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    Don't Support Illicit Christmas Light Cartels
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    Image of SGriswold SGriswold
    11/11/08

    In reply to Don't Support Illicit Christmas Light Cartels
    It's spelled "Griswold." I should know, I've been living with the mixed blessing of this name my whole life.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/11/08

    @SGriswold: I noticed how much you admired my white shoes so I got you a pair..
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    11/11/08

    In reply to Don't Support Illicit Christmas Light Cartels
    Now, I realize we're talking about Chinese products. So I must emphasize that I said LED not lead lights.
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    Image of Avizzv92 Avizzv92
    11/11/08

    In reply to Don't Support Illicit Christmas Light Cartels
    It's not truly the holidays until you get electrocuted putting up Christmas lights... I usually get 1 or 2 zaps a year putting up my outdoor lights. It doesn't help much when there rain/snow...


    I wont have to worry I get all my stuff from Lowes/Walmart and if you wait until after Christmas all the stuff is like 50-75% off anyway.

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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    11/11/08

    Only genuine LED goodness at the Geisrud residence. Oh, and sunglasses will be standard issue on my block. Just like Tim Taylor said, "don't look directly at the snowman."


    @Avizzv92: what the hell are you doing that you're shocking yourself putting up lights? You're doin' it wrong.

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    11/11/08

    @Geisrud: They always work on the ground. When you put them up however, that's when the bulbs blow. You then need to plug them in to find the bad bulb and replace it. This is where the shocks come in.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    11/11/08

    @Git Em SteveDave loves this guy-->: That problem doesn't tend to happen so much w/ the LED ones.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    11/11/08

    In reply to Don't Support Illicit Christmas Light Cartels
    No Hannukah Bush in my house so I don't need to worry; I just need to pick up the Hannukah candles.


    Actually, I need to remember to pick up the Hannukah candles.

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    11/11/08

    @OMG! Ponies!: And NOT pick them up when lit.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    11/11/08

    @Git Em SteveDave loves this guy-->: I'm not strong enough in the Force to manipulate the Shammos with only my mind.
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    Image of Ethan Allison Ethan Allison
    11/11/08

    @OMG! Ponies!: That's nothing. I live right by a Lubavitcher temple and one of their congregants straps a six-foot tall menorah to the top of his car and as far as I know drives around like that all week.


    Eventually I'm going to upstage him the only way I know how. A twelve foot menorah balanced on a bicycle.

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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    11/11/08

    @Ethan Allison: Or a 3 foot one balanced on your schmeckle.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    11/11/08

    @Ethan Allison: As your lawyer, I recommend against that course of action. As a guy who wouldn't mind seeing innocent bystanders set ablaze, go for it.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/11/08

    @Lite: That's some schmeckle!
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/11/08

    In reply to Don't Support Illicit Christmas Light Cartels
    Well, at least this isn't as bad as those exploding powder keg baby jesuses. man, that was one hell of a year.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    11/11/08

    @Kaiser-Machead's Cookie-Powered LEGO Machine: There's a hilarious story involving Richard Simmons of Sweatin to the Oldies fame, and baby Jesii.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/11/08

    @Git Em SteveDave loves this guy-->: It's only worth it if Richard Simmons is assploded by baby Jesii
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    11/11/08

    @Kaiser-Machead's Cookie-Powered LEGO Machine: No. As I remember it from an interview I saw with him, when he was a boy, he went around, I believe on Christmas Eve, and stole the baby Jesii from the nativity scenes in front of churches. He got home and hid them in his room. Then apparently the news broke the story about the theft of all the baby Jesii. His Father went to tell him, and a baby Jesus rolled out from under his bed. He then had to go around with his parents and return all the Jesii. He said it was tough b/c each Jesus was different, and he had to do his best to match the Jesus to the Mary and Joesph. It was funnier when he told it. I am wearing hotpants and a tank top to try to channel his energy, but it didn't work.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    11/11/08

    @Kaiser-Machead's Cookie-Powered LEGO Machine: Ironically, exploding Baby Jesuses do not make the Baby Jesus cry.
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    11/11/08

    In reply to Don't Support Illicit Christmas Light Cartels
    You can easily find one of these dealers by looking for a pair of elves tied together and thrown over an overhead telephone line.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/11/08

    In reply to Don't Support Illicit Christmas Light Cartels
    I still have the lights up from last year. While all you saps are out there, teetering on ladders trying to string yours up I'll just be flicking a switch and laughing...
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/11/08

    @Jrsy is the dude, playin' the dude, disguised as another du...: If you use the plain white, you can just say you like twinkly decorative lights the rest of the year.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/11/08

    @Kaiser-Machead's Cookie-Powered LEGO Machine: I have several neighbors who do that already. I look down on them for their laziness and yet I admire them also for taking the easy way out.


    I was just kidding about my lights. I'll be stringing 'em up like everyone else...

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    Image of GOKOR GOKOR
    11/11/08

    In reply to Don't Support Illicit Christmas Light Cartels
    There's a black market for christmas decorations?


    I had no idea.

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    Image of ludwigk ludwigk
    11/11/08

    @GOKOR: A black market I can understand. People might import lights from other countries that don't meet safety standards and contain lead somehow, but counterfeit I don't understand.


    How many people buy christmas lights based on brand?

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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    11/11/08

    @ludwigk: I definitely buy branded Philips or GE x-mas lights over generic. Especially as far as reuse-ability goes, generic lights suck.
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    Image of Stauqmuk Stauqmuk
    11/11/08

    @GOKOR: whys it gotta be a black market bro? dont you think thats a bit racialist?
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/11/08

    @Stauqmuk: He wasn't talking about Qwanza??
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    Image of citizen024 citizen024
    11/11/08

    @Jrsy is the dude, playin' the dude, disguised as another du...: Kwanzaa.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/12/08

    @citizen024: Oops...
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    11/11/08

    In reply to Don't Support Illicit Christmas Light Cartels
    Shouldn't we be buying LED based lights now instead??
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    Image of Con Seannery Con Seannery
    11/11/08

    @Lite: I really don't think Christmas lights drain too much power, and the soft orange-yellow glow of incandescent is better looking for Christmas, IMO.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    11/11/08

    @Con Seannery: Actually, the lights pay for themselves in 3 years. For people who put on big light shows, it pays off much faster... You know, if you Griswold your house.
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