Our submitter in Townsville, Australia says that Christmas decorating season is in full swing.Unfortunately, all those strings of lights have set off a string of front-yard vandalism as well. And in Townsville, people take their Christmas lights seriously.
In the spirit of the season, one disgruntled resident has added this sign to his decor. “I’m not sure how the choice profanity will go down with hundreds of cars full of children passing by every night,” she writes. (Please note that our submitter has pre-censored the profanity from the photo, in deference to our readers’ delicate sensibilities.)
Meanwhile, in Michigan, I think this local news headline says it all:
Beheaded Mickey Mouse Christmas decoration leaves Davison resident upset, children scared
Well, in any case, it says considerably more than the accompanying photo of this terrifying scene:
My favorite quote from the article:
“She was able to sew Mickey back together and use some Gorilla tape to patch up the gingerbread man, but some of her children’s innocence has been lost.”
related: Decor-nappings of Christmases past
extra credit: “Queenslander risks death for killer Christmas light display” [abc news brisbane]
50 responses so far ↓
#1
MW
From the town of Townsville? Send the Powerpuff Girls to find your candy canes.
Dec 19, 2014 at 10:28 am rating: 90
#2
Jami
I don’t get vandalism. “Oh, I don’t own this so I’m going to destroy it/spray paint it/put it into sexual poses” – God, if you want to destroy Christmas decorations, go down to a store that sells them cheap, buy them, and then destroy them. Don’t wreck other peoples’ property!
Dec 19, 2014 at 10:58 am rating: 90
#3
James
*you’re
Dec 19, 2014 at 11:21 am rating: 90
#4
molly
so is it on the gold coast or in townsville? there is literally several thousand kilometres between the places name dropped here.
Dec 19, 2014 at 1:40 pm rating: 90
#5
assiveProgressive
So the cop in the article is telling people to call 911 if they see someone vandalizing Christmas decorations. I’m sorry, but isn’t 911 for EMERGENCIES? Seeing someone cutting up a tacky blow-up Mickey Mouse is not my idea of an emergency. And by the way, Jami, I think it’s hilarious whenever deer are placed in “position.”
Dec 20, 2014 at 1:49 am rating: 90
#6
Mandy
Townsville isn’t part of the Gold Coast! It’s 1300 km north- or about 1000 miles. I live there lol
Dec 20, 2014 at 6:47 am rating: 90
#7
danezeller
I’m not sure what “your happy” is. I say, if you can’t use the language well, you deserve to have your reindeer humping each other. That’s just my opinion. I could be wrong.
Not likely, though.
Dec 20, 2014 at 10:17 am rating: 90
#8
Belaani
A broken Mickey “frightened the children”? Are you fucking kidding me? – it was probably the precious snowflakes that did the dastardly deed!
Dec 20, 2014 at 7:07 pm rating: 90
#9
Patti
Too bad the submitter didn’t see fit to pre-censor the bad spelling. That is far more offensive to our delicate sensibilities than the merry expletive.
Dec 21, 2014 at 4:24 am rating: 90
#10
sunshynegrll
‘Wishing you a big Merry [Christmas,] you!’
Yeah, I can see why they censored that. ‘Christmas’ is the dirtiest word.
From the article: “It’s not called the silly season for sensible activity” …do Australians really call it ‘the silly season’?
Dec 22, 2014 at 6:10 am rating: 90
#11
havingfitz
Even as a tiny child, I hated Mickey and thought he was a sanctimonious little bastard. So much so that Little Me even went as far as to destroy anything Mickey-related I was given. I just need to figure out how the heck I got to Michigan the other night…
Dec 22, 2014 at 9:33 am rating: 90
#12
cloop
I like to steal decorations
Dec 26, 2014 at 1:46 pm rating: 90
#13
Raichu
Destroying peoples’ stuff isn’t cool. But rearranging it to look dirty is funny.
I guess I’m forever 15 years old
Dec 27, 2014 at 2:31 am rating: 90
#14
havingfitz
I’ve never done it, but I’ve always wanted to steal Baby Jesus from a nativity scene and leave behind a note that says “Ha! This time I win! Love, Herod!”
Dec 29, 2014 at 8:52 am rating: 90
#15
assiveProgressive
did they even steal Zombie Jesus? Did you hear about that one? The guy in Ohio put up a zombie nativity scene, but was ordered to take it down because the size of the manger exceeded zoning regulations for structures. Or so they said.
Dec 30, 2014 at 9:54 am rating: 90
#16
Chris Rohrer
I don’t know would behead Mickey but maybe it was in the fashion of the cryofrozen Walt? Either way it’s all very cringe worthy stuff…..
Dec 31, 2014 at 11:15 am rating: 90
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