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Comodes With Artificial Flowers

Q: Why do people put comodes with artificial flowers in the bowl in their yards? Do they really think this is attractive or does this have a meaning?

Ariela from FL

A: Ariela,

I had to laugh when I saw your question. Next to one of the less used roads going into my city, there is a house that sports an army of 10-12 stark white toilets in the front yard. The toilets are lined up in a perfect row that runs the entire length of the front yard. Every summer the bowels and tanks are brimming over with red, white and purple-colored petunias. The first time I saw it, I admit I nearly drove off the road. Now several years later, it makes me smile every time I drive by. For me, it's come to represent the fact that I'm home and I count on it being there. The flowers are real and it's quite an attention getter. Since over the years the number of toilets has grown, either her family is in the deconstruction business, or they have morphed into some kind of eccentric commode collectors. Incidentally, 80 miles down this highway in the opposite direction, I often pass through a little town by a yard full of flower pots perched atop 7-8 old lawn mowers. I'm not sure where you live in Florida, but using commodes as containers is popular (with some) in small-town Minnesota. What is the most outrageous (bad or good) container that anyone has ever seen?

Ellen

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