Monday, June 22, 2009

Delinquent decorations

Finally, a landlord that doesn’t fool around!

A woman in Boulder, Colo., was evicted from her apartment because she kept Easter decorations on her door for two weeks after the holiday.

If you’re like me, you’re shouting, “It’s about time! They should have tear-gassed her on the way out too!”

Incredibly, the evictee is whining that she got a raw deal. Her lawyer is even claiming religious discrimination because Easter is a Christian holiday.

I’m not buying it. She was told in plain English to take down her “display of Easter stickers, plastic grass and Peeps marshmallow candies” when the big day was over.

Yet she refused — thus making it impossible for her neighbors to occupy the same building or even sleep at night.

Outdated holiday decorations are one of the great plagues of the modern era.

We’ll never be able to tackle poverty and injustice until we stamp out things like Christmas tree lights still up in January and Halloween pumpkins lingering on the porch in November.

I mean, if you cut people some slack on this, there’s no telling what could be next!

It could lead to … to … to … well, something really bad I’m sure.

3 comments:

former newsy said...

wonder what would have happened if she had left up christmas decorations? geez, louise, in the end, does it really matter?

Anne said...

Leftover Peeps! What is this country coming to? Have they no sense of responsibility when devouring Easter Candy with the high class reputation of Peeps is in the ignored file? In the Name of High and Holy Fructose Corn Syrup will be next? Bunny Ears?
Oh! The inhumanity!

Anonymous said...

Government. Just wait until you stand in line for health care.