SEX PIT HELP ME JESUS
July 5, 2009 4:45 PM Subscribe
Prattville, Alabama, is home to the Cross Garden of W. C. Rice. Pour yourself a cold drink and take a tour through this Flickr gallery. Make that drink ice water, as YOU WILL DIE, YOU DO NOTHING TO GO TO HELL, and TO LATE IN HELL FIRE WATER.
I visited the cross garden a couple of times in high school. Always on a weekend night and under the influence of Boone's Farm. This is what passes for fun in Montgomery, Alabama.
Thanks for the pics - I've never seen the place by daylight.
posted by Evangeline at 4:52 PM on July 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
Thanks for the pics - I've never seen the place by daylight.
posted by Evangeline at 4:52 PM on July 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
I have been here and if I were a religious person it would scare the hell out of me. Thank god I am not LOL. It isn't like Finster's place though I would have to say. It is not artsy by any means. Does anyone know the status of Finster's place? Last I heard his relatives were selling it all off. So so sad.
posted by username68 at 4:56 PM on July 5, 2009
posted by username68 at 4:56 PM on July 5, 2009
Prattville represent!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:00 PM on July 5, 2009
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:00 PM on July 5, 2009
I want to open up a competing business across the street called the Godless Fornicator's Bar & Grill, but I can't decide between go-karts and mini-golf as the main attraction. (The main attraction after the kiddie pool sized pit of watermelon flavoured lube, obvsly.)
posted by elizardbits at 5:01 PM on July 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by elizardbits at 5:01 PM on July 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
On my walk, this morning, I came across this sign (well, actually, I drive by it every day)... my questions is, why is there a garage sale, yard sale, and senior center in Hell.
I don't know, it just seemed to fit in this discussion.
posted by HuronBob at 5:07 PM on July 5, 2009
I don't know, it just seemed to fit in this discussion.
posted by HuronBob at 5:07 PM on July 5, 2009
*Fires up google maps, types: directions from NEW YORK CITY, NY to SEX PIT."
Ah, dangit.
posted by The Whelk at 5:10 PM on July 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
Ah, dangit.
posted by The Whelk at 5:10 PM on July 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
metafilter: SEX PIT HELP ME JESUS
posted by idiopath at 5:24 PM on July 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by idiopath at 5:24 PM on July 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
On my walk, this morning, I came across this sign (well, actually, I drive by it every day)... my questions is, why is there a garage sale, yard sale, and senior center in Hell.
I am glad to see I can get an ice cream and a subway sandwich on my way to Hell.....
posted by username68 at 5:29 PM on July 5, 2009
I am glad to see I can get an ice cream and a subway sandwich on my way to Hell.....
posted by username68 at 5:29 PM on July 5, 2009
Died Drunk. In Hellfire. -- My preferred epitath!
posted by ericb at 5:32 PM on July 5, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by ericb at 5:32 PM on July 5, 2009 [2 favorites]
Man, it's like the Blair witch got religion.
posted by fleetmouse at 5:41 PM on July 5, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by fleetmouse at 5:41 PM on July 5, 2009 [2 favorites]
Reminds me of Toynbee tiles.
posted by ZenMasterThis at 5:43 PM on July 5, 2009
posted by ZenMasterThis at 5:43 PM on July 5, 2009
Just when I thought the internet could help me forget all of the batshitinsane crap that goes on in the state I live in, you guys go and post it here.
Dammit I need a new home.
posted by Chan at 5:44 PM on July 5, 2009
Dammit I need a new home.
posted by Chan at 5:44 PM on July 5, 2009
I'll try to answer the question you know cause I ain't no educated man, I ain't no smart man...
No, really?
posted by mattoxic at 5:47 PM on July 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
No, really?
posted by mattoxic at 5:47 PM on July 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
You know who else was from Prattville?
Right. Wilson Pickett.
posted by BitterOldPunk at 5:56 PM on July 5, 2009 [2 favorites]
Right. Wilson Pickett.
posted by BitterOldPunk at 5:56 PM on July 5, 2009 [2 favorites]
Doesn't every city in the south have one of these psycho religious haven? I swear.... sad thing is I've seen maybe four or five on road trips.
posted by hillabeans at 5:59 PM on July 5, 2009
posted by hillabeans at 5:59 PM on July 5, 2009
I can't help feeling that this guy is trying to tell me something.
posted by nonspecialist at 6:03 PM on July 5, 2009 [3 favorites]
posted by nonspecialist at 6:03 PM on July 5, 2009 [3 favorites]
I need a new home.
Keep thinking like that and this place (Alabama, I mean) will never change. My roots are as deep in that Alabama clay as any of those God-bothering rednecks, and I ain't gonna let 'em run me off.
posted by BitterOldPunk at 6:04 PM on July 5, 2009 [7 favorites]
Keep thinking like that and this place (Alabama, I mean) will never change. My roots are as deep in that Alabama clay as any of those God-bothering rednecks, and I ain't gonna let 'em run me off.
posted by BitterOldPunk at 6:04 PM on July 5, 2009 [7 favorites]
This wouldn't be half as creepy/fascinating if the paint wasn't peeling, the Frigidaires weren't rusting, and the wood wasn't taking over. I love this kind of crazy.
posted by Weighted Companion Cube at 6:07 PM on July 5, 2009
posted by Weighted Companion Cube at 6:07 PM on July 5, 2009
It's not often that I wish pictures were HDR, but these have a surreality that seem to be calling for it.
posted by Decimask at 6:16 PM on July 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by Decimask at 6:16 PM on July 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
Really, this is the redneck version of the pope. Religion is thought poison, and dressing up these same sentiments with nicer cloth and some antique jewelry still leaves it in the dim corner of human superstition.
At least this yahoo is somewhat harmless. He seems to be preaching self-control as opposed to hate, and he gets 10 points for that. He's not out shooting abortion providers and hiding behind the bible.
I do feel sorry for the poor guy... what must his mind be like in there? Fear? Cloudy, muddled view of the world? What happened? Honestly, I find it sad. Crazy sucks no matter how it manifests.
posted by FauxScot at 6:26 PM on July 5, 2009 [2 favorites]
At least this yahoo is somewhat harmless. He seems to be preaching self-control as opposed to hate, and he gets 10 points for that. He's not out shooting abortion providers and hiding behind the bible.
I do feel sorry for the poor guy... what must his mind be like in there? Fear? Cloudy, muddled view of the world? What happened? Honestly, I find it sad. Crazy sucks no matter how it manifests.
posted by FauxScot at 6:26 PM on July 5, 2009 [2 favorites]
You know, a sex pit would make a great addition to my hot chicks room.
posted by Horace Rumpole at 6:33 PM on July 5, 2009 [3 favorites]
posted by Horace Rumpole at 6:33 PM on July 5, 2009 [3 favorites]
what must his mind be like in there? Fear? Cloudy, muddled view of the world? What happened? ...
posted by FauxScot at 11:26 AM on July 6
Most people have a cloudy, muddled view of the world, I think; for some, it seems like that could actually be a benefit (taking a cloudy and simplistic wide view lets you concentrate on the immediate issues).
I wonder if this guy is/was trying to warn others, or remind himself?
posted by nonspecialist at 6:33 PM on July 5, 2009
posted by FauxScot at 11:26 AM on July 6
Most people have a cloudy, muddled view of the world, I think; for some, it seems like that could actually be a benefit (taking a cloudy and simplistic wide view lets you concentrate on the immediate issues).
I wonder if this guy is/was trying to warn others, or remind himself?
posted by nonspecialist at 6:33 PM on July 5, 2009
My four year old saw this pic and said "Cool, that would make a good fort!"
posted by 445supermag at 6:42 PM on July 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by 445supermag at 6:42 PM on July 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
I'm dying to know how he managed to get such a monopoly on the local Prattville decommissioned telephone pole market... is that the kind of thing he had to know somebody to get, or was it some kind of deal in exchange for the safe release of a meter reader or something...?
posted by Graygorey at 6:52 PM on July 5, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by Graygorey at 6:52 PM on July 5, 2009 [2 favorites]
Oh, wait - I think I have it. I just found a business profile for the W C Rice Oil Company in Birmingham showing estimated annual sales at $100,000,000.
I think he supplies the oil for the hellfire. Who knew it was petroleum?
posted by Graygorey at 6:58 PM on July 5, 2009
I think he supplies the oil for the hellfire. Who knew it was petroleum?
posted by Graygorey at 6:58 PM on July 5, 2009
Hell, Michigan.
BTW, anyone the address of that sex pit?
posted by Daddy-O at 7:04 PM on July 5, 2009
BTW, anyone the address of that sex pit?
posted by Daddy-O at 7:04 PM on July 5, 2009
"One or two percent of the people outta this whole world are gonna be saved. Now, what's gonna happen to that 98 percent? Huh? They're going to Hell. I'm giving you scripture. I didn't write it."
There's an apparent realization that it's a weird and horrible message, so he apparently tries to distance himself from it, by saying he didn't write it. Of course, the problem is, he believes a loving God wrote it. Seems like a sort of psychological disconnect.
posted by knave at 7:13 PM on July 5, 2009 [3 favorites]
There's an apparent realization that it's a weird and horrible message, so he apparently tries to distance himself from it, by saying he didn't write it. Of course, the problem is, he believes a loving God wrote it. Seems like a sort of psychological disconnect.
posted by knave at 7:13 PM on July 5, 2009 [3 favorites]
It's certainly batshit insane, but more importantly has got to be in the top five of World's Ugliest Places.
posted by zardoz at 7:17 PM on July 5, 2009
posted by zardoz at 7:17 PM on July 5, 2009
The dude passed away a few years ago, according to the update on one of the links.
posted by St. Alia of the Bunnies at 7:18 PM on July 5, 2009
posted by St. Alia of the Bunnies at 7:18 PM on July 5, 2009
Several years ago there was a woman in Ft. Worth who covered her fence (facing a busy road) and roof with signs like this. She also liked to sit on her roof and yell "Jesus loves you, you asshole!"
I miss her.
posted by emjaybee at 7:21 PM on July 5, 2009 [6 favorites]
I miss her.
posted by emjaybee at 7:21 PM on July 5, 2009 [6 favorites]
Oh shit, this the Rice of Rice Oil? OMG.
That's fucking hilarious. I think I may know some of that brood. And as I'd rather not be sued for libel, I won't tell the story of HOW I know them. Suffice it to say that, IMO, there's a few of them Rices could use a little Jesus. And I say that as a devout atheist.
Heh. Oh that's too funny.
posted by BitterOldPunk at 7:23 PM on July 5, 2009
That's fucking hilarious. I think I may know some of that brood. And as I'd rather not be sued for libel, I won't tell the story of HOW I know them. Suffice it to say that, IMO, there's a few of them Rices could use a little Jesus. And I say that as a devout atheist.
Heh. Oh that's too funny.
posted by BitterOldPunk at 7:23 PM on July 5, 2009
More of that good ol' time religion, 'bammy style:
BEWARE WHOREMONGERS - DIVORCE - TELEVISION
posted by flapjax at midnite at 7:24 PM on July 5, 2009
BEWARE WHOREMONGERS - DIVORCE - TELEVISION
posted by flapjax at midnite at 7:24 PM on July 5, 2009
I've been to The House Of Crosses (as we call it down here) many times. It's about fifteen miles from my house, out 14 West, just past the Prattville country club (which, I swear to god, looks like a very nice double wide trailer). When someone visits me from out of town or when I'm hanging around with someone new to the area, I like to take them to see the monomania. It's the sort of thing you're just not going to see anywhere else, an experience you'll be able to bring up at dinner parties and in bar rooms for the rest of your life. When I was in high school and working on the school paper, we sent two hapless reporters to interview Mr. Rice and a photographer to get some shots.The results were about the same as what you see in the linked article, though admittedly not as professional or as thorough. The guy was such a well known local legend that it never occurred to us to ask "Hey, what if he cooks and eats people who knock on his front door?"
One thing I've noticed is that, when I drag people out there, the religious ones (like username68 says) tend to find the place very disturbing and don't want to hang around for very long. Everyone else just says "Wow, this guy is completely batshit." I don't know whether they still do it, but once upon a time junior high and high school kids used to go out to the place on Halloween night just to scare the bejeezus out of themselves.
One time, I took a friend and the best 35mm camera I could lay my hands on. I didn't know one end of the camera from the other, so I got him to do the honors. But a week or so later, the film accidentally got re-used, resulting in a number of double exposures. There's nothing quite as disturbing as seeing a picture of your teenage sister hugging her best friend at a high school violin recital with ghostly images of handpainted signs reading "SEX PIT" and "YOU WILL BURN!" seemingly growing out of her forehead.
I don't know whether it's still there - probably not - but there used to be a photocopy of a newspaper article stapled to one of these buildings. It dealt with the resolution of a lawsuit filed by Rice's neighbors. Seemed they felt that his "Miracle Cross Garden" was reducing their property values. Rice won the case.
While I'm an atheist and opposed to proselytizing in any form, I think I can dig his obsession with the corruption of humanity. Of course, I see it in things like the U.S.'s attacks on Iraq and Afghanistan, while he sees it in things like rallies where people voice their opposition to the U.S.'s attacks on Iraq and Afghanistan. But when I'm standing on the side of the road out there, just off 14, I have to admit that it makes me feel good to know that something this insane can continue to exist.
I didn't realize that Rice had died. Poor old crazy son of a bitch.
posted by Clay201 at 7:52 PM on July 5, 2009 [15 favorites]
One thing I've noticed is that, when I drag people out there, the religious ones (like username68 says) tend to find the place very disturbing and don't want to hang around for very long. Everyone else just says "Wow, this guy is completely batshit." I don't know whether they still do it, but once upon a time junior high and high school kids used to go out to the place on Halloween night just to scare the bejeezus out of themselves.
One time, I took a friend and the best 35mm camera I could lay my hands on. I didn't know one end of the camera from the other, so I got him to do the honors. But a week or so later, the film accidentally got re-used, resulting in a number of double exposures. There's nothing quite as disturbing as seeing a picture of your teenage sister hugging her best friend at a high school violin recital with ghostly images of handpainted signs reading "SEX PIT" and "YOU WILL BURN!" seemingly growing out of her forehead.
I don't know whether it's still there - probably not - but there used to be a photocopy of a newspaper article stapled to one of these buildings. It dealt with the resolution of a lawsuit filed by Rice's neighbors. Seemed they felt that his "Miracle Cross Garden" was reducing their property values. Rice won the case.
While I'm an atheist and opposed to proselytizing in any form, I think I can dig his obsession with the corruption of humanity. Of course, I see it in things like the U.S.'s attacks on Iraq and Afghanistan, while he sees it in things like rallies where people voice their opposition to the U.S.'s attacks on Iraq and Afghanistan. But when I'm standing on the side of the road out there, just off 14, I have to admit that it makes me feel good to know that something this insane can continue to exist.
I didn't realize that Rice had died. Poor old crazy son of a bitch.
posted by Clay201 at 7:52 PM on July 5, 2009 [15 favorites]
what must his mind be like in there?
My guess is schizophrenia. Religious fixation is very common in schizophrenics, and intense believers in religion are less likely to seek medical treatment for any disorder of the mind; thus schizophrenics gravitate to this kind of thing and stay there.
Obviously psychiatric treatment would be better, but if the person is going to be untreated, there are a lot of things they can spend their time doing as a religious nutbar--like make signage in such variety, incoherence, and numbers as to almost count as a school of naive art in itself--that are relatively safe for themselves and others. In other words, I think for this guy, making these signs was a valid self-administered therapy.
posted by aeschenkarnos at 7:53 PM on July 5, 2009
My guess is schizophrenia. Religious fixation is very common in schizophrenics, and intense believers in religion are less likely to seek medical treatment for any disorder of the mind; thus schizophrenics gravitate to this kind of thing and stay there.
Obviously psychiatric treatment would be better, but if the person is going to be untreated, there are a lot of things they can spend their time doing as a religious nutbar--like make signage in such variety, incoherence, and numbers as to almost count as a school of naive art in itself--that are relatively safe for themselves and others. In other words, I think for this guy, making these signs was a valid self-administered therapy.
posted by aeschenkarnos at 7:53 PM on July 5, 2009
Several years ago there was a woman in Ft. Worth who covered her fence (facing a busy road) and roof with signs like this. She also liked to sit on her roof and yell "Jesus loves you, you asshole!"
I miss her.
I went to a Catholic school right down the street from her house. She's literally come to our playground and shout at us kids. Our parents would always have to swerve in the streets to avoid her jumping out at cars.
I, too, miss her strangely...
posted by hillabeans at 8:44 PM on July 5, 2009
I miss her.
I went to a Catholic school right down the street from her house. She's literally come to our playground and shout at us kids. Our parents would always have to swerve in the streets to avoid her jumping out at cars.
I, too, miss her strangely...
posted by hillabeans at 8:44 PM on July 5, 2009
And there's a Wallace bumpersticker on the wall of one of the shacks. I am shocked and surprised I tell you what.
posted by Spatch at 9:17 PM on July 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by Spatch at 9:17 PM on July 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
I'm so glad i'm from the Heart of Dixie. Nobody else in the world can tell tales quite like this about their homeland.
posted by cmchap at 9:33 PM on July 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by cmchap at 9:33 PM on July 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
That is crazy in a way I would enjoy.
All my town has is the frog shrine.
posted by Iron Rat at 9:47 PM on July 5, 2009 [2 favorites]
All my town has is the frog shrine.
posted by Iron Rat at 9:47 PM on July 5, 2009 [2 favorites]
Wow, it's like the flipside of Leonard Knight and Salvation Mountain.
Take Leonard your paint! Bright colors only! Blue always welcome!
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 11:03 PM on July 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
Take Leonard your paint! Bright colors only! Blue always welcome!
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 11:03 PM on July 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
All my town has is the frog shrine.
Frog shrine is the best shrine!
posted by cowbellemoo at 1:06 AM on July 6, 2009
Frog shrine is the best shrine!
posted by cowbellemoo at 1:06 AM on July 6, 2009
To me, many of the visions of Hell (naked bodies writhing, fire everywhere, crazy noises) sound more like a good party in San Francisco. Maybe we are all headed to the Sexy Drug Fueled Club Night of the Damned. And those who can't take it go to Fluffy Cloud Heaven.
On the other hand, I may have had too many pudding pops.
posted by poe at 1:19 AM on July 6, 2009
On the other hand, I may have had too many pudding pops.
posted by poe at 1:19 AM on July 6, 2009
Random thoughts:
posted by PontifexPrimus at 2:41 AM on July 6, 2009 [2 favorites]
- You know, in the case of a vampire apocalypse this will be one of the safest places on earth...
- I like the tree with signs saying "CROSS" on them nailed to it. Very meta.
- So that's what happens if you don't have access to internet forums.
- "SAVED. LIKE. KING JAMES. BIBLE BLOOD" = hacker from a made-for-tv movie trying to guess religious serial killer's password.
- "GOD SAID THE WORLD COMING TO AN END" "JESUS WILL HELP YOU" "JESUS OR THE DEVIL" Or Superman. Well, maybe Gamera, if he's around, but that's it.
- "JUST LIFTING UP JESUS" brb.
- "JESUS IS THE DOOR" Yog-Sothoth is the gate. Yog-Sothoth is the key and guardian of the gate. Past, present, future, all are one in Yog-Sothoth.
- "SEX USED WRONG WAY IN HELL FIRE HOT HOT HOT" = crazyspeak for "If you smoke after sex you're doing it too fast".
- "READ BIBLE REPENT YOU WILL DIE" Eat Well. Stay fit. Die anyway.
posted by PontifexPrimus at 2:41 AM on July 6, 2009 [2 favorites]
WOW.
god said world coming to a end. first the grammar go. next your soul!
posted by molecicco at 3:25 AM on July 6, 2009
god said world coming to a end. first the grammar go. next your soul!
posted by molecicco at 3:25 AM on July 6, 2009
I visited the cross garden a couple of times in high school. Always on a weekend night and under the influence of Boone's Farm. This is what passes for fun in Montgomery, Alabama.
Mom?
And there's a Wallace bumpersticker on the wall of one of the shacks.
Before you get carried away with ironic faux shock. What you may find actually shocking is it is a "post-conversion" Wallace sticker from the 80's, the election where he publicly appologized for his segregationist views and won by pandering to (and gaining) the black vote.
posted by Pollomacho at 4:31 AM on July 6, 2009
Mom?
And there's a Wallace bumpersticker on the wall of one of the shacks.
Before you get carried away with ironic faux shock. What you may find actually shocking is it is a "post-conversion" Wallace sticker from the 80's, the election where he publicly appologized for his segregationist views and won by pandering to (and gaining) the black vote.
posted by Pollomacho at 4:31 AM on July 6, 2009
I like the one that says "You Will Die." It's funny cuz it's true!
posted by dortmunder at 5:08 AM on July 6, 2009
posted by dortmunder at 5:08 AM on July 6, 2009
Several years ago there was a woman in Ft. Worth who covered her fence (facing a busy road) and roof with signs like this. She also liked to sit on her roof and yell "Jesus loves you, you asshole!"
I miss her.
I used to drive past her everyday on my way to work. She was Agnes of God and the FW Weekly had a huge article about her in 98 - 99 maybe. If I remember correctly her and her husband were immigrants and he left here when he got to Texas. I remember her being really upset about the building across the street from her fence because it had demons in it. If I can find that article I'll link it.
I miss her too...she was so earnest.
posted by thankyoujohnnyfever at 8:26 AM on July 6, 2009
I miss her.
I used to drive past her everyday on my way to work. She was Agnes of God and the FW Weekly had a huge article about her in 98 - 99 maybe. If I remember correctly her and her husband were immigrants and he left here when he got to Texas. I remember her being really upset about the building across the street from her fence because it had demons in it. If I can find that article I'll link it.
I miss her too...she was so earnest.
posted by thankyoujohnnyfever at 8:26 AM on July 6, 2009
You know, it was funny in a morbid way when I thought he just nailed a bunch of his shit together to pass off his giant field of squalor as religious devotion, complete with keywords scrawled on them like a psycho redneck tag cloud.
Then, after a few more images, it became clear that the motif is actually just the result of a frightened, ignorant, and possibly mentally ill old man unable to even construct a coherent sentence. It's sad to think that this is probably all he knows precisely because he was taught that this is all he needed to know.
posted by Mr. Anthropomorphism at 9:09 AM on July 6, 2009 [1 favorite]
Then, after a few more images, it became clear that the motif is actually just the result of a frightened, ignorant, and possibly mentally ill old man unable to even construct a coherent sentence. It's sad to think that this is probably all he knows precisely because he was taught that this is all he needed to know.
posted by Mr. Anthropomorphism at 9:09 AM on July 6, 2009 [1 favorite]
Like Clay and high-school version of Evangeline, I live 15 or so minutes away. It is nowhere near as scary as it was, when Rice was at the pinnacle of his...... visions and new crosses, arbitrary numbers, random statements and dead appliances showed up on a daily basis. It can be a creepy place at any time of the day and night. Rice's cross and Jesus mural bedecked van was always a sight to behold at the Winn Dixie.
Here is the satellite view where you can see some of the hilarity from space. http://tinyurl.com/nqjo8q
posted by spartacusroosevelt at 12:19 PM on July 6, 2009
Here is the satellite view where you can see some of the hilarity from space. http://tinyurl.com/nqjo8q
posted by spartacusroosevelt at 12:19 PM on July 6, 2009
Sad evidence of mental illness is sad.
posted by jokeefe at 12:33 PM on July 6, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by jokeefe at 12:33 PM on July 6, 2009 [2 favorites]
What I always think of when I see things like this is the many people in the south who end up with the junk of multiple generations in their yards, with weeds growing out of it. Lots and lots of junk cars, beer bottles, scrap wood, rusted mattresses, and so on. Only they didn't paint words all over theirs. I always ran into more of the "junk yard" folk in the south - not so many when we lived in Kansas. So I've always wondered if the junk yard was a purely southern thing.
I always see the "let's paint words all over our junk yard!" folk as taking just one more step into trying to explain to the rest of us why the heck they've kept all that junk in the first place. But even though I admit that I love visiting places like that and taking photos - nope, it's not something I'd want to live next door to. I know neighbors of junk yard folk that sigh and spend a lot of angst over it, because they truly have had problems selling their own houses due to their neighbors' ...er, hobby. I've also been indoors in a few junk yard homes - and let's just say that the junk yard mentality also carried over to the indoors as well.
posted by batgrlHG at 5:14 PM on July 6, 2009
I always see the "let's paint words all over our junk yard!" folk as taking just one more step into trying to explain to the rest of us why the heck they've kept all that junk in the first place. But even though I admit that I love visiting places like that and taking photos - nope, it's not something I'd want to live next door to. I know neighbors of junk yard folk that sigh and spend a lot of angst over it, because they truly have had problems selling their own houses due to their neighbors' ...er, hobby. I've also been indoors in a few junk yard homes - and let's just say that the junk yard mentality also carried over to the indoors as well.
posted by batgrlHG at 5:14 PM on July 6, 2009
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