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Tuesday, December 8. 2009

Christmas decorating

This silly thing is going around the email circuit, so I guess we can use it here:


"The good news is that I truly outdid myself this year with my Christmas decorations. The bad news is that I had to take them down after 2 days ... First, the cops advised me that my clever display would cause traffic accidents as they themselves almost wrecked when they first drove by. Secondly, an old lady grabbed the 75-pound ladder and almost killed herself by climbing to the top (she was not happy). She was one of many people who attempted to do that. My yard couldn't take it either. I have more than a few tire tracks where people literally drove into my yard."

Posted by Bird Dog in The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 11:03 | Comments (8) | Trackbacks (0)

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Musta been something!Good any pics?
#1 RL on 2009-12-08 14:10 (Reply)
....ah, I think that is the pic. ;)
#2 milabro on 2009-12-08 14:43 (Reply)
I hope that's a dummy up there. Of one kind or another....

Marianne
#3 Marianne Matthews on 2009-12-08 16:54 (Reply)
Do you remember the name of the gutter installer?
#4 Steve in CT on 2009-12-08 17:20 (Reply)
Fifteen years ago, I had this happen to me - shattered my right ankle, broke my right hip and separated my right shoulder.

There hasn't been a Christmas light on my house since. :>)

PS: The gutters? They stayed up.
#5 Tom Francis on 2009-12-08 22:44 (Reply)
May not believe me but that is my house. I live in KC and people told me it has been all over the internet. I didn't believe them....I do now
#6 Kerry scanlon on 2009-12-09 22:52 (Reply)
Kerry,

If this is your house (even if it isn't) it's the best display I think I've ever seen.

Brought me a "Ho Ho Ha" that still reverberates!

Thanks and a Merry Christmas to you & yours!

Cheers.
#6.1 Garry on 2009-12-10 00:27 (Reply)
Maybe 10 years ago there was a rancher in southwest Nebraska who posed a wrecked helicopter near his home which was located along a federal highway. I can't remember how he came in possession of a wrecked helicopter. Anyway, within just a couple of hours the FAA had telephoned him as they were being inundated by reports of a "helicopter crash". He had like, until 4:00 pm that day to move the wreck or they were going to prosecute him. I guess the moral of the story is that there are a lot of people who do not 'look the other way' when they see something out of the ordinary.
#7 feeblemind on 2009-12-11 12:24 (Reply)

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