tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post5903993214174371987..comments2024-03-20T08:32:25.794-04:00Comments on Dept. of Nance: Another Timely Public Service Announcement From The Dept. of Nance: Oh, Hey. It's What We Do!Nancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-17257500795526308022010-03-03T16:04:27.432-05:002010-03-03T16:04:27.432-05:00sputnik--I've missed you here and over at your...sputnik--I've missed you here and over at your space! Welcome back.<br /><br />Haven't seen a single cadbury ad, but thanks for the heads-up. As you know, I'm happy for ANY good Bunny Representation on tv. <br /><br />And as far as a No Tree Christmas, I think my Scrooge Side is emerging, and I'm honestly becoming more fine with that whole idea.Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-80662284259714953172010-03-03T14:32:03.514-05:002010-03-03T14:32:03.514-05:00We have a couple of houses near us where that Baby...We have a couple of houses near us where that Baby Jesus has already started kindergarten. Honestly, this year I was so bad I didn't put anything up until Dec. 20 and I took it down Dec. 26 because I feared I would fall into the tacky complacency trap. Never did even put up a tree. And I learned from that experience, because absolutely no one else in the family even noticed anything but the goodies in their stockings, so I plan to follow this practice in future. They, however, still have gifts they have not put away! Uh, it's March? One son argues that, if it doesn't fit yet, he does not have to take custody of the clothing in the box.<br /><br />Also, Nance, did you know your Easter bunny chocolate ad (the one with cluck-meow and the lion with bunny ears) is back this year? The company was bought out. Good marketing ploy by new company.sputnikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636063437215380370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-91523168105999813732010-03-02T16:20:40.633-05:002010-03-02T16:20:40.633-05:00Melissa B.--Wow! Thanks for stopping by here to le...Melissa B.--Wow! Thanks for stopping by here to let me know. That was awfully nice of you--chasing me down to hand me a prize. Talk about Service...! I suppose my lowercasing the republicans seems a bit contradictory when I elevated the Lazy Decoration People to capitalized status. Hmmmm...maybe I need to rethink my rules.Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-90307276893101877552010-03-02T07:47:24.011-05:002010-03-02T07:47:24.011-05:00Still enjoying the lower-case "r" in rep...Still enjoying the lower-case "r" in republican! And I'm with you. The Lazy Decoration People need to get off their como se llamas and clean up their acts. Simultaneously, if possible. BTW, your caption won the Sx3 Target gift card. Please come by to acquire your bling!Melissa B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13172152515024862967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-17853944661733599292010-03-01T16:33:51.171-05:002010-03-01T16:33:51.171-05:00Anali--Oh, I'm willing to bet that many Out Of...Anali--Oh, I'm willing to bet that many Out Of Season Decoration People have pretty solid reasons, such as DBSO up above. And, as you mentioned, some may be legitimately ill, indisposed, or even called away to sudden travels or travails. And I'm not even willing to be that Abject Laziness isn't a valid reason for most. My problem is that because those decorations are OUTSIDE, they make a negative impact on other people. If some Celebrants want to have Christmas year-round inside their homes, then my philosophy is "Go ahead. Knock yourself out!" I hope they enjoy themselves merrily. I just think that when someone's extreme tastes/preferences infringe upon someone else's or the public at large, then it's An Issue.Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-61784507207011704782010-03-01T12:48:03.798-05:002010-03-01T12:48:03.798-05:00I've always wondered about these people. I fig...I've always wondered about these people. I figured that maybe some of them had family emergencies and they are too sick and/or traumatized to remove them. But really how many people can that be?Lisa Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08096947438461486505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-39179856350403129432010-02-28T15:06:22.999-05:002010-02-28T15:06:22.999-05:00dbso--Sigh. You are holding all of your neighbors ...dbso--Sigh. You are holding all of your neighbors hostage as well. Don't they feel lousy enough from all of this snow? Must they also view The Dregs Of Christmas Past as well? PS--Haven't checked the weather for Cinci; did you get dumped on this weekend, too? We got another foot, although to see the national news, only New York is having winter now that DC has cleared out.<br /><br />Mikey--For the same reason that we don't have candy canes and chocolate bunnies year round. If we did, it wouldn't seem so special, then.<br /><br />The Other Nance--Whenever I see the sodden, deflated Christmas inflatables in the daylight they remind me of used condoms. (Yeah, I just went there.)Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-78222238027630285612010-02-28T13:24:19.006-05:002010-02-28T13:24:19.006-05:00Sorry, girlie, those ornaments are staying up on t...Sorry, girlie, those ornaments are staying up on the bush by the front walk as hostages until the sun comes back and the snow melts. I am not blinking first in this showdown:>)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15238905633085051322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-26337930607368155802010-02-28T12:24:53.652-05:002010-02-28T12:24:53.652-05:00I agree with all of your points; those things are ...I agree with all of your points; those things are terribly tacky when it's not Christmas. But damn, why can't there be lights up year round? Not icicle lights, but just strands of either white or multicolored lights? I love it when downtown areas have lights up in the trees. And houses are much cuter that way.Mikey G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00897636566850280566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-13161505293440130982010-02-27T18:45:25.817-05:002010-02-27T18:45:25.817-05:00Please, come on over to the Yard-Gnome Ghetto wher...Please, come on over to the Yard-Gnome Ghetto where I live and kick some butt. It's those Christmas skeletons that I hate; there's something obscene going on there. And the deflated blow-ups that look like somebody flayed Santa. Gruesome stuff, as well as tacky as hell.The Other Nancehttp://www.maturelandscaping.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-53040201893495921122010-02-27T15:51:51.243-05:002010-02-27T15:51:51.243-05:00Nancy--Sadly, there are a few houses in my neighbo...Nancy--Sadly, there are a few houses in my neighborhood who still have rotted pumpkin mass, all sagged and hanging over their steps, festooning their porches. And they also have my disdain hanging over them like a heavy black cloud, which I'm sure they barely notice.<br /><br />CJ--I'm sympathetic to anyone who has regular lights fastened along the "outline" of their house for Christmas and doesn't ever want to go through the strain of having to do that again. Leave them up, but don't turn them on until it's The Season. But those icicle lights are so visible and so very obviously there that I can't imagine leaving them up year-round--or wanting to! And I could see if the outdoor decorations had to stay up because we had had all of this terrible arctic weather since Christmas, but we haven't. We had lots of days when it was warmer and without snow in January that the lights could have been taken down, and it's no big deal to take a wreath off a door.Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-9507568366704299372010-02-27T09:22:03.062-05:002010-02-27T09:22:03.062-05:00Nance,
Does your directive mean that I have to ta...Nance,<br /><br />Does your directive mean that I have to take the rotten pumpkins off my porch,too? The turkey and the Pilgrims? How about my MCCAIN-PALIN bumper sticker on the junked car I parked in front of your house? The Y2K warning flyer I welded onto the telegraph pole?<br /><br />Now you want me to take all that stuff down? <br /><br />Boo Radley was a better neighbor than you are!Nancynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-9624904000430116822010-02-26T22:06:11.074-05:002010-02-26T22:06:11.074-05:00Can't someone invent retractable lights? Hit a...Can't someone invent retractable lights? Hit a button to make them viewable. On January 1st, hit a button to hide them until next year. <br /><br />Too bad I don't own a gun. I have often thought of taking a rifle to the trite inflatable Snoopy, Santa, snowman, and reindeer in my neighbor's yard. (I'm surprised no one has come up with a kitchy inflatable manger scene.)<br /><br />Each year when my sister and I were in high school, my mother would choose the coldest, most miserable day for us to put up the outdoor lights. We argued that they were completely unnecessary, but my mother claimed everyone would think we weren't Christians. Like who? People we didn't know? I didn't care then what people thought and still don't. <br /><br />I'm the decorationless house two doors down from the inflatables ---just doing my part for the economy.CJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11105598015852813723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-37225623493857187852010-02-26T11:13:21.494-05:002010-02-26T11:13:21.494-05:00Dreamcoat--Ah, a NIMFY! LOL. You are not an enable...Dreamcoat--Ah, a NIMFY! LOL. You are not an enabler. In my neighborhood, if you would have put those decorations on your curb, some Garbage Picker would have come by in a pickup or van and gotten them anyway. It's okay. And thank you.<br /><br />The Bug--Sigh. Okay. It is time for An Intervention. The penguin luminaries, by virtue of the fact that they are <b>LUMINARIES</b> are <b><i>CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS.</i></b> PERIOD. I think, in your heart of hearts, you know this. And, is your husband the Boss Of You? Is it Just His House? Does he have a gun? Just take it All down. Please. Your neighbors will thank you. And so will the American Economy. You are a Brave Woman to admit any of that here, and I admire you and thank you. And it's always helpful to have a Husband to share the blame.<br /><br />Apathy Lounge--Print it out and tape it to their Stars And Stripes bunting and/or their sad drugstore spiral tree. And, did I ever tell you the story of the house whose inhabitants DECORATED THEIR PILE OF MULCH BAGS? Seriously...Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-747898663106128172010-02-26T10:33:58.419-05:002010-02-26T10:33:58.419-05:00Having skipped outdoor decorations 2 years in a ro...Having skipped outdoor decorations 2 years in a row, we downsized all our lights and stuff to Goodwill recently. Unfortunately, that means someone else will purchase them, and the beat goes on. I am an enabler. At least it's not in my front yard.Dreamcoatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-11385523500296745852010-02-25T22:28:07.663-05:002010-02-25T22:28:07.663-05:00Um, (raising hand in the back row), my husband get...Um, (raising hand in the back row), my husband gets testy & sad whenever I broach the subject of taking the Christmas wreath off the front door. It doesn't have shiny ornaments on it, but, you know, it's a CHRISTMAS WREATH!!! I figure the penguin luminaries are ok until it stops snowing - they ARE penguins after all. But the wreath? I hang my head in shame. Sigh.<br /><br />I apologize in advance for our impact on the economy.The Bughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509037206264761261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-36865835046226910732010-02-25T19:40:14.896-05:002010-02-25T19:40:14.896-05:00Please forward this post to the neighbors down the...Please forward this post to the neighbors down the street who not only still have Christmas lights up...but also some 4th of July leftovers.apathy loungehttp://wordgirl5.typepad.com/apathy_loungenoreply@blogger.com