[Groop]The Big Old Stupid Statue Picture Contest!!!

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This is a true story.

----- Original Message -----
From: Gary Grossmann <grossfam@olywa.net>
Date: Thursday, August 22, 2002 7:13 pm
Subject: Re: [Groop]The Big Old Stupid Statue Picture Contest!!!

> Hi Folks!
> 
> Well, as some of you may remember (and as Ruben actually saw in 
> person) my
> Groo statue sits atop it's very own Two-Way Rotating Upside Down 
> ConvertedTie-Matic Stand.
> 
> You see, one of my numerous strange and bizarre relatives (and I 
> don't care
> what anyone says or thinks-NO ONE has a more bizarre set of 
> relatives on
> both sides of the family than me.  Proof:  I am considered far and 
> away the
> most normal.)
> 
> Anyway, one of them gave me this thing called a "Tie-Matic." It's 
> this black
> plastic thingy with a motor inside and little hooks hanging down 
> from a
> circle of plastic and the idea is you attach it to the wall, hang 
> your ties
> on it, and rotate the hanging ties around until the one you want 
> is right
> their in front of you.  Right.
> 
> Plus I hate wearing ties and I own only two for certain work 
> related tie
> required events and the odd tie required going out event.  So even 
> if it
> wasn't a cheesy piece of worthless plastic, it still would have 
> been a dumb
> idea.
> 
> This was around the time the Groo Statues came out and my younger 
> son piped
> up and said "Gee, Dad, if you cut off all the hooks and turned it 
> upsidedown, it would be just the right size and make a cool Groo 
> stand.  So that's
> exactly what I did.  We had to gerry-rig the gers a little, 
> install a
> rubberband, and juice up the motor with a more potent battery, but 
> it works
> great!!  Probably the best use for a Tie-Matic ever!
> 
> Take care all -Gary G.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > Okay, now this is just getting silly...
> >
> > ...BUT NOT SILLY ENOUGH!!!
> >
> > IF you guys decide to send in pix of your statues, and
> > IF someone out there posts them on his/her web site for us
> > Then I suggest that, instead of having 40-something
> > shots of the same statue over and over and over again taken
> > at different angles, sizes and resolutions, we should
> > instead ACCESSORIZE and PROP the hell out of the pix,
> > in as silly a fashion as possible!
> >
> 
> 
> 
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