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Thursday, February 18, 2010

Exceptionally Evil Elevator (of DOOM)

For starters, I need to come clean about Martijn's Deadly Man Flu. I may have Exaggerated a little bit. He really did have deadly man flu, but he was only being dramatic because when he was sick the time before I was teasing him about not treating illness like a "typical man."

Now that we've gotten that out of the way, we're onto E.

When I asked Martijn what he thought I should write about for E, he started spewing out a rather strange list.
  • Eggheads
  • Eggplant-recipes
  • Edible stuff
  • Electric Locomotives
  • Elevators
  • Elusive mythical beast
  • Engelbert Humperdink
  • Epistle of James
Epistle of James? Really? It's not even REALLY an E! The list wasn't completely useless though. I decided to share with you my Exceptionally Evil Elevator (of DOOM)!


I also rather like the warning sticker.

Elevator Warning Sign

It says "WATCH OUT! Scary elevator of doom doesn't have safety doors that would enclose the entire elevator instead of only just three sides."*

Still, I'd rather take the scary elevator than mountain climb up 9 flights of steep narrow Dutch stairs 4 times a day.

*Not a direct translation, but that's really what it means.

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I'm participating in Jenny Matlock's Alphabe-Thursday!

Jenny Matlock

22 comments:

  1. Wizardress19 February, 2010

    I felt like I was on the Tower of Terror at Disney heeehee

    Heyyyy do you think you can go with us to the Delft adventure in April??

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  2. Viki19 February, 2010

    OMG, I've never seen anything like that LOL. It would freak me out but I guess I would go on it too to avoid all those stairs.

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  3. Linda @ A La Carte19 February, 2010

    Wow, the just name Elevater of Doom scares me!
    Thanks for leaving me a comment and yes I think seeing egg cups and coddlers over there is cultural. Wish I could visit and shop with you!

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  4. Noodle19 February, 2010

    I hate hate hate the stairs over there... I swear there all steep and over half of them are circular... But yeah I can just imagine my daughter trying to jump threw the doors to the other floors just for fun... Yup she is a dare devil...

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  5. 4 Lettre Words19 February, 2010

    The title of the post cracked me up all by itself!

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  6. Jenny19 February, 2010

    Oh I love this post! Absolutely E xcellent!

    And an A+ to your husband for his funny suggestions!

    And a double A+ for your...

    Does he roll his eyes at you when you ask him this stuff?

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  7. GardenOfDaisies19 February, 2010

    I loved your husbands suggestions! Eggplant Parmesan is one of my favorite foods! And good ol' Engelbert H. composed the music for Hansel and Gretel which I LOVE!! (Not to confused with that other guy who stole his name and sang pop music during the 60 and 70's.)

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  8. Kat19 February, 2010

    Great post! This definitely qualifies as an exceptionally evil elevator. I don't care for them at the best of times, but this one would scare the heck out of me. I got a bit of vertigo just watching the video! Kathy

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  9. Sarah20 February, 2010

    Great list of suggestions from your husband. And a super great post!!! Love the title on this one!

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  10. mrs. c20 February, 2010

    Great post....that elevator is super creapy!!! Thanks for visitng my post, the cat parinting is layers of acrylic with some 3-d embellishments. It's in a small hallway and I love the way it "changes colors" due to the amount of light.

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  11. Jo20 February, 2010

    That does look scary ... i think i would be forced to take the stairs ... i am a bit of a chicken

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  12. Alea Milham20 February, 2010

    LOL! What a fun post, as well as, a good reminder of how spoiled we are living in America.

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  13. Coralie Cederna Johnson20 February, 2010

    Love your E words for this week! Isn't Jenny's Alphabet series FUN!!! Thanks for visiting!

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  14. Maggie20 February, 2010

    I would rather take that lift than climb all those stairs too.
    Thanks for visiting Normandy
    ~Maggie~

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  15. Short and Sweet20 February, 2010

    I hate elevators! I was stuck in one once and it was very traumatic but I also don't care for Dutch stairs! I suppose I would have to live on a bottom floor.

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  16. Anonymous20 February, 2010

    All the Polish block of flats lifts were like this (only the windows were bigger and rectangular). They're replacing them all now with really flimsy feeling modern ones. I was always scared of them when I was little and visiting my grandparents, but I miss them now.

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  17. brainella20 February, 2010

    That elevator is creepy but I don't blame you for taking it! And the pictures on that sign are great.

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  18. Cat20 February, 2010

    Evil elevator indeed!

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  19. Unknown20 February, 2010

    ooooh scary elevator! melinda

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  20. Debbiedoos21 February, 2010

    Hate elevators and escalators...I take the stairs often, this one was Exceptionally scary! Thanks for coming by my home tour...at this time we are not adopting adults...I will let you know if that changes LOL!

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  21. Connie23 February, 2010

    Glad you guys are all feeling better!!
    What a clever idea with the alphabet thing.
    My dad has been ill, and I've not gotten to visit my blog buddies as often as I like. I am going to try to catch up on your A - D posts, too!
    Best wishes for a great week!!

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  22. Connie24 February, 2010

    I have an award for you over on my blog!!!

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