Moms are the funniest people alive.

When Dalton Ross, a college student from Tennessee, left home in January to study abroad in London, he knew his mom would miss him.

So, Ross (formerly of "when life gives you lemons" meme fame) did what any good son would.

Dalton Ross

He sent her a cardboard cutout of himself.

"I texted and called my mom a lot the first few weeks I was here in London and I after I got settled in it started to become less and less often as I got busy with schoolwork," Ross told BuzzFeed. "So I just thought one day that it would be funny, after not talking in a while, if she went out to get the mail one day and there was a giant me waiting for her with a goofy face."

Susan Talley

And his mom had a field day with it.

"The package arrived around Valentine’s day and I thought my husband had outdone himself," his mom, Susan Talley, told BuzzFeed. "Since he couldn’t claim credit for it, I opened it and saw Dalton’s face staring right at me! I laughed for a solid 14 minutes."

Talley said the cutout looked so real that it actually scared her a few times.

"I thought, 'OK, if he’s that realistic, I’m going to have some fun with this,'" she said. "I packed him in the car and started the adventure."

Susan Talley

Here's "Flat Dalton" curling up in bed with a good book.

So peaceful.

Susan Talley

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