Fri Nov 30, 2012, 02:04 PM

A farmer was denied a permit to build a horse shelter so he takes another route:

“@shervin: Farmer denied permit to build horse shelter. So he builds giant table & chairs which don't need permit. I love this.

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Ha!

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A farmer was denied a permit to build a horse shelter so he takes another route: (Original post)	Are_grits_groceries	Nov 2012	OP
Hey...it's AAAAAAAAAAAAHT!!! Like a skull-pcha!!!	MADem	Nov 2012	#1
Yes, it is! Very creative and very outside-the-box thinking!	TheDebbieDee	Dec 2012	#46
I love this man....	CherokeeDem	Nov 2012	#2
Hope you read Reply #4. No permit denial.	The Wielding Truth	Nov 2012	#17
He should claim it's art	Politicalboi	Nov 2012	#19
It's a conspiracy.	mahatmakanejeeves	Nov 2012	#23
That's right downtown!	OnyxCollie	Nov 2012	#37
Cleveland!	JohnnyRingo	Nov 2012	#40
Even if art	adieu	Nov 2012	#27
Creative Thinking at it's best!	Sekhmets Daughter	Nov 2012	#3
anyone know where this is at?	shraby	Nov 2012	#4
Germany. It was an advertisement for a lumber company, nothing to do with permits or rw fantasies.	FSogol	Nov 2012	#10
Well the giant furniture is cool anyway	Cobalt-60	Nov 2012	#22
Link here:	JHB	Nov 2012	#28
o darn. but it was nice believing the Op for a few minutes.	Whisp	Nov 2012	#33
Oh good, because I couldn't understand how that was going to be much of a shelter.	Dark n Stormy Knight	Dec 2012	#42
Makes sense. That setup doesn't provide much shelter. nt	Honeycombe8	Dec 2012	#44
It's art! nt	patrice	Nov 2012	#5
Maybe he could cover his sculpture...	TeeYiYi	Nov 2012	#6
Snopes:	demmiblue	Nov 2012	#7
Anyway,	yesphan	Nov 2012	#8
Yes, it is.	demmiblue	Nov 2012	#9
that is good it is real	hollysmom	Nov 2012	#26
Looks very Lilliputian to me...it's not so much that the table and chairs look big...	joeybee12	Nov 2012	#11
The horses seem to eat less that way.	RC	Nov 2012	#12
! nt	eppur_se_muova	Nov 2012	#41
Very cool	libodem	Nov 2012	#13
Truly art as life, this one :-)	Dont call me Shirley	Nov 2012	#14
Thanks for posting	dipsydoodle	Nov 2012	#15
beggin for table scraps, I see....	BlancheSplanchnik	Nov 2012	#16
Cool advertisement	quakerboy	Nov 2012	#18
What a creative solution... So glad this farmer didn't give up, and protected those	midnight	Nov 2012	#20
It's a clever print ad for a lumber company in Germany.	mojowork_n	Dec 2012	#43
Look at the miniature horses!	Baitball Blogger	Nov 2012	#21
I think I see Edith Ann on one of those chairs....	Whisp	Nov 2012	#34
lol. Love it.	Liberal_in_LA	Nov 2012	#24
Very creative!	kentuck	Nov 2012	#25
Maybe those are just cat-sized horses.	tclambert	Nov 2012	#29
That pic is disorienting as hell	Shankapotomus	Nov 2012	#30
I've seen the pic before and read the story. Its real, not a photoshop! Very cool isn't it? nt	riderinthestorm	Nov 2012	#32
Reminds me of a family friend...	HooptieWagon	Nov 2012	#31
LOL-What a clever farmer-	Auntie Bush	Nov 2012	#35
It's not true. He wasn't denied a permit.	Lex	Dec 2012	#48
LOL!	OnyxCollie	Nov 2012	#36
Clever. nt	bluestate10	Nov 2012	#38
This message was self-deleted by its author	Historic NY	Nov 2012	#39
This is not true! Old story that was debunked! n-t	Logical	Dec 2012	#45
One of the reasons we now live where we have chosen to live:	bvar22	Dec 2012	#47
Well good for you but the permit denial in this horse story is bullshit.	Lex	Dec 2012	#49
The farmer built them to promote his business. Not to bypass city laws. n-t	Logical	Dec 2012	#50
Where do you live?	cleanhippie	Dec 2012	#51
Somalia	ToxMarz	Dec 2012	#54
In 2006, we moved to a very rural area of West-Central Arkansas.	bvar22	Dec 2012	#55
The continuation of a misleading Snoped out headline in GD?	PATRICK	Dec 2012	#52
rec'd, then unrec'd. check out the snopes link:	nilram	Dec 2012	#53
This farmer is hired!!	bucolic_frolic	Dec 2012	#56
People... get real.	noel711	Dec 2012	#57

Response to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Fri Nov 30, 2012, 02:06 PM

MADem (86,169 posts)

1. Hey...it's AAAAAAAAAAAAHT!!! Like a skull-pcha!!!

Love it!

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Response to MADem (Reply #1)

Sat Dec 1, 2012, 11:37 AM

TheDebbieDee (8,379 posts)

46. Yes, it is! Very creative and very outside-the-box thinking!

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Response to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Fri Nov 30, 2012, 02:06 PM

CherokeeDem (1,846 posts)

2. I love this man....

bet TPTB will try to find a way to make him tear these down.....

Way to go, Mr. Farmer.....

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Response to CherokeeDem (Reply #2)

Fri Nov 30, 2012, 03:11 PM

The Wielding Truth (8,440 posts)

17. Hope you read Reply #4. No permit denial.

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Response to CherokeeDem (Reply #2)

Fri Nov 30, 2012, 03:16 PM

Politicalboi (9,495 posts)

19. He should claim it's art

What a great idea he had.

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Response to Politicalboi (Reply #19)

Fri Nov 30, 2012, 03:42 PM

mahatmakanejeeves (3,621 posts)

23. It's a conspiracy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claes_Oldenburg

http://oldenburgvanbruggen.com/largescaleprojects/lsp.htm

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Response to mahatmakanejeeves (Reply #23)

Fri Nov 30, 2012, 08:43 PM

OnyxCollie (6,572 posts)

37. That's right downtown!

Whooo! Represent!

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Response to mahatmakanejeeves (Reply #23)

Fri Nov 30, 2012, 11:19 PM

JohnnyRingo (9,328 posts)

40. Cleveland!

I haven't seen it in a while, and I'd almost forgotten about it, but I recall it was right downtown. Perhaps they moved it (?).

Thanks for posting that.

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Response to Politicalboi (Reply #19)

Fri Nov 30, 2012, 04:40 PM

adieu (487 posts)

27. Even if art

it could require a permit. Public arts all require permits.

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Response to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Fri Nov 30, 2012, 02:07 PM

Sekhmets Daughter (7,121 posts)

3. Creative Thinking at it's best!

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Fri Nov 30, 2012, 02:08 PM

shraby (15,456 posts)

4. anyone know where this is at?

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Response to shraby (Reply #4)

Fri Nov 30, 2012, 02:30 PM

FSogol (16,043 posts)

10. Germany. It was an advertisement for a lumber company, nothing to do with permits or rw fantasies.

Check out snopes.

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Response to FSogol (Reply #10)

Fri Nov 30, 2012, 03:40 PM

Cobalt-60 (3,068 posts)

22. Well the giant furniture is cool anyway

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Response to FSogol (Reply #10)

Fri Nov 30, 2012, 05:00 PM

JHB (17,811 posts)

28. Link here:

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/horseshelter.asp

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Response to FSogol (Reply #10)

Fri Nov 30, 2012, 07:27 PM

Whisp (17,208 posts)

33. o darn. but it was nice believing the Op for a few minutes.

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Response to FSogol (Reply #10)

Sat Dec 1, 2012, 06:41 AM

Dark n Stormy Knight (1,176 posts)

42. Oh good, because I couldn't understand how that was going to be much of a shelter.

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Response to FSogol (Reply #10)

Sat Dec 1, 2012, 09:54 AM

Honeycombe8 (18,012 posts)

44. Makes sense. That setup doesn't provide much shelter. nt

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Response to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Fri Nov 30, 2012, 02:10 PM

patrice (47,443 posts)

5. It's art! nt

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Response to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Fri Nov 30, 2012, 02:10 PM

TeeYiYi (4,606 posts)

6. Maybe he could cover his sculpture...

...with a tarp during the winter months to protect it from the elements...?

TYY

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Response to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Fri Nov 30, 2012, 02:16 PM

demmiblue (5,212 posts)

7. Snopes:

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/horseshelter.asp

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Response to demmiblue (Reply #7)

Fri Nov 30, 2012, 02:26 PM

yesphan (757 posts)

8. Anyway,

very clever.

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Response to yesphan (Reply #8)

Fri Nov 30, 2012, 02:30 PM

demmiblue (5,212 posts)

9. Yes, it is.

What a great form of advertising!

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Response to demmiblue (Reply #7)

Fri Nov 30, 2012, 04:24 PM

hollysmom (1,290 posts)

26. that is good it is real

I was thinking maybe the horses were really very very small - lie the farmer was dabbling in genetics or something.

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Response to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Fri Nov 30, 2012, 02:34 PM

joeybee12 (41,684 posts)

11. Looks very Lilliputian to me...it's not so much that the table and chairs look big...

But it makes it seem like the horses are really small.

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Response to joeybee12 (Reply #11)

Fri Nov 30, 2012, 02:37 PM

RC (21,640 posts)

12. The horses seem to eat less that way.

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Response to RC (Reply #12)

Fri Nov 30, 2012, 11:29 PM

eppur_se_muova (20,763 posts)

41. ! nt

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Response to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Fri Nov 30, 2012, 02:38 PM

libodem (11,866 posts)

13. Very cool

Awesome.

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Response to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Fri Nov 30, 2012, 02:56 PM

Dont call me Shirley (1,395 posts)

14. Truly art as life, this one :-)

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Response to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Fri Nov 30, 2012, 03:08 PM

dipsydoodle (32,691 posts)

15. Thanks for posting

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Response to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Fri Nov 30, 2012, 03:10 PM

BlancheSplanchnik (7,713 posts)

16. beggin for table scraps, I see....

that's how they get spoiled, you know.

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Response to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Fri Nov 30, 2012, 03:13 PM

quakerboy (10,577 posts)

18. Cool advertisement

Too bad the RW has tried to co opt it - Govt is bad, they wont let the poor horsies have a shelter, see the clever man get around the bad government.

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Response to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Fri Nov 30, 2012, 03:29 PM

midnight (23,479 posts)

20. What a creative solution... So glad this farmer didn't give up, and protected those

beautiful animals...

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Response to midnight (Reply #20)

Sat Dec 1, 2012, 09:53 AM

mojowork_n (2,235 posts)

43. It's a clever print ad for a lumber company in Germany.

No actual horses were harmed, or sheltered.

But that's some fine Photoshop work.

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Response to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Fri Nov 30, 2012, 03:34 PM

Baitball Blogger (11,308 posts)

21. Look at the miniature horses!

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Fri Nov 30, 2012, 07:29 PM

Whisp (17,208 posts)

34. I think I see Edith Ann on one of those chairs....

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Response to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Fri Nov 30, 2012, 03:59 PM

Liberal_in_LA (28,705 posts)

24. lol. Love it.

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Fri Nov 30, 2012, 04:09 PM

kentuck (66,245 posts)

25. Very creative!

Great !

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Fri Nov 30, 2012, 06:45 PM

tclambert (5,536 posts)

29. Maybe those are just cat-sized horses.

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Fri Nov 30, 2012, 06:56 PM

Shankapotomus (2,318 posts)

30. That pic is disorienting as hell

my mind keeps going back and forth between photoshop/real/photoshop/real.

surreal

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Response to Shankapotomus (Reply #30)

Fri Nov 30, 2012, 07:23 PM

riderinthestorm (13,178 posts)

32. I've seen the pic before and read the story. Its real, not a photoshop! Very cool isn't it? nt

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Fri Nov 30, 2012, 07:20 PM

HooptieWagon (6,372 posts)

31. Reminds me of a family friend...

The guy owned a boatyard in Florida. Got divorced, so wanted to build a bachelor pad on the boatyard property. No dice, the boatyard was zoned for boat repair and storage. So the guy built a "houseboat" permanently mounted on pilings on shore. Had a barge-type "hull", complete with bottom paint. FL boat registration numbers. Electric and plumbing ran up inside the pilings, hidden from view. He lived there several years, until he sold the yard.

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Fri Nov 30, 2012, 08:22 PM

Auntie Bush (15,267 posts)

35. LOL-What a clever farmer-

Just sent it to severalf friends.

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Response to Auntie Bush (Reply #35)

Sat Dec 1, 2012, 11:40 AM

Lex (32,248 posts)

48. It's not true. He wasn't denied a permit.

Check snopes before sending stuff like this.

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Fri Nov 30, 2012, 08:39 PM

OnyxCollie (6,572 posts)

36. LOL!

It's funny because it's not a forced perspective.

And I got four hours of sleep.

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Fri Nov 30, 2012, 09:27 PM

bluestate10 (8,593 posts)

38. Clever. nt

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Sat Dec 1, 2012, 11:05 AM

Logical (8,087 posts)

45. This is not true! Old story that was debunked! n-t

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Sat Dec 1, 2012, 11:39 AM

bvar22 (29,564 posts)

47. One of the reasons we now live where we have chosen to live:

No Building Permits

No Inspections

No Zoning

No Home Owners Associations

No Bullshit

When we want to build something,.... we build it.
If it falls down... too bad.

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Sat Dec 1, 2012, 11:40 AM

Lex (32,248 posts)

49. Well good for you but the permit denial in this horse story is bullshit.

How about that.

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Sat Dec 1, 2012, 11:41 AM

Logical (8,087 posts)

50. The farmer built them to promote his business. Not to bypass city laws. n-t

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Sat Dec 1, 2012, 11:42 AM

cleanhippie (14,506 posts)

51. Where do you live?

No government at all?

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Sat Dec 1, 2012, 01:25 PM

ToxMarz (204 posts)

54. Somalia

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Response to cleanhippie (Reply #51)

Sat Dec 1, 2012, 01:40 PM

bvar22 (29,564 posts)

55. In 2006, we moved to a very rural area of West-Central Arkansas.

We are in the Ouachita Mountains, close to Oklahoma.
We DO have "government".

Minimum Health, Safety, and Environmental standards are enforced by the State and County.
Nobody can start a toxic waste dump,
or burn tires without getting in trouble.

We have a constable that is elected every two years,
and a "Judge" and a "County Sheriff".

If we have a dispute or a problem, we contact the Constable, and he will either deal with it, or call the appropriate authority.
Every county is divided into Fire Districts, and has local Volunteer Fire Departments & Medical First Responders organized and trained by the County & State.
(My wife & I are both Firefighters, and she is the only Medical First Responder for our 60 square mile rural district.)

The County Assessor visits every property yearly.
If we build an addition to our house, we don't need a permit or code inspection, but will have to pay additional taxes
based on the square footage of the addition.
If we wanted to mortgage our house, we would have to have an inspection by the bank.
The bank won't make the loan if there is a problem with the house.

...so we DO have government out here, it just hasn't gotten too intrusive.
Mostly, we leave each other alone to do what they want on their own property.
While my wife & I embrace this independence, and take extreme care to keep our property and structures safe,
we readily acknowledge that this freedom can cause problems among those who are irresponsible,
or lack the skills to live this way.

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Sat Dec 1, 2012, 12:00 PM

PATRICK (11,723 posts)

52. The continuation of a misleading Snoped out headline in GD?

Is someone asleep at the switch here? Though it is fairly harmless it makes me wonder about other more serious sounding topics.

How did they get the horses that small anyway?

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Sat Dec 1, 2012, 01:03 PM

nilram (1,290 posts)

53. rec'd, then unrec'd. check out the snopes link:

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/horseshelter.asp

(with thanks to reply #10, above)

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Sat Dec 1, 2012, 02:07 PM

bucolic_frolic (708 posts)

56. This farmer is hired!!

Mr. Farmer, I want to know ....

how to get around

state vehicle inspections

car insurance

probate taxes

bundled cable tv (I PAY for Faux News????)

subsidizing pro sports salaries

talking head salaries

Citizens United

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Sat Dec 1, 2012, 02:15 PM

noel711 (2,147 posts)

57. People... get real.

You'll are getting as bad as the FOX crowd...
sure it's fun to poke fun at what we THINK we see...

check it out at Snopes.com

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/horseshelter.asp

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