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(Thanks to Joe Morrissey)
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That really gets my goat . . .
Posted by: Mahatma Kane Jeeves | December 28, 2008 at 12:17 PM
Burn, baby, burn!
Straw Goat Inferno,
Burn, baby, burn!
Burn that mother down!
Posted by: Margaritaville | December 28, 2008 at 12:17 PM
a regular Bokken-alia it was!
Posted by: insomniac | December 28, 2008 at 12:32 PM
Hi folks. I have been blurking for too long and when I read about the well done Swedish goat I just had to send it in. Happy New Year to all!
Posted by: Joe Morrissey | December 28, 2008 at 12:36 PM
I can't blame them for burning it. There are some incredibly gaudy Christmas decorations around here I wouldn't mind torching.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | December 28, 2008 at 12:38 PM
i'm thinking they're sending a message to the squirrels.
Posted by: judi | December 28, 2008 at 12:39 PM
And Dave's mysterious absence is explained.
Posted by: Elon Weintraub | December 28, 2008 at 12:43 PM
Message in a
BottleBokken?(Hi, Joe!)
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | December 28, 2008 at 12:45 PM
AWBH - Here in ATL a local radio station used to sponsor and annual "Tacky Light Tour", and invited listeners to "turn in their neighbors".
On the appointed night they loaded up a tour bus (with bar) and cruised the designated sites (or "sights").
I never got to take the tour, but I understand the grand finale one year was a house that had everything, including a Baby Jesus riding Rudolph.
Posted by: pogo | December 28, 2008 at 12:49 PM
*snags miscreant "d" in "and" in the first line*
Posted by: pogo | December 28, 2008 at 12:50 PM
*Waves @ Joe!* Welcome to the craziness.
I guess no one noticed the burnin' bocken that was posted yesterday, twiceWHOA! what a surprise!! ;-PAlso, Burnin' Bocken wbagnfarb.
Posted by: Siouxie | December 28, 2008 at 01:02 PM
A giant straw goat erected each Christmas in eastern Sweden was set on fire on Saturday in a violent tradition of vandalism during the festive season that has spanned four decades.
heh! they said erected.
Posted by: Siouxie | December 28, 2008 at 01:04 PM
Revenge of Father Christmas and the Gingerbread Man WBAGNFARB.
Posted by: Meditrina | December 28, 2008 at 01:28 PM
Yes, Siouxie, we noticed your post about the goat getting 'fired.' We just didn't want judi to get fired.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | December 28, 2008 at 01:32 PM
Med! You have power!! yay!
Posted by: Siouxie | December 28, 2008 at 01:34 PM
during the festive season that has spanned four decades.
Geez, I thought starting the Christmas season right after Thanksgiving was bad. Four decades????
Posted by: Layzeeboy | December 28, 2008 at 02:00 PM
Siouxie, nope, not yet. Had a sleepover at my sister's house last night, and evacuated the dog and the kids to their Dad's house.
Posted by: Meditrina | December 28, 2008 at 02:04 PM
They ought to just make it a tradition to build the goat, set the goat on fire and roast marshmallows and hotdogs and be done with it.
Posted by: Margaritaville | December 28, 2008 at 02:19 PM
sounds like vandalizing the goat is as much a tradition as erecting the goat .
Posted by: daisymae | December 28, 2008 at 02:28 PM
BTW, Dave's 2008 review was posted on fark.com with the following tag:
New Year's can mean only one thing: it's time for Dave Barry's 2008 in review
Posted by: Layzeeboy | December 28, 2008 at 02:31 PM
straw goats burning in an open fire,
bokken flaming, there she goes,
yuletide vandals always planning for the fire
while gawkers watch live video
everybody knows, the bokken and some kindling
help to make the skyline bright
Barry bloglits with their wine all a flow
will cheer when bokken fin-ally lights
Posted by: crossgirl | December 28, 2008 at 02:33 PM
that's exciting...I posted a message that didn't post. maybe I forgot how.
I second what Med said.
Posted by: daisymae | December 28, 2008 at 02:34 PM
wow...I take back what I said - except I still 2nd Med.
Posted by: daisymae | December 28, 2008 at 02:35 PM
LOL cg!! good one.
♫ It's beginning to smell a lot like Christmas...when Swedish goat's aglow...♬
Posted by: Siouxie | December 28, 2008 at 02:39 PM
No se.
Posted by: Margaritaville | December 28, 2008 at 03:15 PM
It would appear that Adelfa is very upset that Condi didn't save the bokken... or so my basic understanding of espanol would indicate.
Posted by: random thunking | December 28, 2008 at 03:24 PM
si es spamo.
Posted by: Siouxie | December 28, 2008 at 03:26 PM
Si, random. That and she would like to note that Fluidos Primarios WBAGNFA salsa/rock band.
Posted by: Siouxie | December 28, 2008 at 03:29 PM
It's a Swedish tradition: get drunk, listen to Mahler, get sore and burn something up.
Posted by: Clankazoid | December 28, 2008 at 03:54 PM
adelfa es un pajero.
Posted by: Layzeeboy | December 28, 2008 at 04:26 PM
Go Jags! Quoth the Ravens Nevermore!
Ohhh, gimme a break; this is our last game of the year so I won't bug you again until the Pre-Season...or maybe Training Camp...or maybe the Draft.
Posted by: CJrun | December 28, 2008 at 04:33 PM
Something like this kinda gets your goat,doesn't it?
Posted by: ron | December 28, 2008 at 04:34 PM
Disaster! Jags are up by 4, but I bought unsalted nuts! Gah!
Posted by: CJrun | December 28, 2008 at 05:02 PM
*grumble, grumble*
Jags down by 17. Have I mentioned that I have no salt on my nuts?
Posted by: CJrun | December 28, 2008 at 05:46 PM
Keep sweating that game, CJ, and they'll be salty soon enough.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | December 28, 2008 at 05:51 PM
Snork @ Annie!
Sioux, I"M BACK! With a sparkly clean refrigerator, I might add.
Posted by: Meditrina | December 28, 2008 at 06:23 PM
U-G-L-Y, You ain't got no alibi, you're Ugly, Jags, you're Ugly (5 offensive snaps, 4 penalties!!). Oh well, one quarter left.
Have I mentioned that my most awesomest Gators will be chomping Snoozer Boozer butt on January 8th?
Posted by: CJrun | December 28, 2008 at 06:26 PM
Jags down by 20, Dallas down by 41, Bucs end their season with a loss to the Raiders; there is not enough beer in the world. Therefore...Tequilla!!
Posted by: CJrun | December 28, 2008 at 06:50 PM
well, siouxie, i really don't know how many times i can say that if something is posted in the comments section, i won't see it 90% of the time! ;) once more, i guess.
Posted by: judi | December 28, 2008 at 06:54 PM
.
Yeah. Nothing says Christmas like a goat.
Is that what those little meatballs are made out of?
And goats used to be like, mailmen, hunh? Only they smelled better.
BTW, how old was Dave in 2001? Just askin'...
' Vandals are rarely caught, but in 2001, a 51-year-old American tourist spent 18 days in jail after he was convicted of setting fire to the structure. '
There goes your run for the Senate, BARRY!
And in blog-whoring news: CHRISTMAS: THE DAY AFTER.
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Posted by: cosanostradamus | December 28, 2008 at 10:08 PM
YAY Fins!!!
*snork* judi, I knew you'd say that LOL
Posted by: Siouxie | December 28, 2008 at 10:48 PM
Is this Sweden's answer to Burning Man?
Posted by: NiftyWitch | December 29, 2008 at 02:26 AM
maybe giant straw goats are better than huge inflatable santas, as decorations.... and they do make a helluva christmas bonfire.
Posted by: queensbee | December 29, 2008 at 07:36 AM