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    Firefighters Extinguish Blaze With TV Remote
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    Image of sir_pantsalot sir_pantsalot
    07/07/09

    In reply to Firefighters Extinguish Blaze With TV Remote
    The mother-in-law is starting to head down this road. Everyone in the family refuses to see it and insists that she is one of the smartest people with the best memory.
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    07/07/09

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    I just wonder if the fact that there were logs and a grate in the TV should have tipped her off.
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    07/07/09

    @TheyCallMeStacey_GitEmSteveDav...: The commercial for PC Richards was my first clue.


    Remember, if Boomer Esiaison and/or Joe Namath show up in your fireplace, chances are that the roaring fire is just the Yule Log.

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga
    07/07/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Who? If it isn't Crazy Eddie, it isn't an ad for a electronics store.



    He wasn't a mac fan though:
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    Image of HoseHead HoseHead
    07/07/09

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    the fact that the fire dept. even thought of this solution makes me think that this wassn't the first time it has happened.
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    07/07/09

    @HoseHead: What solution would you recommend?
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    07/07/09

    In reply to Firefighters Extinguish Blaze With TV Remote
    In other news, Belarus scrambled a squadron of MIGs after an 82 year-old man reported watching "Big Trouble In Little China".
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    07/07/09

    In reply to Firefighters Extinguish Blaze With TV Remote
    I think the real story is that GitEmSteveDave watches the WPIX Yule Log year-round and even has a Twitterfeed of it.
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    Image of Segador Segador
    07/07/09

    In reply to Firefighters Extinguish Blaze With TV Remote
    When I get to this point of confusion in my life, I'm taking a special trip to the grand canyon with my family, where there will be an accident involving my motorized Rascal™ wheelchair and a stuck throttle. I'm hoping I can time it so I'm in front of a busload of Japanese tourists when it happens.
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    07/07/09

    @Segador: By then you will have forgotten what the Grand Canyon is, ask what time they start serving the Early Bird Special and want to go to bed by 7:30 so you can be up at 4 a.m. and .....what was I talking about again? GET OFF MY LAWN YOU ROTTEN KIDS.
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    07/07/09

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    I forwarded this onto thefirestore.com ; hopefully they'll stock remotes soon so I can carry one in my turnout gear.
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    Image of mooses mooses
    07/07/09

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    yep, I'm proud to be Swiss 8-)
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    07/07/09

    @mooses: Ahh the Swiss. The people who improve their cheese by serving less of it per slice.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    07/07/09

    In reply to Firefighters Extinguish Blaze With TV Remote
    So Zurich gets the WPIX Yule Log Broadcast six months after New York?!


    I don't think that's how the International Date Line works.

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    Image of pantsonfireliarliar pantsonfireliarliar
    07/07/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: International TV licensing rights at work.
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    07/07/09

    @pantsonfireliarliar: I could see this happening in Australia. After all, all their seasons are backwards so they celebrate Christmas on June 25. Plus, they're dumber than a Canadian Mountie.
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    07/07/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: I see what you did there mate!
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    07/07/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: That's impossible. Canadians are dumber than everyone except for the Belgians. And Mounties are in the bottom quartile of Canadians (a/k/a equivalent to the average resident of Alberta).


    Don't get me wrong, sure Australians are dumb, real dumb, crazy stupid dumb even; but there are plenty of people who are dumber.


    Also, the Kiwis.

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga
    07/07/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: What about Brantford?
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    07/07/09

    @TheyCallMeStacey_GitEmSteveDav...: It's a quality counter-example of how dumb the people in Alberta must be.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    07/07/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: Steve Irwin.


    Sure, Canadians can't tell the difference between ham and bacon, but you don't read about Canucks getting shivved by marine life.


    And then there's Mel Gibson, who last week was seen shaking his fist at a picture of the Pope, screaming "Fuck you, Benny! I've got more Catholicism in my left nut than you've got in your bloody miter! Speak Latin!"

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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    07/07/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Mel Gibson was born in Peekskill, NY.


    And while Steve Irwin was surely dumb, he did figure out how to get other people to pay him a shit-ton of money to roll around on the ground with wildlife.


    Canadians pay the wildlife C$150 / hour ($0.32 / day) on a Saturday night for the same privilege and then have to spend all day Sunday explaining where they were to their sister.

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    07/07/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Nothing about Canadian Bacon? Either the movie or product?
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    07/07/09

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    It's funny because she wasted taxpayer resources.
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    07/07/09

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    wow. made my day.
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    Image of MikeJr MikeJr
    07/07/09

    @whatachiouche: I agree. I literally laughed a bit.. a snicker of sorts.
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    07/07/09

    @Dr. Evil Genius:


    References!


    Driving School Instructor: Here's a fellow. They're peeling him off the sidewalk.


    Homer: He he he. It's funny because I don't know that guy. [driver ed class after a DWI arrest].

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