Australian Comedian Trolls Neighbor By Stealing A Flood Light And Shares The Hilarious E-mail Exchange

by Elana

If you've been living under a rock and haven't heard of Australian humorist and author David Thorne let me catch you up real quick. Thorne earned a spot in the public eye in 2008 when an email exchange between himself and a bill collector, in which he attempted to pay a bill with a drawing of a seven-legged spider. The story spread like fire throughout the Internet and drew some well-deserved attention to his personal website, 27bslash6. The story was so popular in Australia that it was voted most popular news story of 2008 in Australia, where it received five times the views of any other article for the year. At one point, the drawing of the spider went to auction on eBay where the top bidder won it for $10,000. He later refused to pay, stating he bid in jest.

Since the viral incident in 2008 Thorne has become an exceptionally popular Internet personality. His work has been featured on a plethora of very well known talk shows including The Ellen DeGeneres Show and Late Night With Conan O'Brien! His book, The Internet Is A Playground debuted at the number four spot on the New York Times Bestseller list and his regular doses of real-life humor continue to relentlessly crack us all up via his website.

There, now that you're all caught up we can discuss the latest incident that has us all utterly rolling with laughter! Self-admittedly, Thorne has not found himself a reputation of getting along with his neighbors, regardless of where in the world he resides. As he recounted what led to the incident, we can only imagine the look of humor on your face as you read it:

1. The Beginning

This is the note that began the final interactions between David and his neighbor.

David Thorne

2. Not Amused

David's neighbor, Justin was not as amused as we are.

David Thorne

3. Australia Versus Massanutten

Have you seen Australian wildlife? it's terrifying. Not as terrifying as a raccoon, but you know, perspective....

David Thorne

4. David's Solution

I find his solution to the wildlife quite elegant, don't you?

David Thorne

5. Uh-Oh...

Justin appears to have skipped to the end of the e-mail and chosen to focus on nothing more than the gas comment. It looks like Justin gets pretty honest about missing his old neighbors...