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Iowa Man Spends Christmas Eve in Septic Tank
Fox News ^
 | December 26, 2007
Posted on 12/26/2007 10:45:04 AM PST by Zakeet
DES MOINES, Iowa  Christmas Eve stunk for Robert Schoff. 
The 77-year-old Des Moines man got stuck in his septic tank. 
"It wasn't good, I'll tell you what," Schoff told the Des Moines Register. "It was the worst Christmas Eve I've ever had." 
Schoff's holiday adventure started Monday when he dug a hole and reached inside to find a clog. He lost his balance and became wedged in the opening of the tank.
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TOPICS: Humor; Miscellaneous; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: christmas; iowa; septic; septictank; sewage
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    Let'er rip.
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posted on 
12/26/2007 10:45:05 AM PST
by 
Zakeet
 
To: Zakeet
    Man, I hope he used anti-bacterial soap when he got out.
 
2
posted on 
12/26/2007 10:47:38 AM PST
by 
raybbr
(You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote!)
 
To: Zakeet
    "Christmas Eve stunk for Robert Schoff." Captain Obvious writes the news!!!
 
To: Zakeet; Owl_Eagle; Sam's Army; Lazamataz; Darksheare; pissant; najida; r-q-tek86; blackie; ...
    And I thought my Christmas was bad......PING!!
 
To: Zakeet
    Sorry,
I thought this was another Hillary thread.
 
To: Zakeet
    Guess he was drumming up support for Mitt.
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posted on 
12/26/2007 10:53:14 AM PST
by 
big'ol_freeper
("Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not." ~ Thomas Jefferson)
 
To: Zakeet
    man, what a crappy christmas eve that was.
 
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posted on 
12/26/2007 10:54:12 AM PST
by 
glide625
 
To: Zakeet
    Volunteer, looking for Hillary voters.
To: Zakeet
    Many people get in the tank on the holidays, but this goes too far...
 
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posted on 
12/26/2007 10:55:44 AM PST
by 
mikrofon
(Silent Night, Smelly Night)
 
To: Zakeet
    I spent Christmas in New Orleans once.
 
10
posted on 
12/26/2007 10:56:32 AM PST
by 
Soliton
 
To: Zakeet
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posted on 
12/26/2007 10:56:57 AM PST
by 
najida
(RIP Crazy Lulu)
 
To: Zakeet
    Coulda been worse.
He could’ve spent it with his in-laws.
 
To: Zakeet
    “Hey - Robert - when we asked you to come by for some egg nog on Christamas day - tell ya what - how ‘bout we make it next year. Have a good one. Bye.”
 
To: Zakeet
    Man I hate when that happens. It can really ruin a day....Christmas or not.
 
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posted on 
12/26/2007 10:59:36 AM PST
by 
abigailsmybaby
(I was born with nothing. So far I have most of it left.)
 
To: Zakeet
    "It wasn't good, I'll tell you what," Schoff told the Des Moines Register.
 
15
posted on 
12/26/2007 11:00:53 AM PST
by 
OCC
 
To: Zakeet
    Obviously trying to avoid all the political ads on TV..the phone calls, and the door to door canvassers.
 
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posted on 
12/26/2007 11:14:36 AM PST
by 
ken5050
 
To: ken5050
    "Obviously trying to avoid all the political ads on TV..the phone calls, and the door to door canvassers."He couldn't find a better place to hide???
 
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
    But no way they’d follow him there...
 
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posted on 
12/26/2007 11:22:24 AM PST
by 
ken5050
 
To: ken5050
    I’d go to the Biker Bar...they are not following me there, unless they want an ass whoopin...
 
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
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posted on 
12/26/2007 11:36:14 AM PST
by 
blackie
(Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
 
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