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True Dough

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17. Or, here's another idea

Reply to Niagara (Reply #15)

Sun Mar 15, 2026, 08:58 PM

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You have the skeleton up until spring and then you use those 12 disassembled pieces as temporary fence posts in your yard and fence off your garden!

How about it?

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So, there's a woman down the road from us with a 12 ft tall plastic skeleton in her front yard [View all] Bayard Sunday OP

That;s funny. PS i wouldn't stop either debm55 Sunday #1

She seems cool. ForgoTheConsequence Sunday #2

You have the coolest neighbor in the world nt cyclonefence Sunday #3

Hmmm...wonder if you live near us. Totally Tunsie Sunday #4

I Like It !!! alittlelark Sunday #5

Oak Cliff, TX kcoates Sunday #6

There's a used car lot in Coeur d'Alene that has an old tow truck... jmowreader Sunday #7

Little local eccentricities TommyT139 Sunday #8

I can attest to that! AloeVera Sunday #24

think of it this way: could be worse, could be a Trump flag Skittles Sunday #9

It would be funnier if The Madcap Sunday #33

I'd stop and tell them how great I think is it Niagara Sunday #10

I was going to ask, True Dough Sunday #11

No. I wish Bayard was talking about me Niagara Sunday #12

Maybe it can be disassembled? True Dough Sunday #14

You do have a point there about it being disassembled Niagara Sunday #15

Time to hold True Dough Sunday #16

Or, here's another idea True Dough Sunday #17

That's a fantastic idea, True Niagara Sunday #18

The Skeleton House True Dough Sunday #22

I'd like to do something like this in my yard to change things Niagara Sunday #23

You don't need to store it mercuryblues Sunday #27

True Dough and I were just discussing that option Niagara Sunday #31

Dang. mercuryblues Sunday #40

I'll think of something though, I usually do Niagara Sunday #42

She never stores it Bayard Sunday #46

We have a home like that in our area Dave in VA Sunday #13

My optometrist has a six foot skeleton sitting in his office. He dresses it up for the various holidays and events. The Floyd R. Turbo Sunday #19

A similar story Gruenemann Sunday #20

Probably doesn't have room to store it. JohnnyRingo Sunday #21

my cat's buddy is one of those skeletons NJCher Sunday #25

That's hilarious! AloeVera Sunday #26

Why did she insult the Irish? Martin Eden Sunday #28

She just skipped right over that one Bayard Sunday #47

Easter is about rebirth. underpants Sunday #29

All of those costumes probably take up less storage space than the skeleton itself, RockRaven Sunday #30

We have one of those. hamsterjill Sunday #32

She skipped St Patrick's Day? CrispyQ Sunday #34

Clever Faux pas Sunday #35

She's having fun. Nobody's getting hurt. Demobrat Sunday #36

She should keep an eye out for ICE. KY_EnviroGuy Sunday #37

They sound fun Luciferous Sunday #38

Its the Home Depot Skelly. johnnyfins Sunday #39

I like her style. Warpy Sunday #41

There's a guy about 1.5 miles up the road from me that does something similar but he also has a giant skeleton dog!! chowder66 Sunday #43

Practically you realize that storing it is a pain Lithos Sunday #44

We have definitely wandered off into the Twilight Zone. flashman13 Sunday #45

Sounds like you have a bone to pick Blue Owl Sunday #48