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Fairportfan
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by Fairportfan » Sat Dec 22, 2012 10:00 pm
Gainesville's Christmas tree. That sucker is a Great Honkin' Big Holly Tree. Very dense foliage.
Gotta figure, as i've remarked before, that whoever gets to put the lights up and take 'em down must be on his supervisor's Naughty List...
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lake_wrangler
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by lake_wrangler » Sat Dec 22, 2012 11:46 pm
Atomic wrote: Err -- I think I'm failing this particular Rorschach test...
I think that Fairportfan is referring to the difficulty quotient of putting up these lights, and wondering what the person had done to be given such a monumental task, rather than imply that the lights themselves were somehow naughty...
Jabberwonky
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by Jabberwonky » Sun Dec 23, 2012 12:34 am
"Sometimes a Christmas tree is just a Christmas tree." - S. Freud
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MerchManDan
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by MerchManDan » Sun Dec 23, 2012 12:37 am
That is amazing. Gainesville's Big Ol' Tree is certainly impressive, but those lights in Brighton are
amazing.
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Fairportfan
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by Fairportfan » Sun Dec 23, 2012 10:02 am
Holly.
Prickly leaves.
Having to put all those lights up among them.
Not even duct tape can fix stupid. But it can muffle the noise.
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Atomic
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by Atomic » Sun Dec 23, 2012 10:49 am
Fairportfan wrote: Holly.
Prickly leaves.
Having to put all those lights up among them.
OK -- a night's sleep and a re-read (after coffee) delivers the clue. Lovely display, but harsh work to put it up!
Dave
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by Dave » Sun Dec 23, 2012 12:27 pm
Atomic wrote: Fairportfan wrote: Holly.
Prickly leaves.
Having to put all those lights up among them.
OK -- a night's sleep and a re-read (after coffee) delivers the clue. Lovely display, but harsh work to put it up!
Could be worse... it's too cold there for them to have decided to decorate a manchineel.
All those sparkley jewel-like lights, like a visual song: annealed diamonds in a holly, holy.
(drops a rum tumtum in the Pun Jar)
ShneekeyTheLost
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by ShneekeyTheLost » Sun Dec 23, 2012 12:59 pm
Dave wrote: Atomic wrote: Fairportfan wrote: Holly.
Prickly leaves.
Having to put all those lights up among them.
OK -- a night's sleep and a re-read (after coffee) delivers the clue. Lovely display, but harsh work to put it up!
Could be worse... it's too cold there for them to have decided to decorate a manchineel.
All those sparkley jewel-like lights, like a visual song: annealed diamonds in a holly, holy.
(drops a rum tumtum in the Pun Jar)
Is that like the user forum for chess.org? You know... chess nuts boasting in an open foyer...
(Deposits one vinyl of Best Christmas Carols in the pun jar)
chibichibi01
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by chibichibi01 » Tue Dec 25, 2012 7:33 am
I know that tree! And also that view of it that you're taking pictures from.
Sometimes I hate living in Georgia. XD