Birthday Billboard Blows Up Manโ€™s Phone With Well Wishers

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. โ€” A New Jersey man had to get a new phone number after he was overwhelmed with birthday wishes when his sons put up a billboard asking people to call him.

The SunSentinel reports Chris Ferry doesnโ€™t turn 62 until Saturday. But already heโ€™s received some 15,000 Facebook messages and phone calls from people who saw the sign along a highway in Linwood, New Jersey.

The sign has Ferryโ€™s phone number, his photograph and the words โ€™WISH MY DAD HAPPY BIRTHDAYโ€.

Ferryโ€™s son, who shares his name, lives in Boynton Beach, Florida. He told station WPBF he and his brother Michael never thought the sign would be such a hit.

The elder Ferry took a selfie in front of the billboard, but heโ€™s looking forward to the day it comes down.