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Morgantown Bans Sofas From Being Kept Outside In Attempt To Stop WVU Couch Fires
The Huffington Post ^ | April 11, 2015 | Tyler Kingkade

Posted on 04/13/2015 10:31:11 AM PDT by C19fan

Morgantown, West Virginia's city council passed a law Tuesday to ban upholstered furniture outdoors, WV Public Broadcasting reports. Why? Because West Virginia University students won't stop burning couches outside.

The new law prohibits people from keeping couches in their yards or unenclosed porches. According to WV Public, violators will receive a written warning, and then fines of up to $500.

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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: football; virginia; west
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Nothing says hillbilly more than an outside couch.
1 posted on 04/13/2015 10:31:11 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

Another time honored tradition gone!


2 posted on 04/13/2015 10:32:57 AM PDT by cork (Gun control = hitting what you aim at)
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WVU is well-known for their unruly fans.


3 posted on 04/13/2015 10:33:21 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you are not part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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you can have my couch when you pry my frozed dead ass off it!!!


4 posted on 04/13/2015 10:34:14 AM PDT by tm61 (Election 2012: we find it IS possible, to polish a turd.)
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first they came for the couches, then the ottomans, then the comfy chair, .....


5 posted on 04/13/2015 10:35:21 AM PDT by tm61 (Election 2012: we find it IS possible, to polish a turd.)
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You got that right

I hope the idea of banning outdoor sofas doesn’t spread to central Virginia or the County might make me get rid of my shootin’ couch.


6 posted on 04/13/2015 10:36:35 AM PDT by WayneS (Barack Obama makes Neville Chamberlin look like George Patton.)
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WVU brings this fine Hillbilly tradition to Pittsburgh whenever the backyard brawl makes the short drive up north to play the University of Pittsburgh.

I've always wondered why they don't just clear a block by banning parking and designate a street on a rotating basis for couch burning. Controlled couch burning would be a lot easier to police than some of the other crap which has replaced it.

7 posted on 04/13/2015 10:37:43 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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Not much else to do in Morgantown. :)


8 posted on 04/13/2015 10:37:58 AM PDT by C19fan
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What... It’s better they should burn indoors?


9 posted on 04/13/2015 10:39:59 AM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us one chance in three. More tea anyone?)
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teenage pregnancy rate is sky high, so there’s at least one other thing to do it morgantown.


10 posted on 04/13/2015 10:40:28 AM PDT by JohnBrowdie (http://forum.stink-eye.net)
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You know you’re a redneck when.....


11 posted on 04/13/2015 10:42:05 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder
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12 posted on 04/13/2015 10:45:25 AM PDT by DannyTN
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13 posted on 04/13/2015 10:46:06 AM PDT by DannyTN
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not a problem boys.
Just put em in the back of your pick up trucks.


14 posted on 04/13/2015 10:46:57 AM PDT by Joe Boucher ( Obammy is a lie, a mooselimb and pond scum.)
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15 posted on 04/13/2015 10:51:09 AM PDT by DannyTN
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16 posted on 04/13/2015 10:51:36 AM PDT by DannyTN
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The Big 12 lost Nebraska, Colorado, TAMU, and Mizzou. In return they got the a school who ranks low in popularity in their own city (TCU) and West Virginia. TCU and/or Baylor should not have been left out of the playoff, but I can understand why they were. The Big 12(10) is a joke.


17 posted on 04/13/2015 10:52:02 AM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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18 posted on 04/13/2015 10:54:07 AM PDT by DannyTN
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If you like your couch, you can keep your couch. Period.


19 posted on 04/13/2015 11:01:32 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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"Over the last 10 years, we’ve had over 3,000 street fires because of the quick ability to bring furniture from porches and put it into the streets and put them on fire," said Morgantown City Manager Jeff Mikorski.

Yes. And banning outdoor sofas will solve this problem by adding an extra 15 seconds to the process. Students will NOW have to "bring furniture from living rooms, carry it across the porch and put it into the streets and put them on fire"...

20 posted on 04/13/2015 11:01:42 AM PDT by WayneS (Barack Obama makes Neville Chamberlin look like George Patton.)
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