Thursday Thirteen, Oops I Dropped It!

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As we get ready to ring in another year, I thought it would be a good idea to share some of the crazy (and not so crazy) things that get dropped on New Years Day. Note that because I live in PA most of my items are concentrated in this state.  I was actually quite surprised at some of the things dropped in my home state.

Thirteen Things Dropped to Countdown to the New Year

  1. Waterford Crystal Ball (Times Square)
  2. Lebanon Bologna (Lebanon , PA)
  3. Dill Pickle (Dillsburg, PA)
  4. Giant Strawberry (Harrisburg “Strawberry Square” PA)
  5. Giant Kiss replica (Hershey, PA; only once for the 100th Anniversary)
  6. Giant Gumbo Pot (New Orleans, LA)
  7. Anchor (Shippensburg, PA; get it…lol)
  8. Giant Peep (you know the marshmallow candy that’s popular at Easter–Bethlehem, PA)
  9. Giant Electric Moon Pie (Mobile, AL)
  10. Bottle of Yingling Beer (Pottsville, PA)
  11. Giant M&M (Elizabethtown, PA)
  12. Giant Frog (Frogstown, PA)
  13. Giant Wrench (Mechanicsburg, PA)

 

DISCUSSION QUESTION

Share with us any unusual items dropped in your neck of the woods or that you are aware of?

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16 Responses »

  1. GravatarLinda Chavis on December 31st, 2008 at 11:13 pm:

    None..all I know is they have fireworks here (Columbus, Ohio ) downtown

  2. GravatarJennifer C. on December 31st, 2008 at 11:24 pm:

    They drop a giant peach here in the ATL.

    Jennifer C.´s last blog post..Summer Hurry Up.

  3. GravatarAPOOO on December 31st, 2008 at 11:25 pm:

    Giant peach that’s fitting and makes sense.

  4. GravatarRosa J Crayton on December 31st, 2008 at 11:56 pm:

    Don’t know nothing dropped here.

    Rosa

  5. GravatarDera on January 1st, 2009 at 12:03 am:

    This question took some research. What do we drop in Oakland or the Bay Area. All I could think of was bullets, 40s, hee hee, not funny. We drop balloons at various spots, oh and balls, not very original or unique. So, there you have it.

    Dera´s last blog post..Sister Souljah, Part III: The Creative Side

  6. GravatarAPOOO on January 1st, 2009 at 12:06 am:

    Dera…lol…you so wrong…hehe.

  7. GravatarAndrea Jackson on January 1st, 2009 at 7:36 am:

    Does dropping asleep count? tee hee!

  8. Gravatarbeverly on January 1st, 2009 at 12:36 pm:

    They dropped a hugh crown in Charlotte as it is the “Queen City”

  9. GravatarLashonda Silver on January 1st, 2009 at 1:47 pm:

    I am not sure what they dropped in Jacksonville because we were at a friends house and watched the Dick Clark New Years show and saw the NY ball drop. There has been talk to have a beachball drop in Jacksonville, FL.

    Lashonda Silver´s last blog post..1st quarter 2009 Reading Challenge

  10. GravatarFarrah Rochon on January 1st, 2009 at 3:56 pm:

    I’m not sure if anything is dropped here in Austin, but I’ve always loved the festivities in New Orleans. For years they dropped a New Year’s Baby in Jackson Square.

    Farrah Rochon´s last blog post..Top 8 of 2008

  11. GravatarAPOOO on January 1st, 2009 at 6:21 pm:

    Farrah…many cities in TX drop a star. ;)

  12. GravatarAPOOO on January 1st, 2009 at 6:21 pm:

    Lashonda…FL beachballs and oranges. ;)

  13. GravatarAPOOO on January 1st, 2009 at 6:22 pm:

    Andrea…LOL.
    Beverly…that’s kewl..a crown.

  14. GravatarJoy Renee on January 1st, 2009 at 8:33 pm:

    I don’t know of anything in SW Washington that gets dropped to bring in the new year. But I dropped my clip-on reading glasses somewhere in my Mom’s house last evening and spent the last five hours of 2008 and the first hour of 2009 frantically searching for them. Had to do last night’s post with my nose three inches from the screen. My sister searched the same areas for me this afternoon with her better eyes and still nada. Then just as I was calling up this site to thank Yasmin for her visit to my very lazy Happy New Year post, my nephew brought my clip-ons in to me. He had just found them in the dishwasher as he was putting away the dishes. So I guess they must have fallen off the collar of my shirt when I tripped over the dishwasher door while cleaning up the dinner mess. For the full story see my last post of 2008.

    anyway thanx for visiting and Happy Happy New Year. I am definitely happy at this moment.

    Joy Renee´s last blog post..Happy New Year

  15. GravatarAPOOO on January 1st, 2009 at 10:19 pm:

    Joy, oh my gosh…I’ve worn glasses for 35 years so I can imagine what it feels like not to be able to see…and it’s frustrating…glad your clip-on was found. Oh yeah I think they lower the space needle in Seattle…how far are you from there. ;)

  16. Gravatarcolleen on January 2nd, 2009 at 12:46 am:

    I had no idea so many strange things were dropped. I once waited while the second shoe dropped on New Year’s Eve.

    So I see we can maybe find each other on Thursdays if we use the phrase Thirteen Thursday in our title and check the technorati link.

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