Monday, December 13, 2010

Nightmare Before Christmas

One of the homes I drive by on my daily route has a large square-based pillar near the road. For Christmas they have wound red ribbon around the normally white pillar. As I come around the bend in the road and see the pillar it looks a bit like a red brick chimney.

And anyone who is familiar with Tailypo knows that a chimney with no house around it is inherently creepy.

Yes, unfortunately, their decorating attempt makes me think less "Ho Ho Ho" and more "Tailypo, tailypo, I got my tailypo..."
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  1. NancyDecember 14, 2010 at 10:42 AM

    That's terrifying. I would not want to live near that house.

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  2. AndreaDecember 14, 2010 at 10:58 AM

    Thank you! I heard this story as a child in the library of my elementary school. It was a vinyl recording of a storyteller with a sufficiently creepy way of saying "Taileybone, Taileybone, I want my taileybone." I still remember that refrain sometimes, but I've never seen another reference to it in my entire life until now. It was great (and creepy) to read the whole story again.

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