Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:08 AM

arely staircase (4,156 posts)

OK. Time to play Can You Spot the Unintentional Irony in the Photo?

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OK. Time to play Can You Spot the Unintentional Irony in the Photo? (Original post)	arely staircase	Aug 2012	OP
Government created trees, fasteners, pluming and electrical supplies, etc.	slackmaster	Aug 2012	#1
And I don't sell to cops, teachers, firemen...	lumberjack_jeff	Aug 2012	#3
Excellent point	dragonlady	Aug 2012	#11
Paved street?	my2sense	Aug 2012	#2
ding ding ding	arely staircase	Aug 2012	#6
Maybe his customers come in the back way on 4x4s and snow machines with truck nuts hangin'!	NYC_SKP	Aug 2012	#17
Truck nutz aren't that bad. I think they're sort of funny. I'm waiting for truck c***s.	HopeHoops	Aug 2012	#23
Oh, we have them in California. They're call snappers.	NYC_SKP	Aug 2012	#28
your making that up, right? nt	arely staircase	Aug 2012	#36
I am. They're actually called "Rams' Heads":	NYC_SKP	Aug 2012	#40
+1000 nt	arely staircase	Aug 2012	#41
Okay, I need a pic for that. Are they "fresh red snappers"?	HopeHoops	Aug 2012	#46
They're all pink inside.	NYC_SKP	Aug 2012	#48
No, no, no, and no - in that order. Just PM me with a link. I might buy one anyway.	HopeHoops	Aug 2012	#49
That's ILLEGAL!	NYC_SKP	Aug 2012	#51
Nah, I've already got one of those. I'm talking about the "truck nutz" type.	HopeHoops	Aug 2012	#54
Read up thread...	NYC_SKP	Aug 2012	#55
"Snapper" would be perfect.	HopeHoops	Aug 2012	#60
I owned a cafe on highway 28 in eastern Washington state. It was	brewens	Aug 2012	#53
That was my first impression, too...	MADem	Aug 2012	#56
Dig it up and cut him off from the commons. nt	DCKit	Aug 2012	#62
The conduit is hanging off and probably a code violation?	KurtNYC	Aug 2012	#4
no i was thinking the highway in the back but good catch	arely staircase	Aug 2012	#7
He is telling the world "I built this without help" and	KurtNYC	Aug 2012	#19
the problem is the exposed wires	Mosby	Aug 2012	#52
It looks like it's within code. The sign is screams "I'M A STUPID FUCKING DICKHEAD!"	HopeHoops	Aug 2012	#24
Dunno. Phone number, electricity, paved road all = infrastructure	gollygee	Aug 2012	#5
No homes...	kentuck	Aug 2012	#8
Ass - Gaster ?	zzaapp	Aug 2012	#9
You don't wanna know. It's a digestive issue.	NYC_SKP	Aug 2012	#18
NEVER!!! lol	zzaapp	Aug 2012	#25
DUzy!	4_TN_TITANS	Aug 2012	#42
Thanks, I'm glad someone caught it.	zzaapp	Aug 2012	#43
I wonder if he knows that he may lose half his customers?	tridim	Aug 2012	#10
i think its in south carolina so sadly, he probably won't	arely staircase	Aug 2012	#13
The lumber industry was subsidized by the US Government?	kentuck	Aug 2012	#12
i was thinking the highway that runs right in front of his store nt	arely staircase	Aug 2012	#14
Did he make his own sign?	Sheepshank	Aug 2012	#15
I bet they got even more direct help than the road	Enrique	Aug 2012	#16
that idiot's from my hometown	NightWatcher	Aug 2012	#20
Does the word "Morans" come to mind?	HopeHoops	Aug 2012	#27
Stupidity isn't painful enough. If it was, there'd be a lot less of it.	hobbit709	Aug 2012	#21
Minor detail that it's on a highway? That sign has "Don't Shop Here" written all over it.	HopeHoops	Aug 2012	#22
It looks like a place where you can order 400 2x4s for delivery and end up with six 1" dowels.	HopeHoops	Aug 2012	#26
I wonder if he gets tax breaks for being a business owner	justiceischeap	Aug 2012	#29
Or perhaps he obtained a Small Business Loan..LOL..n/t	monmouth	Aug 2012	#50
What is his area code?	bahrbearian	Aug 2012	#30
912 it's in Savannah, Ga. lets all give him a call via the telephone lines that he didnt pay for	NightWatcher	Aug 2012	#35
let's call him and tell him to fix the hanging electrical conduit nt	arely staircase	Aug 2012	#39
"No gubmint employees allowed in my store."	muntrv	Aug 2012	#31
The Chinese Gov't Subsidized the Company That Made his "I built this business..." flag?	berni_mccoy	Aug 2012	#32
It says "If you're a Democrat, shop elsewhere"	JohnnyRingo	Aug 2012	#33
"Forget that I'm on a gubmint built highway, I did this myself!"	muntrv	Aug 2012	#34
National Forests n/t	YankeyMCC	Aug 2012	#37
The freedom of speech that this tool obviously enjoys...	Wait Wut	Aug 2012	#38
If we rob him, he cannot call the police, take us to court, drive on a road to catch us.	Festivito	Aug 2012	#44
His supplies just magically appear on his shelves without ever touching a public road	tandot	Aug 2012	#45
good point about the lumber	arely staircase	Aug 2012	#47
I just keep laughing about how proud this moron must feel	librechik	Aug 2012	#57
Nice sign	rock	Aug 2012	#58
This message was self-deleted by its author	aikoaiko	Aug 2012	#59
I note Mr. Gaster attended Armstrong Atlantic State University	JBoy	Aug 2012	#61
It's always a good time for this picture	reflection	Aug 2012	#63

Response to arely staircase (Original post)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:11 AM

slackmaster (60,567 posts)

1. Government created trees, fasteners, pluming and electrical supplies, etc.

And phones.

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Response to slackmaster (Reply #1)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:12 AM

lumberjack_jeff (24,541 posts)

3. And I don't sell to cops, teachers, firemen...

... nor do I sell to customers who get federally insured mortgages.

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Response to lumberjack_jeff (Reply #3)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:26 AM

dragonlady (2,565 posts)

11. Excellent point

The business world is very complex and interdependent, and government is a large part of it.

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Response to arely staircase (Original post)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:11 AM

my2sense (2,611 posts)

2. Paved street?

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and electric power...

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Response to my2sense (Reply #2)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:21 AM

arely staircase (4,156 posts)

6. ding ding ding

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the big guvmint highway, which im sure this rugged indiviualist does not use.

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Response to arely staircase (Reply #6)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:35 AM

NYC_SKP (48,844 posts)

17. Maybe his customers come in the back way on 4x4s and snow machines with truck nuts hangin'!

That's what I'm thinkin'!

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Response to NYC_SKP (Reply #17)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:43 AM

HopeHoops (47,675 posts)

23. Truck nutz aren't that bad. I think they're sort of funny. I'm waiting for truck c***s.

I have NO idea how they'd pull that off other than a visit to the local porn shop.

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Response to HopeHoops (Reply #23)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:46 AM

NYC_SKP (48,844 posts)

28. Oh, we have them in California. They're call snappers.

I got one on my Prius!

/-)

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Response to NYC_SKP (Reply #28)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 12:01 PM

arely staircase (4,156 posts)

36. your making that up, right? nt

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Response to arely staircase (Reply #36)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 12:30 PM

NYC_SKP (48,844 posts)

40. I am. They're actually called "Rams' Heads":

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Response to NYC_SKP (Reply #40)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 12:32 PM

arely staircase (4,156 posts)

41. +1000 nt

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Response to NYC_SKP (Reply #28)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 01:13 PM

HopeHoops (47,675 posts)

46. Okay, I need a pic for that. Are they "fresh red snappers"?

The question dates back to the mid 70's when my friends and I were at a strip mall. There was a fancy restaurant in mall and this REALLY attractive young woman in a miniskirt (too old to even consider any of us, but that basically means 19) came out and wrote the special on the a-frame chalk board out front on the floor - "FRESH RED SNAPPER" with her rather miniscule hinter region pointing directly at us. We all completely lost it.

My wife won't let me get one of those (or truck nutz for that matter), but I'd still like to see the link. There's no way in HELL I'm going to run a Google search on "snapper". There won't be any water turtles for at least 30 pages of results.

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Response to HopeHoops (Reply #46)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 01:15 PM

NYC_SKP (48,844 posts)

48. They're all pink inside.

OK, if this subthread offends ANYONE, I swear I will post it all in Meta and change my sigline to a animated gif of an excited Tapir.

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Response to NYC_SKP (Reply #48)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 01:21 PM

HopeHoops (47,675 posts)

49. No, no, no, and no - in that order. Just PM me with a link. I might buy one anyway.

For my bicycle.

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Response to HopeHoops (Reply #49)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 01:28 PM

NYC_SKP (48,844 posts)

51. That's ILLEGAL!

You can't buy them.

You have to woo them.

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Response to NYC_SKP (Reply #51)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 01:43 PM

HopeHoops (47,675 posts)

54. Nah, I've already got one of those. I'm talking about the "truck nutz" type.

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Response to HopeHoops (Reply #54)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 02:00 PM

NYC_SKP (48,844 posts)

55. Read up thread...

I was making it up...

But there SHOULD be a product like that, and "snapper" would be a GREAT name for it, don't you think?

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Response to NYC_SKP (Reply #55)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 05:11 PM

HopeHoops (47,675 posts)

60. "Snapper" would be perfect.

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Response to arely staircase (Reply #6)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 01:37 PM

brewens (3,011 posts)

53. I owned a cafe on highway 28 in eastern Washington state. It was

right on the main route to Grand Coulee Dam, a good tourist draw. We were doing well, partly because of the traffic to the government project on the government highway. A screwjob by the seller and severe spike in fuel prices during the Bush administration caused us to shut it down.

We now feel pretty good about not buying the place because we dodged the Bush economic disaster. The real estate crash would have screwed us. We had felt we were getting the property for cheap enough to just sell it off if the cafe didn't do well and still turn a tidy profit. That would not have worked out well.

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Response to my2sense (Reply #2)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 02:05 PM

MADem (86,032 posts)

56. That was my first impression, too...

Though the owner of the store is such a moron that he may not have taken advantage of a public education.

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Response to my2sense (Reply #2)

Thu Aug 2, 2012, 11:20 AM

DCKit (18,300 posts)

62. Dig it up and cut him off from the commons. nt

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Response to arely staircase (Original post)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:14 AM

KurtNYC (12,065 posts)

4. The conduit is hanging off and probably a code violation?

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Response to KurtNYC (Reply #4)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:22 AM

arely staircase (4,156 posts)

7. no i was thinking the highway in the back but good catch

be cool if he got a fine.

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Response to arely staircase (Reply #7)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:37 AM

KurtNYC (12,065 posts)

19. He is telling the world "I built this without help" and

Pictures of his sign go viral to thousands of people and there it is... hanging conduit with 120vAC running through it to that reverse lit sign. AND he sells to contractors and electricians who could fix that.

I just picture him muttering and putting the conduit up like that "damned government electrical codes can't tell ME what to do..." Gzzzzzzzaaaaaapppp!!!

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Response to arely staircase (Reply #7)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 01:28 PM

Mosby (2,933 posts)

52. the problem is the exposed wires

Going from the junction box to the sign.

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Response to KurtNYC (Reply #4)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:44 AM

HopeHoops (47,675 posts)

24. It looks like it's within code. The sign is screams "I'M A STUPID FUCKING DICKHEAD!"

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:15 AM

gollygee (12,325 posts)

5. Dunno. Phone number, electricity, paved road all = infrastructure

That's all I've got.

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:22 AM

kentuck (66,212 posts)

8. No homes...

No lumber or hardware.

No government = a lot less homes?

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:23 AM

zzaapp (531 posts)

9. Ass - Gaster ?

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:36 AM

NYC_SKP (48,844 posts)

18. You don't wanna know. It's a digestive issue.

Do not EVER stand directly behind Ray Gaster.

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Response to NYC_SKP (Reply #18)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:44 AM

zzaapp (531 posts)

25. NEVER!!! lol

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Response to zzaapp (Reply #9)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 12:33 PM

4_TN_TITANS (2,786 posts)

42. DUzy!

At least I laughed....

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Response to 4_TN_TITANS (Reply #42)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 12:35 PM

zzaapp (531 posts)

43. Thanks, I'm glad someone caught it.

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Response to arely staircase (Original post)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:25 AM

tridim (40,730 posts)

10. I wonder if he knows that he may lose half his customers?

I guess he'd rather remain willfully uniformed and racist instead of keeping his store in business.

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:29 AM

arely staircase (4,156 posts)

13. i think its in south carolina so sadly, he probably won't

he might lose his african american customers but they may know what he is like and not shop there anyway.

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:27 AM

kentuck (66,212 posts)

12. The lumber industry was subsidized by the US Government?

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:30 AM

arely staircase (4,156 posts)

14. i was thinking the highway that runs right in front of his store nt

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:31 AM

Sheepshank (5,026 posts)

15. Did he make his own sign?

Is he taking business deductions? Is he writing off the cost of a sign?

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:31 AM

Enrique (22,631 posts)

16. I bet they got even more direct help than the road

we've seen several people claim they got no help and then it turns out they got plenty of help. Direct help, in the form of checks from the government.

Not to mention government contracts, which often provide a substantial part of contractors' business.

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:38 AM

NightWatcher (20,436 posts)

20. that idiot's from my hometown

makes me proud to see that kind of rampant ignorance

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:46 AM

HopeHoops (47,675 posts)

27. Does the word "Morans" come to mind?

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:38 AM

hobbit709 (26,074 posts)

21. Stupidity isn't painful enough. If it was, there'd be a lot less of it.

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:41 AM

HopeHoops (47,675 posts)

22. Minor detail that it's on a highway? That sign has "Don't Shop Here" written all over it.

One of our local businesses had their sign reading "Let Freedom Reign" after the shrub wrote that blunder on something. Again, "Don't Shop Here".

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:45 AM

HopeHoops (47,675 posts)

26. It looks like a place where you can order 400 2x4s for delivery and end up with six 1" dowels.

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:48 AM

justiceischeap (9,818 posts)

29. I wonder if he gets tax breaks for being a business owner

That's government help isn't it?

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 01:25 PM

monmouth (21,078 posts)

50. Or perhaps he obtained a Small Business Loan..LOL..n/t

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:49 AM

bahrbearian (11,108 posts)

30. What is his area code?

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:55 AM

NightWatcher (20,436 posts)

35. 912 it's in Savannah, Ga. lets all give him a call via the telephone lines that he didnt pay for

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 12:15 PM

arely staircase (4,156 posts)

39. let's call him and tell him to fix the hanging electrical conduit nt

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:51 AM

muntrv (8,350 posts)

31. "No gubmint employees allowed in my store."

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:51 AM

berni_mccoy (17,512 posts)

32. The Chinese Gov't Subsidized the Company That Made his "I built this business..." flag?

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:52 AM

JohnnyRingo (9,327 posts)

33. It says "If you're a Democrat, shop elsewhere"

No matter who helped him build his business, he's dismantling it all by himself. No doubt, he'll blame sluggish sales on the president next year.

What a dumbass

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:52 AM

muntrv (8,350 posts)

34. "Forget that I'm on a gubmint built highway, I did this myself!"

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 12:05 PM

YankeyMCC (8,293 posts)

37. National Forests n/t

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 12:10 PM

Wait Wut (6,171 posts)

38. The freedom of speech that this tool obviously enjoys...

...provided in part by government employees, our US military. The miracle that he spelled everything correctly, I assume a gift of government employees, our public school teachers. And, when his business catches fire because he's built without the benefit of building to code, government employees will rescue his dumb ass.

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 12:42 PM

Festivito (12,283 posts)

44. If we rob him, he cannot call the police, take us to court, drive on a road to catch us.

Looks like he benefited from rural electrification.

Who says he owns that place?

Is that fence at a property line? Who says that's his property line.

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 01:13 PM

tandot (6,277 posts)

45. His supplies just magically appear on his shelves without ever touching a public road

Also, his customers magically appear in his store without ever using public roads. I wonder if he has any customers who are employed by the Government.

Also, where does he get the lumber from? Government land?

Someone should investigate if he ever got a SBA loan from the Government or is getting any special tax breaks.

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 01:15 PM

arely staircase (4,156 posts)

47. good point about the lumber

you know some of it came from state or national forests.

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 02:08 PM

librechik (25,007 posts)

57. I just keep laughing about how proud this moron must feel

since he can't use any of his one brain cells.

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 02:52 PM

rock (7,418 posts)

58. Nice sign

I wonder where he learned to spell.

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 05:46 PM

JBoy (7,463 posts)

61. I note Mr. Gaster attended Armstrong Atlantic State University

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ray-gaster/14/3a3/46a

Ray Gaster's Education
Armstrong Atlantic State University
BS Business, Management/Marketing

1970 – 1972

And it appears that Armstrong Atlantic was founded back in 1935

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armstrong_Atlantic_State_University#History

Armstrong Atlantic State University was founded as Armstrong Junior College in 1935 by Mayor Thomas Gamble. Gamble pursued the issue during the height of the Great Depression to benefit Savannah's youth and the community, as well aid in stimulating the local economy.

So Mr. Gaster is the beneficiary of government stimulus.

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 11:25 AM

reflection (4,844 posts)

63. It's always a good time for this picture

http://www.flickr.com/photos/constintina/3453797182/

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