Lauren
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Post by Lauren on Apr 2, 2008 19:09:33 GMT -5
We lived in an older house when I was little and we had a bat infestation one winter. They had been in the chimney and one day my dad went to light the fireplace and they all came flying out.
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Post by wenonah4th on Apr 2, 2008 20:21:57 GMT -5
There's a large population of literal bats in the belfry in my parents' church building (it date from 1903). At sunset you can see them swooping out of the tower. There are also these strange carved openings in the ceiling of some of the rooms of the church, the otehr side of which are in the attic. Once during a choir rehearsal when I was 8, a bat swooped through there into the room where we were and scared my friends and me out of our wits.
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Rie
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Post by Rie on Apr 3, 2008 3:37:44 GMT -5
We lived in an older house when I was little and we had a bat infestation one winter. They had been in the chimney and one day my dad went to light the fireplace and they all came flying out. I would have been in total panic if I were you. ;D
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Post by wenonah4th on Apr 3, 2008 9:41:01 GMT -5
agreed^
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Lauren
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Post by Lauren on Apr 3, 2008 10:13:49 GMT -5
I was about 18 months old when this happened so I have no memory of it fortunately. My parents were freaked out though.
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Post by wenonah4th on Apr 3, 2008 13:35:14 GMT -5
Oh, that makes a difference. I remember the aforementioned instance at church.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2008 17:26:41 GMT -5
The guy in the palm tree suit basically made my life.
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Post by wenonah4th on Jul 10, 2008 14:24:24 GMT -5
^?
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Post by m0drnmoonlight on Aug 6, 2008 14:27:21 GMT -5
Funniest is definitely when Karen's family punk'd her in Karen's Big Joke. Karen enters the...is it called The Beautiful Families Contest, and one of Elizabeth's co-workers shows up as the judge? Karen's all dressed up and is mad that no one else did, she's mad at Sam in particular for promising to wear a tux hahaha.
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lilafowler
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Post by lilafowler on Aug 6, 2008 18:43:58 GMT -5
wenonah4th, the palm tree guy shows up in Karen's Baby-sitter, when Karen enters a drawing to win a trip to...I don't remember, but apparently somewhere with palm trees. Because it's Karen, of course she wins, and is notified of this by an entourage including a guy in a palm tree suit that shows up at the little house while Bart is sitting for her and Andrew. In a refreshing turn of events, Karen does not get to keep her prize, because the contest was restricted to adults. Karen tries to say that her mother, who is certainly an adult, is named Karen Brewer, but Bart blows her spot, all, "Your mom's name is Lisa..." I remember the illustration being pretty fabulous. ETA: I just checked, and I was wrong -- it's not an entourage, just one guy in a palm tree suit. However, I was not wrong about the fabulosity of the illustration:
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Post by booboobrewer on Aug 6, 2008 20:06:57 GMT -5
LOL that is completely awesome!!
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Post by sweetvalleygirl99 on Aug 6, 2008 20:48:49 GMT -5
Funniest is definitely when Karen's family punk'd her in Karen's Big Joke. Karen enters the...is it called The Beautiful Families Contest, and one of Elizabeth's co-workers shows up as the judge? Karen's all dressed up and is mad that no one else did, she's mad at Sam in particular for promising to wear a tux hahaha. Haha, that was kind of mean but really funny lol ;D. I'm glad they played the joke on her.
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Post by m0drnmoonlight on Aug 6, 2008 22:21:34 GMT -5
Ok, now this is weird. I remember the guy in the palm tree outfit, but I don't remember the story! I know it's the book where Bart babysits her and she develops a crush on him, but I don't remember the details at all
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Post by sparklymouse on Aug 7, 2008 15:38:25 GMT -5
That palm tree guy has the worst job ever. Did he hop up to the front door? His bottom half looks like a mermaid costume.
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Post by annieb on Dec 14, 2008 16:16:01 GMT -5
When Karen slugs Pamela in Karen's Candy. Serves her right.
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