The search function seems out of humor, so I can’t find that thread from around Thanksgiving about the horror that is Giant Inflatable Lawn Ornaments. But they march on . . .
Around the corner from me is an eight-foot-high pink Easter bunny emerging from a yellow basket. At least I fervently hope there is (I have already named it Harvey and talk to it as I walk by). I wonder what diety spared me the sight of Monstrous Leprechauns last month? Or giant Martin Luther King, Jr.s? Big Blow-Up Jesuses on Crosses? (Guess the nails would rule out that one.) I see Memorial Day is not far off . . . Eight-foot inflatable Marines?
i’ve been noticing this trend down my way, too. it’s kinda cheesy but i’ll admit that if they come out with an inflatable giant pig i’d have to buy it.
I absolutely detest these things but I recently had to buy one of those giant easter bunnies. Not because i wanted the stupid thing but because one of my dogs got loose and upon seeing my closest neighbor’s giant pink bunny went into an apparent fit of rage. She barked like mad at it and ran around it nipping at it’s base until she finally realized it wasn’t going to fight back. This apparently was her signal to go in for the kill. She lept into it striking it in the belly but it absorbed the blow and sent her rolling backwards. Not to be out done she went right back at it. This time getting the foot and rather successfully I might add. She tore the foot almost completely off. The bunny slowly but surely slumped down to the ground as she proudly pranced off.
Of course I stood and watched the whole thing in tears of laughter. Yeah I could have stopped her but what would have been the fun in that. The look of " I took care of that hideous thing" in her eye was worth every penny. Luckilly the neighbor took it all in stride when i offered to pay for it
One home I passed everyday had a giant Bart sitting on top of a pile of presents. Great way to drive home the idea of Giftmas, but to each their own. What bugged me was that during the day they just left it out on the lawn, all deflated, crumpled and horrible like a small Hindenburg.
Last October, my boss and I went to one of our customers houses to work on their furnace. Upon arrival we noticed a fairly new, plastic box outside the front door.
Ten feet from it the friggn top blows back and a HUGE inflatable witch BLOWS out of the box laughing the laugh of THE DEVIL!!! :eek: I fell the the ground on top of my tools, screaming like a crazy 9-year old girl.
My boss found this very funny, as did our customers.
I can no longer watch <i>Wizard of OZ</i> because of that damn witch.
I loathe these. However, I do get a sick pleasure of watching them deflated, laying on the lawn like a drunken, passed-out Santa, or a melted Frosty! I’m waiting for the inflatable nativity scene. Maybe next holiday season I’ll stalk the streets with knitting needles, poking holes in them all …
Kansas City has these 6 foot Easter bunnies standing around the Country Club Plaza area. They’ve scared kids to death for years.
The eyes used to glow red. Not sure if they still do.