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Nail that Xbox to the Tree

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Straight from a Xbox horror movie, and hijacked from Joystiq is the best “Dad, don’t nail my xbox to the tree moment.”

After having “warned [their] 3 boys about their behavior while playing the Xbox,” a rather vengeful father had decided to create folk art with the console, according to the mother’s CNN iReport.

I bet the Batman TV would never let itself be nailed alive.

The iReport that breaks such xbox-horror news was posted by Kingfry:

My husband had repeatedly warned our 3 boys about their behavior while playing the XBOX. Tuesday, after I arrived home from work, our oldest son told me to look in the backyard at “Dad’s artwork”. Well, I wasn’t surprised to see the XBOX proudly displayed on the nearest tree… way to go Honey!!!!!

As somebody in the comments asked if the kids now hated dad, she replied:

Hischild, to answer one question - “do they totally hate Dad now?” Absolutely not. There was a problem, and the problem was addressed properly.

I sacrifice an Xbox to the heathen gods too each time I have an issue.

Another nice exchange ensued as the image was charged of being a hoax; quoting FuzzyWuzzy:

I still say it’s a hoax designed to make people act silly, argue and get 161,000+ views. If not, kingfry, please contact your local media and post a link to their story so we can have some validation. I’m sure they’d love to run a story like this. Unfortunately, they’ll likely verify it, whereas CNN won’t.

That’s a good plan - I’m gonna go nail my Gizmondo to the tree.

In Kingfry’s words :

Enjoy. FuzzyWuzzy … sorry, but we turned down Dr.Phil and our local paper for interviews.

Then she also posted and awesome ebay link…

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Regarding ebay…. Joystiq also points out that…

Not to worry for the kids, however, as a replacement Xbox can be found on eBay for well under $40. In fact, the Xbox shown above can be found on the online auction site as well, with 50% of proceeds reportedly going to the local school system and 50% towards the children’s college fund. So, now that we know it can be nailed … will it blend?

In the ebay link posted by Kingfry there is also a “before” and “after” pic showing the tree before it was turned into video game art…

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Wow - this is proof that Xbox’s don’t grow on trees… right?

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Everybody is very worried about the kid’s reaction to having their awesome Xbox become a victim of the Blair Witch… but what about the poor tree? I mean, when he was a seed… I dont think he aspired to grow up just the get his 15 minutes cause an xbox was nailed to his trunk!

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