Nat'l Lampoon Christmas on the Bayou
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| Sun, 12-13-2009 - 12:20am |
Warning: if you have bladder issues you might ought to "tinkle" before you read this.
Today was the designated day for us (the Griswald's) to put up the Christmas Tree, so as we do each year, Princess crawled into the attic. I positioned myself midway on the ladder leading to the attic and dh stood at the foot of the ladder to catch all the Christmas "stuff" as we passed it downward, in assembly line fashion. We had hardly begun when I left my position on the ladder (for some reason; can't remember why) - Princess went to heave the BIG Christmas Tree Box down but the box accidently made contact with a bucket of paint and the bucket went hurling from the attic right into DH's face. He saw it coming and quickly turned his head and the bucket CONKED him above the ear on the boney part of his head and then veered off, hit the garage floor and flipped over. The lid popped off and paint spilled everywhere.
Can you say
"National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation: Part Two"?
The Griswald's have nothing on us.
It's a good thing DH has a thick skull or he could have been seriously hurt. . .All's well that ends well. The tree is up & beautiful but it looks as though a herd of Reindeer have partied all night in our living room.

Just keepin' it real.
~deb

Oh my Lord, since no one got hurt I will laugh hysterically.
What color is the paint, enough to redo the garage floor?
Kathey
all the leaves are brown
and the sky is grey
Kathey
Dogs have families, Cats have servents.
OMG Deb, so glad dh wasn't seriously hurt. But glad you all can lol now. Glad the paint was in the garage and not the house.
I hope the tree turned out nice.
((hugs))
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LOL!
"Heavens to Murgatroyd", as good old Snagglepuss would say!
Hi Deb,
As you may imagine my emotions are on a bit of a rollercoaster today. I could clearly see the Griswalds as you described this scene and I howled in laughter. Hysterical tears seem to be the order of the day and life keeps providing me with manic sadness or mirth. I am most relieved that your DH was not injured by the falling paint can. I hope that the decorating clean-up continued without further incident.
Hugs,
Melissa
What a fiasco! Too bad someone wasn't filming because you might have made some $$$ on America's Funniest Home Videos with that whole maneuver! I'm so glad you DH wasn't badly hurt by the falling paint can. Sure was a good thing it all took place in the garage!!!
This has got to be one of the funniest Christmas stories I have heard.....I'm sure it wasn't funny at the time.....but it started my day with not only a chuckle but a belly laugh......Thanks!!!