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My family once went on a two week vacation with the house unlocked because we couldn't find the key. My Dad just asked the neighbor to go challenge anyone who showed up while we were gone (and he did when my uncle showed up to borrow a piece of farm machinery. As he knew my uncle, he let him borrow it.) Of course, this was out in the country from a town of about 5,000 - FORTY FIVE YEARS AGO!

That may need to go under Favorite Commercials (for me, anyway). It is hilarious (NO, NOO, NOOOO!), yet conveys a serious message. For those who want to play it in-thread:

I am so sorry. I would be hysterical if anything happened to my babies, let alone THAT. Crying with you.

You guys are cracking me up!

But didn't we see Jenny bring it up with Alecia? I think Jenny's still lying.

IMNSHO, all of these repeat players are what have ruined the game. Especially when they're upfront about making alliances before the damned game even starts. Blech. Some do. I can remember several in recent years. We've got one under arrest now for killing two teenagers last Christmas - in the news again because they just found one body. Before now, all they had were the kids' bloody clothes with bits of blood, bone, and brain scattered all over his yard.

I loathe this commercial. She's so damned serious when she asks incredulously, "What are you supposed to do? Drive 3/4 of a car?" and I always want to yell, "NO! You're supposed to eat the cost of the difference because you wrecked your car!" Just imagine how much worse people would drive if they got a new car free* every time they smashed up the old one! *smh* *Free other than the cost of law-mandated insurance. Which brings me to the other LM bitch I hate: Li'l Miss "Why buy insurance if you have to pay again to use it?" Well, first of all, deductibles and what-nots do not mean you're paying "again". It's part of the package you purchased. Less in premiums in exchange for higher deductibles. You roll the dice and take your chances. Also? You buy insurance because it's the law!

Yeah, that's what I took away from it. Pay to be on her list and you'll get a fair price and good service. Otherwise, you'll pay more and get less.

Why not? It would have been the classy thing to do, even if there was some technicality about who puts the crown on the winner's head.

*groan* Just got it.

I had, too, but within the hour of reading your post, up it popped!

Me, neither! I don't know why that fact boggles my mind, but it does. Yes, they both have brown hair (and eyes?), but she's always seemed like this delicate, petite thing and he's, well, NOT. I just googled both of their pictures, looking for similarities, but I just didn't see it.

Or fairy tale style. He looks like the Big Bad Wolf masquerading as Granny.

He's massively creepy, too.

Ha! My Lucy does, too. And I put a little brown sugar on my pancakes, then fold them over and eat 'em up. Works for French Toast, too. So did my nephew! We live in Indiana, where Eli Lilly gives out two 4-year full-ride scholarships per county per year (it DOES have to be in Indiana, though). He chose Pharmacy at Butler University - it's a 6 yr doctorate, so he had to pay for the last 2 years himself. Still, the family would never have been able to afford it otherwise, so yay! Everything comes back around again. In the middle ages, people ate out of trenchers - basically, a trough made out of bread.

I'm so sorry about Peanut. (((hugs)))

The color scheme of the wedding being white and gold strikes me as odd, though. That's the color scheme for my Mom's 80th birthday party we're planning!

A lot of us do!

Thanks, Walnut Queen!

Yeah, we snarked on that, too. She's trying to walk in soft dirt with heels, so she's got her weight forward trying to keep the heels from sinking in.. *facepalm*

Agree! Although, worryingly, one of the suggested vids that comes up with it is "Troubleshooting for Air Loss in your Sleep Number Bed"

Neat article, supposebly!

I kinda like his "Sorcery!" even as I know it's ridiculous - where did he think the money was?

What I think of when I hear the word radiant: It's the look on her face that makes this hilarious. For you young'uns, that's Madame Curie, who discovered, and was killed by, radium

Maybe I've read the phrase "grill out" too much in the last few pages (and yes, we grill out in Indiana, too), but I just had a flash on grilling out meaning getting your grills redone, as in that obnoxious fake braces trend.