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A few years back, this guy in my town had put off putting up his Christmas decorations. His wife nagged him and nagged him, but he never got around to it. Finally, on Christmas Eve, he went out to put up the lights. But there was a bare spot in the wires, and he was electrocuted. His kids found him on the ground outside. We buried him a few days after Christmas.
Why would they remove it? Seems the only way this could be a problem is if someone calls someone else to deal with it. I mean, if you walked up to it and said, "Hey, buddy, do you need help?" you could pretty easily figure out it's fake. I'm not disparaging people who drive by trouble and call the cops, but few people are actually doing something so urgent that they can't stop and check on it personally. I mean, if you're on site and the ladder's right there, why not step in yourself?
I R SRS CAT. THIS R SRS THRED. Sorry to go all aspie on you there. But still man, what the heck?