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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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To: ClearCase_guy

So, these are called Council Houses. They all have the same appearance. It’s like a very large Homeowner’s Association.
Well, even a brick crackerbox beats not having a home at all.


21 posted on 12/20/2019 10:41:34 AM PST by lee martell
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To: lee martell

Yes, in England they are called “council estates”.


22 posted on 12/20/2019 10:48:45 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: Boogieman

It doesn’t take fancy architecture to please me. I could live that way except for one feature. I don’t like being on ground level, with my front door literally on the street. Not even any walk up stairs or a tiny porch to separate me from anyone strolling down the street. That would take getting used to.


23 posted on 12/20/2019 10:55:24 AM PST by lee martell
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
I remember back in the 80's when a local farmer ordered "One of them dish antennas to pick up HBO on"

A dish manufacturer in Poplar Bluff MO sold him an ADM 25' dish and he told them to "Just stick it in the front yard, by the road"

The 25ft dish actually made his 2 bed 1 bath house look tiny.

His wife was aghast!

People driving by on the little blacktop road would head for the ditch when he started rotating that thing, it was a sight to behold.

Wish I had an actual image of the thing but this image has the proper perspective :-)


24 posted on 12/20/2019 11:03:11 AM PST by Bobalu (Donald Trump is a necessary and glorious bastard.)
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To: lee martell

I think that’s a side effect of no basements or crawlspaces under the first floor. Not sure why they build them like that. I know that’s standard in swampy areas or places prone to flooding, but I don’t imagine that most of England fits that bill.

Maybe if they try to dig out a basement they’ll just hit some Saxon grave mound and have to wait for the archaeologists to go excavate, so they just don’t bother.


25 posted on 12/20/2019 11:05:22 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
"when the flaccid St Nick was blown "

Guess Britain has the same problem with their news writers and publishers never looking at the phrases they put out (pun intended).

26 posted on 12/20/2019 11:16:49 AM PST by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamonauseous. Also LGBTQxyz nauseous.)
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To: BenLurkin

That would be fun.


27 posted on 12/20/2019 11:30:40 AM PST by Rebelbase
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
I ordered an inflatable Mrs. Claus. I was surprised at what I got too...


28 posted on 12/20/2019 12:00:19 PM PST by moovova
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To: moovova

Nearest mosque. Prop that up at the nearest mosque


29 posted on 12/20/2019 1:10:50 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

I had a neighbor in Maui who lived across the street from me Who bought one of those and inflated it next to his house. We lived up on a hillside windward looking down over the ocean and Kahului airport. You could see this thing from an airplane when you were flying in. He had tied it down but not well enough. When he checked on it after a few hours it was gone and was never seen again. I’m still laughing at the look on his face eight years later.


30 posted on 12/20/2019 1:19:45 PM PST by 1FreeAmerican
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To: stars & stripes forever
I notice people who buy these inflatable decorations don’t put them up the next year. Do they use a lot of electricity?

Not really. For mine (10' or shorter), the motor/fan is a little 120v model. I run them from 8 AM to 11 PM, so 15 hours. Not a significant issue when the rest of the outdoor lights are LED.

The bigger issue is theft and wind. We didn't put up the 10' bear this year because the wind's been over-abundant this fall.

31 posted on 12/20/2019 2:24:40 PM PST by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: SIDENET

I once ordered a chandelier for the dining room that turn out to be more along the size needed for the Trump Tower entryway. LOL chemo fog.


32 posted on 12/21/2019 6:35:51 AM PST by SaraJohnson ( Whites must sue for racism. It's pay day.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Less Ho Ho Ho and more Fee Fi Fo Fum.


33 posted on 12/21/2019 6:50:06 AM PST by jmcenanly ("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
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