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jane_pippin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 03:25 PM
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Is putting a wreath on the grill of your giant pickup truck necessary?
Edited on Wed Dec-21-05 03:25 PM by jane_pippin
On my walk back from lunch I just saw a gigantic, what looks to be new, pick up truck with a huge wreath stuck to its grill.

You want to celebrate the season, fine. Enjoy yourself. But is this entirely necessary? Must everything be adorned?

*sigh*

I guess I don't really care when it comes down to it, but I'm tired, cold, there's literally nothing to do at work, all I want to do is whine or sleep or go home, and seeing this just annoyed me for some reason.

Carry on.
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 03:33 PM
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1. Ah, let 'em. Doesn't hurt anything.
I hate those frickin' aircraft-carrier-sized pickups, but a wreath on the front in celebration of Christmas is perfectly okay with me. B-)
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jane_pippin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 03:41 PM
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2. Yeah you're right. And like I said, I don't really care
all that much, if at all. It just made me roll my eyes when I saw it because I'm tired and cranky today.

Naptime in about 50 minutes though--I can't wait!
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naturalselection Donating Member (236 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 03:47 PM
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3. How about a different twist on this?
Maybe they hate Xmas and are driving around town running over people's lawn decorations. And the wreath got stuck to the grill.:silly:
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jane_pippin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 03:52 PM
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4. Hey now! That's terrible!
:spray:

(thanks for the laugh)
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Bridget Burke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 03:58 PM
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5. No--adornment of any sort is the Work of the Devil!
Report the vile offender to the Elders so he can be chastised for observing the Popish & Pagan holiday.
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jane_pippin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 04:05 PM
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6. I'm just sayin', it's a little much.
If it was a giant stuffed tweety bird doll instead of a wreath, I'd probably have a similar reaction. In fact, I know I would because I've seen that sort of thing too.

I'm a big fan of "live and let live," but when I'm really tired I get easily annoyed. (As I'm sure many of us do.)
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Bridget Burke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-22-05 09:26 AM
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7. Well, I'm from Houston, home of the (original) Art Car Parade.


Not to mention the Art Car Museum. www.artcarmuseum.com/

Tasteful minimalism is just NOT the style down here! (Although the Art Car Movement is gaining adherents throughout the country.)
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jane_pippin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-22-05 10:18 AM
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19. Ha! Ok so THAT is a bit much--I stand corrected
:rofl:

We have a guy here who has his station wagon painted with bible verses, a HUGE sandwich board sign on the top as well as a loudspeaker clamped to the thing. He's been around for at least 15-20 years rollin' around town issuing procliamations to all of us.

He's just flying solo though--not part of an official parade. I like the candy car a lot more.
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Divameow77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-22-05 09:27 AM
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8. I welcome the sight of the wreath
when he probably has a big yellow ribbon on the back.
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Maddy McCall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-22-05 09:27 AM
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9. Why the hell not. When your truck costs more than your house...
I say decorate the shit out of it. Put lights around the cab; put an inflatable Santa in the bed. They're going to be paying for that sucker for a decade--and at the rate the economy is going, they may be livin' in it before it's paid off.

:shrug:
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In_The_Wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-22-05 09:42 AM
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11. Thanks!
I was trying to decide if I should decorate it.
Or just turn on my purple under-lighting.
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Maddy McCall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-22-05 09:46 AM
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12. Get some of them thar light thangies to put on yer valve stems, too.
And maybe one of them license plate holders with the flashing LED signs. You can program it to say, "Merry Christmas. Smile or I'll shoot you."

Check it out: http://www.clubgpstore.com/art/ledplate2.avi

:hi:
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In_The_Wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-22-05 09:54 AM
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14. Holy Crap ~ GF!


I Love My Pick-up Truck!

But I'm not going to decorate it anymore than it already is ~ with it's big old brush guard on the front ...
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Maddy McCall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-22-05 10:08 AM
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16. I have an 83 Jeep Renegade. Got one of those brush guards on the front...
and nerf bars on the side. All chrome. It's a guy magnet. :D
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southlandshari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-22-05 10:55 AM
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23. ....
Have I told you lately that I love you?

:rofl:


:D
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-22-05 09:30 AM
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10. You librul scum, you are attacking Christmas!
:silly:
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jane_pippin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-22-05 10:11 AM
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18. I am SO evil and wrong!!!
:o
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Loonman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-22-05 09:48 AM
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13. Damn, people are touchy on both sides
Relax...how does somebody putting a wreath on their truck ruin your day, unless your life is so pathetic every little thing sets you off.
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jane_pippin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-22-05 10:10 AM
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17. Oh come on. I never said it ruined my day.
In fact I said I really don't care when it comes down to it. I just happened to notice it and thought it was odd, I was exhausted, and thought I'd mention it. Nothing set me off, but thanks for your concern about my pathetic existence.

I also saw this sign yesterday:

"Funeral Today--Bowlers, No Parking"

If I had seen that at the time, I'd probably have posted a thought about that. But I didn't see it until later. I saw the wreathmobile first.

Merry Christmas. :hi:
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-22-05 09:56 AM
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15. I'd rather see them driving the trucks around with a wreath than
Edited on Thu Dec-22-05 10:02 AM by Jamastiene
dead bloody gutted deer carcasses on the hood. <shiver> I see that all too often. The wreath is a definite upgrade from that.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-22-05 10:32 AM
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20. Necessary? No, of course not.
But maybe the driver shares an apartment or something and can't put a wreath on his front door. Or maybe he just likes wreaths. :)
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-22-05 10:41 AM
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21. Not necessary--just an inevitable consequence...
...of running down Christmas shoppers.
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-22-05 10:44 AM
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22. While we're at it
I am sick of this trend of people putting memorials on their rear car windows. Can grief be PRIVATE anymore? Do they think they must inflict it on the rest of us? Is there that much need for attention? Go to the cemetery like everyone else.

I blame Oprah for the encouragement of our narcissistic culture.

As for the trucks with wreaths, that's just another sign we are Ancient Rome in decline.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-22-05 11:01 AM
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25. I remember people putting wreaths on cars even when I was a kid.
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southlandshari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-22-05 11:00 AM
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24. I have an idea!
:hug:

:hug:

:hug:



Feeling any better, darlin'?


(eek - if you say no, I'm really going to be embarrassed!)


:P
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jane_pippin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-22-05 11:02 AM
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26. That's a fantastic idea!
I am feeling a lot better today. Thanks Shari.

:hug: to you too.
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