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Dad accidentally orders $130 inflatable Santa Claus decoration and it's as tall as his house
Daily Mail UK ^ | Dec 19, 2019 | Bridie Pearson-jones For Mailonline

Posted on 12/20/2019 8:39:20 AM PST by where's_the_Outrage?

A father has left his neighbors 'laughing their heads off' after accidentally ordering a 25-foot inflatable Santa.

Matty James, 32, believed he had purchased a eight foot blow-up Father Christmas from eBay - only for the festive whopper to turn out to be 25 feet instead.

The nightclub owner, from Southport, Merseyside, spent $130 on the inflatable decoration in the hope of sprucing out the outside of his home for the festive season, but was left open-mouthed when the flaccid St Nick was blown up earlier this month.

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TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: 130footsanta; ebay; santa
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a statue in front of a building: Matty James, 32, believed he had purchased a eight foot blow-up Father Christmas from eBay - only for the festive whopper to turn out to be eight metres instead

Looks like a good deal to me.

1 posted on 12/20/2019 8:39:20 AM PST by where's_the_Outrage?
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
Looks like an alcohol + Amazon purchase to me.
2 posted on 12/20/2019 8:41:06 AM PST by SIDENET (ISAIAH 5:20)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Tee hee hee, flaccid. There’s a pill for that now.


3 posted on 12/20/2019 8:42:19 AM PST by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

I have a neighbor who has one of those...and about three dozen smaller ones just like it.

To each his own...


4 posted on 12/20/2019 8:43:03 AM PST by rockrr ( Everything is different now...)
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I notice people who buy these inflatable decorations don’t put them up the next year. Do they use a lot of electricity?


5 posted on 12/20/2019 8:46:03 AM PST by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm ( 32:12))
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They don’t store well during off-season (easily punctured).


6 posted on 12/20/2019 8:50:26 AM PST by Repeal The 17th
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To: SIDENET

No, it was ebay


7 posted on 12/20/2019 8:59:34 AM PST by where's_the_Outrage? (Drain the Swamp. Build the Wall.)
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They’re listed at around $650.00 right now so yeah if he paid that price.


8 posted on 12/20/2019 9:02:35 AM PST by SoCal Pubbie
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I’ve noticed a lot of private dwelling in England look like this one, bland, plain, stripped of individual flourishes.
Does England have it’s own version of Government Housing i.e.
The Projects?


9 posted on 12/20/2019 9:28:46 AM PST by lee martell
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Santa is on a bender!


10 posted on 12/20/2019 9:30:50 AM PST by Leep (It's.. (W)all or nothing..!)
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My brother will be getting one of these for Christmas.


11 posted on 12/20/2019 9:31:28 AM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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I want one!


12 posted on 12/20/2019 9:34:54 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (BLACK LIVES MAGA)
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Not to dampen his Christmas spirit, but this may be proof some people do have too much disposable income...If its England I guess I’ll give him a pass since he couldn’t spend the money on a gun and ammo...


13 posted on 12/20/2019 9:39:09 AM PST by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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But when they’re not inflated during the day, it looks like garbage all over your lawn. I hate inflatable decorations.

Totally old school here, C7s mostly and some C9s.


14 posted on 12/20/2019 9:40:51 AM PST by bicyclerepair (MAGA - DRAIN THE SWAMP ! - I love my online family of FReepers.)
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Inflatables are about as tacky as you can get. Pink plastic flamingos are preferable.

Someone in our neighborhood has some inflatables on their front lawn, and other decorations that don’t even make sense, like a stegosaurus. WTH?


15 posted on 12/20/2019 10:05:30 AM PST by Disambiguator ("Progressives" want government in action. Conservatives want government inaction.)
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How about an Imperial Walker and a pink Smurf?


16 posted on 12/20/2019 10:31:29 AM PST by heartwood (Someone has to play devil's advocate.)
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Fill it with helium and set it free


17 posted on 12/20/2019 10:35:35 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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Tee hee hee, flaccid. There’s a pill for that now.

Why use a pill?

It was blown up.

18 posted on 12/20/2019 10:36:13 AM PST by USS Alaska (Nuke the terrorist mooselimb savages, today.)
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>> Does England have it’s own version of Government Housing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_house


19 posted on 12/20/2019 10:37:42 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: heartwood
How about an Imperial Walker and a pink Smurf?

That would fit in about as well as anything.

20 posted on 12/20/2019 10:38:35 AM PST by Disambiguator ("Progressives" want government in action. Conservatives want government inaction.)
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