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Recognize This House

Do you recognize this house? is another view. Not right off? How about if you removed the bushes? Replaced the gravelled front yard with grass? Painted it pinkish yellow? Added a nerdy yet do-goody neighbor? Does it ring a visual bell now? ( is a visualization). Still not seeing it? is your final hint.

Back in 1997(ish), a house was built using T.V.'s the Simpson's home as a model. The house was then given away in some crazy promotion. I vaguely remember hearing about the contest back then. Well, on this most recent visit to the Las Vegas area, I sought it out and took my typically . With the change in landscape, paint color, etc. it is hardly worth being a destination in itself, but since I was just out cruising around, it was a good way to kill the time. Plus, it complements my last Las Vegas Simpsons experience well*.

Sunday January 4 2009

File under: travel

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on Mon 05th Jan, 2009 04:22 am PST Dave said:
This was a fun blog post. I spent way too much time comparing the real thing versus the, um, real thing. There are at least two missing windows and the roof has issues.
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on Mon 05th Jan, 2009 02:29 pm PST Saxtor said:
Due to the lack of punctuation in the thread title, I couldn't help but read this as a command, as in Extreme Makeover.
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on Mon 05th Jan, 2009 03:18 pm PST Wren said:
Saxtor, whoever wrote this ghetto blog software didn't allow for any punctuation except periods and dashes in post titles. That is why I attempted to clarify the meaning in the first sentence.
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on Tue 06th Jan, 2009 06:38 am PST HOpe said:
Island access - Cay/Quay
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on Tue 06th Jan, 2009 02:33 pm PST Sean said:
I took it as a command and loved it. You betta recognize!
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