I voted, just to be fair, and I'm one of the only ones that voted "no." LOL
See you when you make bail!
Sorry, but I know you well enough that I didn't fall for it. But I was still laughing my head off :) Very good!!
Phyllis
Love the pic of you in the police car!!!
hey!!! you scared me!!!! :O
ok-I´m laughing now but ...that wasn´t funny!!! - you really scared me...!!! huh... :D :D
I had no idea what that charge meant, thought it was probably an April Fools joke and UBER appreciated you posting it!!!!!!!!!What fun!!
Great photos, and a great way to start my day Brent!!
Prayers for a BLESSED April 1 for you and your house!!
Linda
at www.smithsoup.blogspot.com
Sorry, ya didn't fool me! But it was still a clever little prank. :)
OH MAN--I fell for that hook, line and sinker!!! That's just mean--very good--but mean!! Thanks for making me smile!
I have had a terrible morning, I felt sick when I turned up your page. It may be a joke to you, but I have been so upset all morning I was shaking.
I don't wish to be part of this sort of thing, I can do without this shock. so I no longer want to follow your page.
You are so mean,scareing us like that. Just kidding. That was kool!
Classic!!!
oh...you want to laugh at me? -so I´ll tell you what I did.. :D :D
as I´m not native English speaker I had no idea what "odious versification" was so I googled it and it didn´t make sense - so I was searching in my dictionary - I didn´t find it -so I said NO - whatever it is, you can´t be guilty...honnestly it took me few minutes to click on the button and well, I´m laughing now :D :D :D ...but it scared me at first :D :D
good job!
That is funny, you did great job ;-)
Good thing I clicked into comments ... I should have known better just from the few months I have been following! Good One -
Juli
Not nice! Scared me :( Funny though!
Jen
That is soooooooo funny!! Great job and Happy April fool's day!!
That was funny! I am so impressed with your Photoshop skills! Happy April Fool's day!
YOU POOP! I WAS FEELING SO MAD! OH ...THAT IS FUNNY!
pretty good! i think my heart rate went up a little bit!!! :)
OMG, I was seriously worried and scared for your wife and kiddos there for a minute. I almost didn't continue on and started to look you up on google! Good thing I didn't. That was funny though. :)
Shame on ME for falling for this. Proves that I should never read blogs before the coffee kicks in.
Just remember, paybacks are due.
Bwah hah hahh ahhahhahha (my best evil laugh)
Ok you totally had me for a minute! Until I realized it was April 1st! Good one! Have a great day!
OMG! You had me scared to death there for a couple minutes! All I could think was "how will I be able to get updates on Abby if this blog is shut down???" Big sigh of relief knowing it was just an April Fool's joke! You got me good with that one!
with your great witty personality, I knew that this was for april fools but enjoyed it anyway...what a great idea!
THAT was funny! Where did you find the time to do all that. :)
britt
You better be glad I'm down here in Missippi! OMGoodness! I'm a big jokester, but I totally fell for it - especially after the post about the rude people and all.
Oh my! My heart is still pounding! I saw your tweet as I was getting in my car to head to work (A 20 minute drive!!), and my heart seriously hurt the whole way!
Only you, Brent.....
Stacey in Missippi
Ha! Ha! You are so funny! It's great you have such a great sense of humor. Laughter is good medicine. Love you all, Janna
That was great !!!
Happy April fool's day
Hahaha!!! I thought maybe your site had been hacked. I knew you hadn't been arrested!! (or if you had it was unjust)
Brent, as much as I love you guys I have to say that this was not well recieved by me. Some jokes are funny yes, however talking about being jailed and your blog removed, not funny at all.
I hate to sound like a party pooper, but this didnt sit well with me. Especially during some really difficult times for many people in the blogging world.
Just being honest.
Love and Prayers,
Tim
uh, that was hilarious. and my heart nearly stopped when i first read it, as i was fearful that brent had seriously been hauled off to the big house...i *might* have forgotten that today is april fool's day..
thanks for the laugh!
blessings from mn
That is hilarious!!!!!!!!
When I got the notification of an urgent message, I was concerned. Then when I saw that I was being redirected, I figured this was a celebration of the day. I was sort of on the lookout. Today is also my son's birthday, so we're aware of the day - weeks in advance actually! ;-P
Glad your "Urgent Message" wasn't about beautiful Abby. Oh, and just for the record, all of your daughters are beautiful.
Have a blessed day!
The Hewetts
I knew it had to be a joke!! That was pretty realistic though! Good job.
You're a goob! Love the cop car pic. Too cool! Have a good one!
Okay, I almost had a nervous breakdown. Very good, Brent. My heart is still pounding. I was so
mad. Thanks alot! God bless you
guys.
Too funny!
The Boyces
perfect!! i forgot it was april 1! i was fooled!
That was great!! And your photo-shopping skills are amazing! Praying for you and yours. Whenever I think of Abby on the go, I start by praying/pleading "Abba, Abby." With love and prayers from another adoptive family (3 or our 4 kids).
GREAT!!! I don't expect anyone to fool me any better today.
I love it!! Although you didn't fool me... I think this is the greatest April Fools ever!!! Great Job!!
When I saw the picture in the cop... my exact thought 'man he did an awesome job on that one' and I think for fooling people you should show us how you did that!!
Have a great one!!!!!
I about had the big one! No better way to get all of us lurkers out then to scare us half to death! I dont' expect to have that one topped today!
My heart rate just jumped to about twice the normal rate...good golly you got me good. Enjoy a prank filled day and God bless you and your sweet family.
You are just awful!!! LOL. I was wondering what kind of blog I had been following!!!
That was a CRUEL joke!
Okay...so I know I'm blonde...but it took me reading the comments to figure out what was going on!!! I sat on your blog for a good 10 minutes, I closed the browser, tried again, tried again, tried again. Then realized after reading the comments that it's April 1st!! I hate being fooled...but YOU got me :)
Oh my gosh! I was desperately checking other blogs and couldn't figure out why no one was PRAYING FOR YOU TO GET OUT OF JAIL!!!!!! I'm glad I finally went back and clicked for more info!
HOW COOL was that! Your mug shot is soooo funny looking-sorry!!
ok you got me.. and I live with a jokester- guess explains why I refreshed my screen a few times, before believing it!!!!
Great work!
Angie
Hilarious! Even though I knew it was a prank, I could not bring myself to mark "yes". I would be so sad if your blog was suspended!!
That was a good one!! :) Very impressed with the photoshop skills!
Bwwwaaa haaaaa haaaa! You're good! Have a great day...if no one gets you for this.
Hilarious! Happy April Fools Day!
FUNNY!!! Laughter really does live here!!! (I admit. I was fooled for just a second. But only a second!!!)
Okay- THAT was TOO FUNNY!!! LOVE it. :0) Amy
You got me, too. I was searching for the definition of Odius Versification, then news storys about this. I didn't want to say you were guilty of something unil I researched it, lol..Good one!
That is classic! Way to go!
LOL!! I forgot it was April Fools ... thanks for the reminder. That was funny, even though I couldn't figure out how odious versification was somehow criminal. Have a great day, and thanks for the laugh!
HAHAH I knew it was not real.It was a good prank tho.Love it
ROFL!!! you are a tricky mister!! I figured something was up though when I tried to look up odius versification and only came up with your blogger page. lol!
Honestly, the cop car ... great! The mug shot ... too happy. Give away ... all the yeses to close the blog. We all know that too many people love you guys and that there are only a handful of spoil sports out there who criticize you guys! My the way ... had to look up odious versification. Thanks for the vocabulary lesson, my kids will thank you later after I add it to our homeschooling lessons next week!
Blessings, Just Me
you booger! (can I call you a booger if I don't know you personally?!) It took me a little to realize that "duh, it's April fools" because I didn't click past the first page..... I figured someone hijacked your blog and was being hateful or something! VERY clever indeed!
I fell for it.. HONESTLY!
That was a most Excellent April Fool's joke, but I did catch on pretty quick.
Your computer skills and ideas are UNBELIEVABLE! Wish I was as computer saavy as you! Just love your blog! You Go Girl!!!....um, I mean MAN!!
Amy
HAHAHAHAHA.............. I KNEW IT ALL ALONG YOUR ND UP IN FAMILY WOULD NEVER BE IN TROUBLE. GOD FEARING PEOPLE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE HIS MERCY AND LOVE ALL THE TIME, EVEN IN ADVERSITY. LOVING YOU GUYS MORE THAN EVER ..................HUGS
SUSARAH AND THE WILLIAMS FAMILY
I can't imagine how anyone that has been following you for any lenght of time would really fall for that - but seriously funny!
Okay, you got me for a bit. I'm with Emily, I was like "What the heck is odious versification". HA! Too funny!!! (Sort of)
I was in shock - you totally got me! Loved it! Look forward to your blog everyday. Thanks for the laugh.
BY FAR - the Best April Fool's Joke so far today! I love it ... thanks for the laugh at work - and I LOVE the cop car photo ... looks pretty authentic ...
Happy April Fool's Day Everyon!
The Clark Family
I love a good joke but personally I think that very poor taste. I saw the first page with the Blogger redirect and thought "wow...this family's testimony is really going down the tubes." I've heard from others who get to your blog from mine and they started to doubt your story. How sad for Abby if people stopped praying for her to get better because they think you are some sort of con artist. The sad fact is some people scam others by pretending to have sick kids. Its disgusting but people like that are out there. A number of people thought that about you after your post.
I've officially lost a lot of respect for you. I'm sure someone as smart as you could have come up with a better April Fool's joke.
So silly you are!
I had to look up what odious versification was and when I looked it up I knew it was a joke. Very good one though! I love your blog, love your faithfulness to God and love that you are not afraid to stand for HIM! Praise God for people like the Riggs family! Praying for Abby continuously! Ann
gosh you had me scared i was like what in the heck then i clicked on more and that came up i thought aint no way brent was arressted no way no how then i seen it was april fools joke i totally forgot today was april fools day man anyway my heart is still beating fast when it slows down i wil have a good laugh i hope abby is doing ok hugs
Hahahaha, you completely had me going there! I kept thinking what in the world did he do???? Yes, I must confess that I did Google “odious versification” but I did vote that your blog should be kept :)
That was perfect! Hahaha!!
OK you win the best April Fool's Day prank. You almost got me. I must say I am impressed with your photoshop skills. I bet you could make me look like Miss America! :)
you totally had me!!!
i got so sad :(
hahahahaha!
YOU SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I usually don't use language like that, but my heart stopped and I got tears in my eyes. I couldn't believe what I was reading.
I love you guys and hope you have a good day.
God Bless you!!!
Oh My God!!!!!!!!!
you really got me!!!! I was so sad for you.. heehe, even not knowing what you did!!!
Very funny!!!!
I'm gonna CLOBBER you!!! I took that DEAD serious and now I look like a total idiot!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! LOVED it!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
Thanks, I needed that! I didn't fall for it but I enjoyed it just the same.
I might have fallen for Prolific but Odious was a bit harsh.
oh gosh...you had me there for a minute...
Yikes! Good work on the photos!!
Worrying in Washington,
Kristine, Abbie and Grace
NAUGHTY!!!!
bwahhhhaaaha! I LOVE the photo's! Great job! I LOVED that!
DUDE, that was just WRONG! It was a GOOD ONE.. I'll give you THAT! Ha!!!
Seriously, you photoshopped yourself into that police car??? Man, I SO NEED to learn how to work that! (I ordered photoshop a year or so ago and have YET to learn the first thing about it) =-/
PRAYING for your family...
LOVE,
Tonya
You had me going until about 1/2 way through and then I remembered that it was April Fools Day. You are so funny. Hope you have a great day. Don't let the grouches get under your skin.
I loved it! I was scared there for a moment!Great prank!
i thought about the day and knew that it almost had to be a prank!
Hey, that was pretty good! I figured it was an AF joke, but enjoyed it nonetheless :-)
hahaha very funny. i was ttally freaked out. i officially hate you , jk no i dont. lol odius versification, very official sounding........ hope you have alot of laughs today!
haha awesome! i didn't even know what Odius Versification was/is. Funny!
OMgosh! I just kept thinking...what the heck could he have possibly done??? LOL
You definitely got me! LOL
Too funny! BTW, I LOVE LOVE LOVE the note above :)
Yes, that was pretty good and real looking too but I knew better. lol I thought you had a friend on the police force. Pretty good cropping there!!! =) Enjoyed the joke. lol
FYI - I JUST got my Abby t-shirt and I LOVE IT! I wore it to the YMCA today and when I really didn't want to keep movin' I saw her sweet face and thought - if she can fight like she has - I can push my rear end up over this bench again and again and again. I have actually used her for motivation to keep myself moving on many occasions - GO ABBY GO! Loves to all of you!
I knew it! But funny anyway!
You totally got me!! I forgot it was April fools day:( Good one though!!
yep, thought you were hacked too!
OMG, so NOT funny!!! LOL!!! I was worried for a minute. Today is not a good day for catching up on blogs!
I would love to be able to get back to your real site though. You are too too funny. thanks for the humor today.
V
made me smile:) You had me there for a split second:) Thanks for the sense of humor!
Katherine H.
Pretty good....I even opened another tab to web dictionary to see what odius versification meant! My initial thought was for your poor wife and all she is already handling for Abby....thank God it's April Fools and that's all it is!
You are such a mess!!! POOR Michelle and Abby and Sami...they have to put up with you EVERYDAY>>> I have sympathy for you girls!!! Looking forward to Abby's update.
You are a RIOT! I love it!
That is so funny! I wish I knew half of much about computers as you do!!
I knew this was a joke from the start. I trust your character too much to believe such a thing....whatever odious versification is! Good one!
Too funny! Thank goodness I remembered it was April 1.
i could have lived without it i'm an interssessor for crying out loud your keepin me from prayin 8-)
you know. at first I thought, " no way" but then as my day went on I started to wonder if this was an april fools joke or not. I figured I would try one more time to find out more info on all of this and I am so glad I did. :) ha ha! very funny.
goodness. ok. I can breathe easier now. hope you are having a bunch of laughs over all of this today. :)
NOW I can say it is funny but while reading it . . . NOT!!!!
I don't even know what O V is but was going to say you are not guilty.
Have a great day!!!
Gail and Johanna Faith
I just gotta say it...Brent is as odious a guy as I've known. I was celebrating his arrest...I'm deeply wounded and disappointed to realize it was a hoax.
Where is the justice in this world????
I love it.. too fun! Thanks for the giggles!
Ok - you got me too! I was really unnerved and looking up the definition of those words trying to figure out WHAT THE HECK?????
Crazy man!!!
HAHAHA I LOVE IT!
You totally had me going!!
Have you ever been told that you have a totally 'weird' sense of humor??? If not, then I am telling you now.
"Odious versification" ??? That sounded so bogus that I knew it had to be a joke. But.... I will admit that the first picture made my heart skip a beat.
Don't you wish you could look at this whole past year and be able to say "April Fools", it is all a big joke and that Abby really doesn't have anything wrong? But then all of us wouldn't have grown to love Abby and your family the way we have.
I will be on the lookout next year !!
Ann Stegall
Wake Forest, NC
i will admit for about 1.5 seconds i fell for it. but then remembered what today is.
you're too clever!
1) You got me!
2) For those who don't get it, they never will. "Taste" is a matter of personal preference.
3) Regarding comments; I'm glad you're screening. I'm always shocked when people don't. They must be really, really could at ignore/delete etc...
4) I hope Abby's feeling ok after a rough day of tx.
Wow! You had me for a minute. Too funny! I'm impressed with your photo shop skills. The cop car did look real.
Best prank I've seen all day! Great job!
That was too funny, good one.
You bad!!!
Great April Fool's joke. Another blogger I read had her readers believing she is pregnant (she's not). She has identical 17 month old triplet boys!
Ha ha ha ha! I knew that wasn't true! This is an April Fool's joke! Ha!
OH MY GOSH!!! If i could reach you, i think i would slap you real good....i fell for it and it tore me up.... I forgot all about the date..now i'm laughing...but not at first. I have always been leary of the computer anyway, and my first thought was (just being honest) has this family fooled me all this time, it broke my heart, but you GOT ME !! Now i can breathe, LOL LOL
Creative! Nice one! :)
Disgusting enough that you thought this post was an April Fool's Day joke, but even more disgusting are the people who think this is funny and I and some others just "don't get it". You have a seriously ill child and if this is the way you deal with it, you are totally irresponsible!
whoa! It really did look like you where in that cop car! ha!
tooooo funny!
what a dork
Not falling for it:)
Happy April Fools day!
I saw this first thing this morning...I am a kindergarten teacher (with four kids of my own), so April 1 is always looming in my mind. I wasn't too surprised. Clever though! You are so much more technologically advanced than I am. :)
haha. Poissons d'Avril!
I had to look up the meaning of what you were charged with LOL That was fun!! Glad you had a few good laughs.
Are you sure this isn't Laughter Lives Wednesday? You really had me going! I thought 'OMG, my daughter-in-love just sent you a contract!' How could you?!?! And when I realized it was an April Fools joke (which was classic), I literally was laughing out loud! Thanks for the uplift today!
I like your mug shot was great. Very good joke. Sorry some people haven't learned to laugh. As parent of seriously ill child, I find that laughter is a really great stress releiver.
I loved this, totally fell for it hook line and sinker. Thanks for the greatest laugh all day!
Sioux
You got me too ! Then I had to go google to define odious versification lol.
Of course I go pick a bad site and am just lucky my security kicked in and blocked it grrrrr.
good one! :)
Linda
LOL brent, some people need to lighten up : )
I seriously don't understand the people that can't laugh about this.
So ... you have a seriously ill child ... and you are supposed to sit around and cry and pray all day? Laughter isn't allowed?
Have they not read your blog? Ummm ... purple tongues ... those must not have been funny either.
Even though you didn't "get me", I thought it was hilarious, and so did my family when I showed them.
Laughter is ... a GOOD thing!!! Thanks for giving us the gift of laughter today. I'm glad that most of the comments brought laughter you way, too.
Blessings,
Laurel
mama of 13
wow... really good. At first I thought u knew someone who was a police officer and then when i saw odious and how scruffy u were looking, i thought they were booking u for being stinky?!? lol... funny tho!
I gotta say that I'm cautious (read skeptical) of things, so I wasn't taken in by your April Fool's joke, but I appreciated it. I thought it was well done. I came back today and decided to comment after reading that readers some were offended. As other readers have commented, I too can't understand, unless the offended people were joking back - though it didn't sound like that at all, how some people can't laugh in the middle of extremely challenging times. God made laughter, and laughter has always been a way I relieve stress. It's not always appropriate, but in a long-term trial, there's plenty of room for laughing and being silly. So, there's my two cents for the day (after).
Praying for Abby and all of you!
Post a Comment