# Time for the Christmas Stegosaurus! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 6, 2011, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-christmas-stegosaurus/602109 "2011-11-06T23:00:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-christmas-stegosaurus/602109/21 "2011-11-08T01:05:32Z")
A vet near us has 4 statues in front of her store. They’re concrete & each about the size of a real Shetland pony or beef calf: 6-ish feet long & 3-ish ft high at the shouder. There’s a lion, an elephant, a hippo, & a rhino. They’re standing in a group a few feet apart more or less facing the street. And each month they get decorated in the appropriate holiday attire. Lights, bonnets, wreaths-as-necklaces, etc. A flying pig & a stego would fit right in. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-christmas-stegosaurus/602109/22 "2011-11-08T01:09:15Z")
I’d like to see a similar lawn treatment with a triceratops. Just think, you could stick a wise man on the end of each spike! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-christmas-stegosaurus/602109/23 "2011-11-08T01:24:30Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > I’d like to see a similar lawn treatment with a triceratops. Just think, you could stick a wise man on the end of each spike! We were thinking of having a triceratops and the stegosaur in the manger instead of the Ox and the Ass. And then you could have a pterosaur flying overhead in place of an angel. Then you could have the antlered pig being lead by a swineherd (instead of sheep being led by shepherds). This lead Pepper Mill to break out in song (from _The Sound of Music_): _High on a Hill was a Jewish Swineherd. Soo-ee soo-soo-sooee-soo-soo-soo-EE-oo_ …which is wrong on many different levels. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-christmas-stegosaurus/602109/24 "2011-11-08T01:51:40Z")
If that surprises you then clearly you haven’t been to Home Depot recently. My personal favorite had [Santa leaving the chimbley](http://www.homedepot.com/Decor-Holiday-Decorations-Christmas-Outdoor-Christmas-Decorations-Christmas-Inflatables/h_d1/N-5yc1vZbd6a/R-202930476/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053)with his derriere aflame and Dasher standing there with a fire extinguisher. But some are pure [WTF?] like yours (A cow, or a pig with little red hats, a peacock). The light up pink elephants must be for New Years Day? And I totally get how one might want the light up [pink flamingo](http://www.homedepot.com/Decor-Holiday-Decorations-Christmas-Outdoor-Christmas-Decorations/h_d1/N-5yc1vZbd6n/R-202739216/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053) but [the toucan](http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10051&productId=202469888&langId=-1&catalogId=10053&MERCH=REC-_-product-1-_-202739215-_-202469888-_-N&locStoreNum=6175)?!? Theres a cactus, and did someone mention [hippo](http://www.homedepot.com/Decor-Holiday-Decorations-Christmas-Outdoor-Christmas-Decorations/h_d1/N-5yc1vZbd6n/R-202469890/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053) and [rhino](http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10051&productId=202469902&langId=-1&catalogId=10053&MERCH=REC-_-product-1-_-202930491-_-202469902-_-N&locStoreNum=6175)? And the [Christmas Toad](http://www.homedepot.com/Decor-Holiday-Decorations-Christmas-Outdoor-Christmas-Decorations/h_d1/N-5yc1vZbd6n/R-202469890/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053), well, of course. . . They also have Odie (from Garfield.) Okay, I admit it. Want. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-christmas-stegosaurus/602109/25 "2011-11-08T01:58:55Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > If that surprises you then clearly you haven’t been to Home Depot recently. > > My personal favorite had [Santa leaving the chimbley](http://www.homedepot.com/Decor-Holiday-Decorations-Christmas-Outdoor-Christmas-Decorations-Christmas-Inflatables/h_d1/N-5yc1vZbd6a/R-202930476/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053)with his derriere aflame and Dasher standing there with a fire extinguisher. Santa could just [drop trou](http://stores.holidayinflatablestore.com/-strse-1706/6ft-Airblown-Inflatable-Animated/Detail.bok). ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-christmas-stegosaurus/602109/26 "2011-11-08T02:12:41Z")
I have a strong hankering to get that stegosaurus and bring it to work. I’d plug it in by my desk and secretly dare anyone to complain about it. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-christmas-stegosaurus/602109/27 "2011-11-08T02:23:18Z")
You know, the dinos being present at Christmas would be right with the belief that the Earth is only 6000 years old and people existed alongside the dinos. A dino creche set would make quite a statement with my church neighbors. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-christmas-stegosaurus/602109/28 "2011-11-08T05:11:59Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > I have a strong hankering to get that stegosaurus and bring it to work. I’d plug it in by my desk and secretly dare anyone to complain about it. You might want to check the specs first. It’s five feet long. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-christmas-stegosaurus/602109/29 "2011-11-08T13:12:42Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > You might want to check the specs first. It’s five feet long. Your point being? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-christmas-stegosaurus/602109/30 "2011-11-08T14:51:18Z")
His point being that if \*\*blondebear \*\*works in a cube farm there’s probably not room for him/her & it too. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-christmas-stegosaurus/602109/31 "2011-11-08T15:53:48Z")
Stegosaurus munching the straw from the roof of the creche. . . I love it! ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-christmas-stegosaurus/602109/32 "2011-11-08T15:59:18Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > You might want to check the specs first. It’s five feet long. I have plenty of room for it. There are 2 vacant cubes right next to mine, plus a nice spot on top of some cabinets under some big windows. That would be the best place; I could share my Xmas Steggy with my coworkers and random passers-by at the same time! ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-christmas-stegosaurus/602109/33 "2011-11-08T15:59:37Z")
Sent the link to my cousin. I’m sure she’ll buy the pig. ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-christmas-stegosaurus/602109/34 "2011-11-08T17:50:11Z")
WANT! (that is all.) ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-christmas-stegosaurus/602109/35 "2011-11-08T18:21:33Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > His point being that if \*\*blondebear \*\*works in a cube farm there’s probably not room for him/her & it too. Life is a series of small triumphs over obstacles. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2011, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-christmas-stegosaurus/602109/36 "2011-11-09T01:45:44Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > His point being that if \*\*blondebear \*\*works in a cube farm there’s probably not room for him/her & it too. Gee, I can’t come into work today. A stegosaurus took over my cube! Awesome excuse. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Trick\_Rider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Trick\_Rider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trick_Rider)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2011, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-christmas-stegosaurus/602109/37 "2011-11-09T02:28:42Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > You might want to check the specs first. It’s five feet long. Now I no longer merely want one. I **need** one. ---
**Author:** ![Shecky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@Shecky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shecky)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2011, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-christmas-stegosaurus/602109/38 "2011-11-09T18:42:48Z")
Is it motorized? I’d like something that looks like it’s thrashing the polar bears and reindeer I have to put out every year. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2011, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-christmas-stegosaurus/602109/39 "2011-11-09T20:04:03Z")
> [@Shecky](#): > > Is it motorized? I’d like something that looks like it’s thrashing the polar bears and reindeer I have to put out every year. Must be motorized. It says its head moves. ---
**Author:** ![Lare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-christmas-stegosaurus/602109/40 "2011-11-10T16:26:24Z")
Oh, here’s a problem: > [@](#): > > Always ensure light set is unplugged when left unattended I guess you’re supposed to sit on the lawn and keep it company. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-christmas-stegosaurus/602109.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-christmas-stegosaurus/602109.md?page=3)