DON'T YOU HATE IT...
....when people drop in unexpectedly?
(Also thanks to Annette Gaudrau, who notes, "Tough house to sell.")
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Hat trick?
Posted by: Richard the Weasel-Hearted | June 27, 2007 at 05:26 PM
Yay, Richard!!
Posted by: DeskDiva | June 27, 2007 at 05:29 PM
Maybe it's a plot to get some work done on the house. They could be greasing down the street so they can add on a bedroom.
Posted by: MareBear | June 27, 2007 at 05:29 PM
Whee! Can you tell I'm bored today?
One has to wonder what are the requirements for "guide rails". And is that a NJ thing? I always thought they were called "guard rails".
Posted by: Richard the Weasel-Hearted | June 27, 2007 at 05:29 PM
You'd think they'd at least knock. Or honk. Geez.
Posted by: DeskDiva | June 27, 2007 at 05:30 PM
They should open a take-out pizza window
Posted by: Jazzzz | June 27, 2007 at 05:30 PM
Thanks, DD. Hope your injuries are healing.
And now, off to a dinner meeting.
Posted by: Richard the Weasel-Hearted | June 27, 2007 at 05:31 PM
They could always open a car lot.... Or a drive-thru restaurant maybe...
Time to think outside the box people!
Posted by: Clark Kent | June 27, 2007 at 05:32 PM
*SNORK* @ Jazzzz!
Sooooo, $50,000 isn't in the County budget? How about the $1M lawsuit?
Posted by: CJrun | June 27, 2007 at 05:32 PM
right-o, CJ. Don't forget the book deals either.
Posted by: Jazzzz | June 27, 2007 at 05:36 PM
All in favour of forcing the County to sell cookies, say Aye.
Posted by: Edgar Greenberg | June 27, 2007 at 05:36 PM
*shouts*
AYE!!
Posted by: Girl Scouts of America | June 27, 2007 at 05:40 PM
"It's the third times it's happened."
Reallys?
Easy solution - just put up a 'No Swimming' sign on the road side of the fence. Make it out of concrete.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | June 27, 2007 at 05:41 PM
Also, there's a house in my area which is right at the end of a fairly busy road. It doesn't sport much of a front yard, and consequently several cars have missed the fact that their road has ended and they've blithely crashed right into the house, severely disturbing the rest (and peace of mind) of the occupants.
Their solution? To put up lights all along the front of the house to show that, "HEY! THERE'S A HOUSE HERE!"
Their choice of color? Green.
What? The hardware store was out of RED? You know - for STOP!?
Geez.
Posted by: DeskDiva | June 27, 2007 at 05:44 PM
"Quick, jump in the pool and start screaming. The driver hasn't come to yet."
Posted by: The blog reader formerly known as Matt | June 27, 2007 at 05:46 PM
Another possible sign could read:
We Don't Swim in Your Car, So Please Don't Park in Our Pool!
Posted by: Lairbo | June 27, 2007 at 05:47 PM
Guide rails? They should put up the obvious - Jersey barriers. Geesh.
Posted by: ubetcha | June 27, 2007 at 05:51 PM
Very quip today, Lairbo!
Posted by: DeskDiva | June 27, 2007 at 05:51 PM
LOL Lairbo & Jazzzie!
Can't they just move the house?
Posted by: Siouxie | June 27, 2007 at 05:58 PM
Don't they need a permit to have a 'waterpark?'
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | June 27, 2007 at 06:09 PM
I doubt they hate people unexpectedly calling now, though.
Posted by: Bethie | June 27, 2007 at 06:15 PM
*snork*@ tbrfkaM!
Posted by: CJrun | June 27, 2007 at 06:21 PM
"How about the $1M lawsuit?" My thought gazactly, cj.
Just dropped in to see what condition my Expedition was in.
Yeah, yeah, oh yeah.
Posted by: SW | June 27, 2007 at 06:23 PM
Get some large rocks, use them as decorative parts of the garden. That might make the drinks notice.
Posted by: almne | June 27, 2007 at 06:25 PM
"Tough house to sell?" I dunno. Some realtor will descrbe it as having "great freeway access" and the price'll go through the roof.
Posted by: SW | June 27, 2007 at 06:29 PM
Hey, I just was honored with 4 in a row on the poiltical Q&A board!!! I say this not out of braggadocia or immodesty, of course, but just to encourage those of you so inclined to improve the quality of the submissions there, which, imho, has dropped off somewhat. Hoo hah!
Posted by: SW | June 27, 2007 at 06:40 PM
Or Stevie, they could say it's "Going Fast".
Posted by: Edgar Greenberg | June 27, 2007 at 06:42 PM
SW - poiltical? Not knowing what board that is, it could be right . . .
Posted by: ubetcha | June 27, 2007 at 06:43 PM
Soitenly!
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | June 27, 2007 at 06:46 PM
Poifect!
Posted by: SW | June 27, 2007 at 06:55 PM
*has Big Lebowski flashback from SW's 6:23....*
Posted by: CJrun | June 27, 2007 at 06:56 PM
But CJ, that rug tied the whole room together.
Posted by: Meditrina | June 27, 2007 at 06:58 PM
SW - I have posted a few questions there, but have had no answers. I guess my wit is waning. :-(
Posted by: Mert | June 27, 2007 at 07:01 PM
Yeah, Mert. Um, me, too.
*grimaces*
Posted by: DeskDiva | June 27, 2007 at 07:02 PM
Well you did accompany them with the appropriate campaign contributions, didn't you?
Posted by: SW | June 27, 2007 at 07:04 PM
Sure - 2 cans of Spam™ and a heated toilet seat. Isn't that what you offered?
Posted by: DeskDiva | June 27, 2007 at 07:06 PM
Sounds more like a redneck dowry to me.
Posted by: SW | June 27, 2007 at 07:08 PM
WHO TOLD?!
Posted by: DeskDiva | June 27, 2007 at 07:10 PM
*SNORK*!
Naw, we uses a shotgun....
Posted by: CJrun | June 27, 2007 at 07:19 PM
That's only when someone don't wanna git married, CJ.
Posted by: DeskDiva | June 27, 2007 at 07:22 PM
*sweep!*
Posted by: DeskDiva | June 27, 2007 at 07:23 PM
Ain't no 'lectricity in the outhouse, neither, for no heated toilet seat.
SW, great questions for the candidate, especially the one about the
ExtremesSupremes!Posted by: Just Ducky | June 27, 2007 at 07:26 PM
They have cars dropping in their pools, and all the couple wants is some action! Boy! talk about being nymphomaniac!
Posted by: Zoinks | June 27, 2007 at 07:48 PM
The Skylark is falling! The Skylark is falling!
Posted by: Just Ducky | June 27, 2007 at 07:58 PM
I still don't see how this can be considered 'dropping in unexpectedly.' It's happened three times already. By now they should expect it.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | June 27, 2007 at 08:20 PM
*two and a half snorks* to the last three posts!
(you know who you are)
Posted by: SW | June 27, 2007 at 08:35 PM
*snork* at JD!
Posted by: ubetcha | June 27, 2007 at 09:18 PM
OT/
Google is the page that comes up when I go on the net. Suddenly I'm getting ads from them when I open it. How do I get rid of them? I'm so not a computer person.
/OT Carry on.
Posted by: ubetcha | June 27, 2007 at 09:21 PM
Seems like 3 cars crashing into their yard/house would be enough to have a guard rail added. Not rocket science.
Posted by: Kristina L. | June 27, 2007 at 10:03 PM
Aaaand I'm back! Dinner meeting at an awesome Japanese restaurant. Mmmmm sashimi!
ubetcha, I might be able to help if you can provide some specifics. Are you saying the ads are in the browser, or are they just popping up on the screen? How can you tell they're from Google? Etc...
Posted by: Richard the Weasel-Hearted | June 27, 2007 at 10:21 PM
Speaking of dowrys: Do you know why Indian women have the little spot on their foreheads?
Posted by: pete | June 27, 2007 at 10:36 PM
On their wedding night the husband gets to scrape it off to see if he won a motel or a C-store.
Posted by: pete | June 27, 2007 at 10:40 PM
ubetcha, see if you have the Google Toolbar installed - uninstall it and set your home page to Dave Barry's Blog© and it may stop.
Posted by: Alien8 | June 28, 2007 at 08:31 AM