Now that's how you decorate a house!

12-06-09, 06:59 PM

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Well, there is good news and bad news about my Christmas decorations this year.

Good news is that I truly out did myself this year with my Christmas decorations. The bad news is that I had to take him down after 2 days. I had more people come screaming up to my house than ever. Great stories. But two things made me take it down. First, the cops advised me that it would cause traffic accidents as they almost wrecked when they drove by. Second, a 55 year old lady grabbed the 75 pound ladder almost killed herself putting it against my house and didn't realize it was fake until she climbed to the top (she was not happy). By the way, 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 up my yard.

Kind of feel like I gave in to the man by taking him down but my neighbor did confirm to near miss accidents on the busy street next to my house. I think I made him too real this time.

So it was fun while it lasted

Skybird · 12-06-09, 07:18 PM

Apropos. there is one thing on my mind since some weeks, that I felt all the time I need to bring into order again. Why haven't I earlier...

Last christmas or the christmas before, I don't exactly remember, i posted a photo of a house in my neighbourhood with a hilarious amount of very "kitschig" christmas LED figures and christmas lightshow and such, and I questioned the taste and the mental sanity of the people doing that, a British soldier family, that even had set up a box where they wanted to collect money for the power bill. I said I read the poster on the fly, which I did from my bicycle - but I just read the headline - not the small print. Bad mistake.

Last month another appartment owner in my house told me what it actually was about. The British family actually collected money that way to buy toys as christmas presents for the kids of British soldiers serving and sometimes having fallen in Iraq or Afghanistan. As i heared last month, they collected around 300 Euros, and payed the powerbill themselves

To those of you remembering my post and the picture, I have to say this:

I regret my mockery of that time, caused by my own fault when not having read that sign completely. I express my respect for the intention of the family trying to do somethign about the issue on their mind, and hereby apologize. I really made an idiot of myself back then. I'm sorry.

I hereby also apologize to the members of 1st infantry batallion, Yorkshire Regiment, currently stationed in my home town. The units are rotating every two years or so , but I think they were already here back then.

P.S.
The family in question is no longer here, the house stands empty since some months.

Reece · 12-06-09, 07:35 PM

I have to admit that when I saw the picture first I thought to myself "Gee his gutters are damned tough!"

Sure looks real but yes a good idea to take it down.

Arclight · 12-06-09, 07:36 PM

@Skybird: A sad, but honest mistake.

And that's one heck of a decoration.

12-06-09, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Reece

I have to admit that when I saw the picture first I thought to myself "Gee his gutters are damned tough!"

Sure looks real but yes a good idea to take it down.

You and me both!
My exact thought was:
"Wow, solid gutters. Sure can't be plastic."

Sailor Steve · 12-07-09, 03:41 PM

That's a good one! Right up there with those fake arms and legs you can hang out of the trunk of your car.

AVGWarhawk · 12-07-09, 04:51 PM

Good decoration!

Shearwater · 12-07-09, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

That's a good one! Right up there with those fake arms and legs you can hang out of the trunk of your car.

@AVG: New idea - how about "People passing away in my passat"

12-06-09, 07:18 PM	#2
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,602 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Apropos. there is one thing on my mind since some weeks, that I felt all the time I need to bring into order again. Why haven't I earlier... Last christmas or the christmas before, I don't exactly remember, i posted a photo of a house in my neighbourhood with a hilarious amount of very "kitschig" christmas LED figures and christmas lightshow and such, and I questioned the taste and the mental sanity of the people doing that, a British soldier family, that even had set up a box where they wanted to collect money for the power bill. I said I read the poster on the fly, which I did from my bicycle - but I just read the headline - not the small print. Bad mistake. Last month another appartment owner in my house told me what it actually was about. The British family actually collected money that way to buy toys as christmas presents for the kids of British soldiers serving and sometimes having fallen in Iraq or Afghanistan. As i heared last month, they collected around 300 Euros, and payed the powerbill themselves To those of you remembering my post and the picture, I have to say this: I regret my mockery of that time, caused by my own fault when not having read that sign completely. I express my respect for the intention of the family trying to do somethign about the issue on their mind, and hereby apologize. I really made an idiot of myself back then. I'm sorry. I hereby also apologize to the members of 1st infantry batallion, Yorkshire Regiment, currently stationed in my home town. The units are rotating every two years or so , but I think they were already here back then. P.S. The family in question is no longer here, the house stands empty since some months. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

12-06-09, 07:35 PM	#3
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,688 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	I have to admit that when I saw the picture first I thought to myself "Gee his gutters are damned tough!" Sure looks real but yes a good idea to take it down. __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

12-06-09, 07:36 PM	#4
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	@Skybird: A sad, but honest mistake. And that's one heck of a decoration. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

12-07-09, 03:41 PM	#6
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	That's a good one! Right up there with those fake arms and legs you can hang out of the trunk of your car. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

12-07-09, 04:51 PM	#7
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Good decoration! __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road