# Okay, THAT'S IT, I'm getting the shovel (v. long, and v. strange)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-thats-it-im-getting-the-shovel-v-long-and-v-strange/125221>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [August 23, 2002, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-thats-it-im-getting-the-shovel-v-long-and-v-strange/125221 "2002-08-23T12:24:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![agentfroot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@agentfroot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/agentfroot)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2002, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-thats-it-im-getting-the-shovel-v-long-and-v-strange/125221/61 "2002-09-15T21:15:33Z")

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wow. That cracked me up.

I have a dancing flowerpot that plays “in the mood,” and it has a motion sensor (which fortunately can be turned off). When I’m home, my little sister likes to turn on the motion sensor so whenever I walk by the shelf it sits on, it starts playing. Not very fun at 3 am when I slump off to the bathroom. I can turn off the motion sensor, but once the thing starts playing, it doesn’t stop and plays for a minute or two. I love the dancing flowerpot, and my friend got it for me as sort of an inside joke, so I can’t kill it. Maybe I should hide it instead…

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**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2002, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-thats-it-im-getting-the-shovel-v-long-and-v-strange/125221/62 "2002-09-16T05:16:14Z")

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You might be able to do interesting things with a whole bunch of those el-cheapo motion-detector burglar alarms.

I’m loving this thread, by the way.

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**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2002, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-thats-it-im-getting-the-shovel-v-long-and-v-strange/125221/63 "2002-09-16T07:31:16Z")

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**auRa** , that is frickin’ _classic_. What an exquisite revenge. I’d say that this sort of evil genius _definitely_ runs in your family. Well done. But watch your back. 🙂

BTW, your family name wouldn’t happen to actually be “Evil”, would it? 😉

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