This Shouldn’t Be A Thing – Here’s Looking At You Kid Edition

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a great guest. That is coming up on Monday at 1033 right now. That way it's 1154. Calvin

that means it is time for this shouldn't be a thing. If you ever have a thing you think

should not be send it in to Greg and me send it to Jane says J-A-N-E-S-A-Y-S. Jane says

at civicmedia.us today's this shouldn't be a thing is the here's looking at you kid addition.

We have mixed feelings about this though. Greg. Yeah, we do. Part of us. Okay, we'll tell

you what it is. Here's the headline from Alex Mitchell in the New York Post. Bandles are

putting hilarious googly eyes on outdoor sculptures, but local officials aren't laughing. Talk

about a site for sore eyes. Bend, Oregon. Have noticed that someone is taping great big

googly eyes onto roadside sculptures and it's costing them money to retake them down. We're

talking about like deer statues. If you can imagine just any kind of public art

work. Even if it's just a round ball they'll put eyes on it so it looks like there's eyes

on the round ball. Yeah, there are some pretty funny pictures there. I would like to know and I'm

sure through a FOIA request we can find out how much the actual cost is because I mean how much

does it cost to just go dip, took them down. You might have to like get some goo gone on there

and polish it up a little bit but we're not talking millions of dollars are being spent on

saving these statues of deer. Bend the city in Oregon that posted to its Instagram accounts,

quote, while the googly eyes placed on various art pieces around town might give you a chuckle.

It costs money to remove them with care so as to not damage the art. The removal has run upward

of $1,500 because of the adhesive on the googly eyeballs. Horton steel can lose rust patches from

adhesives needing chemical treatment to rust evenly. Stainless steel requires strong solvents

to remove the adhesive residue. Now the bend government is bargaining with folks saying while we

don't condone putting on wreaths, lays or Santa hats, it would be better than adhesives, graffiti,

and all things that can that can damage the art. So they're asking folks to stop with the googly eyes

and just put hats on them now and just put a wreath around the neck of the deer. I have a solution.

I have a solution. You get a pair of googly eyes. Don't use the adhesive patches. Poke holes

in the sides of them. Tie them around with string. So they're still there, but their string is

holding them up. And all I have to do is just get a hardy American made pair of scissors. Cut them

down. I'll donate 10 pair of scissors to Ben Dorgon. If you implement this tactic,

the silliness is is held up. The lovability is held up and the art is saved is is protected.

Exactly. I like it. We're going to include this article in our show notes so you can take a look

at the deer with the great big googly eyes. I think it's hilarious. That wraps up today's edition of

This shouldn't be a thing. We have news that is coming up next followed by the one and only Todd

Alba who's out on the left coast. He's in Seattle. So cool. He's going to be at the packer game

this weekend. So check out Todd. He's got your next keyword coming your way in the one

o'clock hour. Thank you so much. Greg and Calvin and all of our engineers without you,

nothing works. And thank you most of all for calling and for texting and for listening.

It means the world. I have to find some joy over the weekend and you have the chance to share it.

Keep it right here on this civic media radio network. We will see you Monday.