Those Stories that Run Every Year, Once a Year

[rusty charly]

Running Bulls

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"Just re-run the footage and change the dates!"

[evlbstrd]

1. How not to poison yourself with your turkey.

[LeftyMom]

2. Why driving through fooded intersections is a Bad Idea.

Illegal fireworks will blow your hand off, knock up your wife and eat your children.
There's a really long line out in front of (insert Big Box store here) on black friday.

[jeff30997]

3. Razor blades in apples at Halloween!

A classic.

[GOPisEvil]

4. The "Oh My God, we might see some snow/ice/sleet!!!!! We're gonna DIE!!!!!

At least in south and central Texas.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

5. Groundhog? WH Xmas tree lighting, Easter Egg hunt?

[LeftyMom]

6. The toy every kid wants and you can't find- three people trampled trying

to score one at Walmart.

Variation: Hard-to-get toy sells for as much as a good used car on Ebay.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

8. Ya they never do the followup, 2 years later to see what Cabbage Patch Kid

or Furbies or whatever are worth NOW.

[LeftyMom]

9. $1 at goodwill, half price on mondays

Less at yard sales.

[txwhitedove]

11. Yeah, what's up with that? Yard sales cheaper than Goodwill.

:shrug:

[LeftyMom]

15. People just want to get thier crap gone.

Personally I'd rather dump it all at goodwill and have my weekend free (to go buy other people's crap.)

[Rabrrrrrr]

20. I hear - these people will spend ten hours getting their garage ready,

pricing items, and yada yada yada, and then another 8 hours for at least one day, probably 16 hours over two days hanging out in the garage selling the shit to the people, all to show a $100 maximum profit, probably much less.

My time is worth a hell of a lot more than that.

[flvegan]

7. State of the Union Address. Same lies, what, 5 years running now?

Idiot just LOOKS more stupid each time. Reporters fawning, practically giving him a virtual hand-job with every spoken word.

Asses.

[nuxvomica]

10. New Planet Discovered Outside Our Solar System

And never a clear picture. Just some talk about perturbations in a star's orbit.

[Rabrrrrrr]

12. YOUR CHILD IS AT RISK OF RAPE IF HE GOES NEAR A COMPUTER!

[sbj405]

13. Thanksgiving - biggest travel holiday

with live, complete coverage from the airport :eyes:

And new in the last few years - how not to burn your house down with the turkey fryer.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

14. Fire hazard from frying turkey

[rusty charly]

16. the national spelling bee winner

[Robb]

17. Perplexing elderly person behavior

"Bus Driver Retires at 80"
"Still Crazy for Quilting at 90"
"Man rides train every day for 75 years"

etc.

[LeftyMom]

18. People in new suburb camp out three days to get thier kid's school slot

[Rabrrrrrr]

19. You will BURN TO DEATH of you have Christmas Tree lights!!!!!!!!