Holiday FAIL

My illustrious coblogger already put up a New Year's wish from both of us, but I simply had to add this one. There's a big fake-o tree made of lights on the highway by my digs. It's supposed to spell out "Joy Hope Peace Love Faith" or something to that effect. Some of the lights burnt out, leaving us with this gem:

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Someone. Please. Alert Failblog. Now. (Ignore the fact that it looks a bit like a dilapidated FAIU).

Happy New Year everyone! I hope your holiday season was a standout!

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Hee! I was scrolling through my RSS feeds when I saw this, and initially thought I was reading Failblog. I expect to see it there shortly! :)