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drunken Santa Claus

Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 4:44 pm
by Peter
got a non-Trojan problem.

The street I live on could compete with the Griswold's for Christmas lights and decorations.

Not to be out done, I bought a 12 foot inflatable electric Santa Claus, which, yesterday, I screwed in to the porch overhang of above my front door. There is a small railing running around the perimeter of the overhang, and when Santa is plugged-in he stands smiling, 12 feet tall,
lit brightly, over my front door waving to the neighborhood children.

When he is unplugged however, he slowly slouches forward, over the railing, arms hanging straight down, looking like he's either vomiting, or dead....[In fact he looks like my sea-sick and drunken brother-in-law, vomiting over my transom, on to my freshly refinished swim platform :roll: ]

[This morning there were children across the street waiting at the school-bus stop, crying that we had killed Santa :cry: ...kidding]

Last night when I realized this at about midnight, I had to go outside and tried to push him back up over the railing, with a long stick. It was quite windy, and I was quite cold. I realized later, that I was only wearing my bathrobe, and didn't have any underwear on.

This morning, Mrs. Smith, my neighbor, and one of the local church ladies, just glared at me and wouldn't talk to me.

Any advice would be helpful. HO HO HO...

Interestingly, when he's inflating in the wind, he looks like a drunken Santa trying to break dance....

Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 5:04 pm
by ready123
The whole idea of these things is to keep them on 24/7 till the end of the season.
That way your local utility company can survive another year. If you really want to save the $$ (grinch) you could always run a rope around his neck and attach it to a sky hook! :wink:

Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 6:25 pm
by chauzer
thats PRICELESS!! them ladies were probably trying to sneak a peek! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 9:46 pm
by wowzer52
The Griswold's would have been proud.

Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 10:54 pm
by 1967 seavoyager
Looks like you got caught un aware - without your unnawear !

Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 11:30 pm
by Peter
deflated him again tonight [dressed properly]. Still laughing, it's windy again, swear to God it looks like he's got the dry heaves. Can't :lol: take much more of this. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 5:43 am
by LSP
...as much fun as you are having with this, I'm surprised you inflate him at all. hahaha

Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 7:59 am
by g36
how about some christmas pics?

Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 2:20 pm
by randyp
Oh yeah....send us them pics!!! Laughed my ass off!

Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 2:34 pm
by vabeach1234
A co-worker emailed this to me:

Well, there is good news and bad news about my Christmas decorations.
The good news is that I truly outdid myself this year. The bad news is that I had to take them down after only two 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 ladder and 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). 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.
I think I made him too real this time . But it was fun while it lasted.

http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab96 ... ations.jpg

Good Times...

Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 2:56 pm
by rossjo
Now THAT is funny!

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Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 2:58 pm
by LSP
yeah ...that's going around here at my work. hahahaha

Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 6:02 pm
by 1967 seavoyager
A Binford Tools jacket would've been perfect.

Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 8:08 am
by vabeach1234
Better yet...

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Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 11:07 am
by randyp
What a funny picture! "Ditto" wins the prize for most original house lights ever!!