Out here on the West Coast we’re still watching the closing ceremonies for the Sochi Winter Olympics. (Yeah, I know that they really happened about eighteen hours ago. Thanks, NBC!)
What catches my eye is all of the lights and displays hanging down from the roof. They’re sort of like the LED “dripping icicles” that you can get here for Christmas decorations in the last couple of years, just a hundred times bigger and brighter.
My first response to The Long-Suffering Wife was that they would be great for our yard, adding to our already great annual display. But the drawback would be the expense — I’m betting they’re not cheap.
But then I realized, “Hey! The ones right there in Sochi, what are they ever going to be used for again? I’ll bet that I could pick some of those up cheap!” It would be a great way for Putin to get back a few buck on the billions and billions of dollars spent on these games.
Better yet, they could sell them in a “shopping channel” or “adfotainment” style or format, you know, “But wait, there’s more! Order in the next ten minutes and you can get TWO giant Sochi icicle lights! Pay only separate shipping and handling!”
Then I realized that the shipping and handling might be Putin’s plan to get back all of the fifty billion dollars or so they spent, and I’m pretty sure that’s over the credit limit on my cards, so I’ll have to keep looking for them elsewhere.
Maybe Vancouver or London still have some stuff lying around that they’d like to get rid of.
P.S. My thanks to The Long-Suffering Wife who suggested this topic just after I yelled something inappropriate for a family audience, followed by, “It’s after ten and I still haven’t written or posted anything today!”
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