# Home Depot Warning!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-depot-warning/675228>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 1, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-depot-warning/675228 "2013-12-01T19:07:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-depot-warning/675228/1 "2013-12-01T19:07:01Z")

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If you see a Home Depot ad referencing “Kissing Balls,” it’s _NOT_ what you think!

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**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2013, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-depot-warning/675228/2 "2013-12-01T21:19:23Z")

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> [@SiXSwordS](#):
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> If you see a Home Depot ad referencing “Kissing Balls,” it’s _NOT_ what you think!

Then, what is it?  
The first thing that came to mind was that desk toy with the 6 hanging steel ball bearings, that swing and hit one another.

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**Author:** ![Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-depot-warning/675228/3 "2013-12-01T21:27:11Z")

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Mistletoe?  
[Hme Depot - Making of Kissing Balls](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaIHBwNkPJQ)

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2013, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-depot-warning/675228/4 "2013-12-01T21:35:46Z")

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Sorry, threads require a little more content than this. Feel free to start a new thread with a clearer explanation as to what it is you’re talking about.

And upon reconsideration, go for it – enjoy the balls.

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**Hal Briston** - MPSIMS Moderator

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**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-depot-warning/675228/5 "2013-12-02T20:39:09Z")

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“Kissing balls” - who came up with that stupid name?

I watched the Home Depot clip. I still don’t understand why they’re called that. They seem to be holiday decorations of some sort, like wreaths but a ball instead of a ring.

Fluffy, while mistletoe would make sense, there didn’t seem to be any mention of mistletoe at all. Rather, they talked about cedar and pine boughs. And decorations.

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**Author:** ![James\_Toothpaste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e56c9b/32.png) [@James\_Toothpaste](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James_Toothpaste)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-depot-warning/675228/6 "2013-12-02T20:56:42Z")

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> [@SiXSwordS](#):
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> If you see a Home Depot ad referencing “Kissing Balls,” it’s _NOT_ what you think!

Then what is it?