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A friend expressed this sentiment
on New Year’s Eve day.
I put it first and then added the
more cheerful New Year haiku.
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fire works in poor taste
few days after two murders
small town thinks gun fire
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fire works glorious
world celebrates the New Year
Peace, Good Will, to all
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Eastport drops Sardine
BangorMaine cheers with Beach Ball
That’s no Bologna ! *
was held for welcoming 2013 …
Top Ten Unusual
10. Bermuda Onion
9 Conch and Sushi (Sort Of)
“In Key West, a giant queen conch
will be dropped atop Sloppy Joe’s Bar ….for the 20th time.
A few blocks away,
Key West’s famous drag queen Miss Sushi
gets lowered from a giant stiletto pump.“
8 Sardine: from tallest building, 3 stories
after it’s dropped, people line up to kiss it
for good luck
7 Pickle
6 Tortilla Chip
5 Bologna
4 One M for M/M two cities
In Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania a
giant red M&M is dropped at 7:p.m.
At the same time, another M&M
is dropped in Elizabethtown’s sister city
Letterkenny in Ireland (where it’s midnight).
Elizabethtown is the home of M&M Mars Inc.
3 Moon Pie
2 Giant Peep
1. Dead Carp…
“Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin ….
weirdest possible item to celebrate the new year.
A real dead carp, caught by local fishermen
is hoisted up then lowered onto a throne.
The carp represents the town’s fishing industry
(plus it’s considered lucky in Chinese culture —
to everyone but the fish).
The DOA carp, nicknamed “Lucky”,
has a tree planted where it is buried
with a commemorative plaque
listing the carp’s name and year.”
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Information from:
The Ten Weirdest New Year’s Eve Ball Drops: Pickles, Peeps, and Fish
By Laine DossMon., Dec. 31 2012 at 7:00 AM
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siggiofmaine 
julespaige
Thanks Siggi…
For years we had a small sucker – type cat fish – that grew to fit the ten gallon tank – it’s fish name begins with a P but I can’t find it. Well anyway we had it for about ten years along with the ‘fair’ gold fish that we ended up gifting to a friends out door pond, when the cat fish died. Our boys were old enough to want to consciously bury their faithful fishy friend in the side yard. I can only guess that ‘it’ has helped the plants there…
Do let me know when you post your minnow story 🙂
julespaige
Lucky…We like to tease that frogs and rabbits are lucky when they have all their limbs.
I hadn’t heard of the Carp. Nice though that they plant a tree over it.
siggiofmaine
julespaige
I was born and grew up in Wisconsin and it cracked me up…the carp…I had to include it somehow ! If it hadn’t been soooo cold…below zero wind chills here, and colder at the minnow drop, I would have gone up there to kiss the minnow !
It always amuses me that there actually is a building in Eastport that is actually 3 stories high.
Thanks for the comment…enjoyed reading it.
Peace.
siggiofmaine
PS to julespaige
and, yes, I did feel better when I read they will plant a tree over “lucky”…
Around Father’s Day, I have a minnow story to tell…thanks for reminding me.
Peace
frizztext
fire works in poor taste
few days after two murders
small town thinks gun fire
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yes, listening to New Year’s fireworks gives a
bad flashback to all those weapons used in 2012!