The Good, the Bad - And the Ugly

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The Good: A doctor brings in a group of third-year medical students to practice using defibrillator paddles on you. After the second jolt you sit up and shout, “Stop it, I hate electric shocks.” Three students faint.

The Bad: As you continue to recover, your brother-in-law turns up with flowers and a sympathy card and a document which--in your weakened state--you sign without realizing that you've given him power of attorney over all your affairs.

The Ugly: After a month in the hospital you are released and quickly discover that he had emptied all of your bank accounts, sold your house and car, and cashed in your 401k.

The Good: You are looking forward to having a fresh start.
 

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The Good: You are looking forward to having a fresh start.

The Bad:
You start a little cannabis farm, but it is immediately picketed by an army of "saintly" people who accuse you of being the spawn of the Devil.
 
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The Good: You are looking forward to having a fresh start.

The Bad: You start a little cannabis farm, but it is immediately picketed by an army of "saintly" people who accuse you of being the spawn of the Devil.

The Ugly: You gather a bunch of stems and leaves affected by Fusarium wilt in a big pile, and set it on fire. You get a bunch of electric fans and blow the the smoke in their direction. The "saintly people" start singing, dancing, and speaking in tongues. The police soon come and arrest to whole lot of them, and take you into custody as a material witness.

The Good: The police interview you for several hours, believe the story that you saw them all drinking Kool-Aid, and let you go on your way.
 
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The Good: The police interview you for several hours, believe the story that you saw them all drinking Kool-Aid, and let you go on your way.

The Bad: You return home to find your home broken into and your entire collection of hoarded toilet paper and pop-tarts to be gone.
 

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The Good: The police interview you for several hours, believe the story that you saw them all drinking Kool-Aid, and let you go on your way.

The Bad: You return home to find your home broken into and your entire collection of hoarded toilet paper and pop-tarts to be gone.

The Ubly: Where's your home again?

The good: It's a fine day. You don't know why, but it's a fine day.
 

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The Good: It's a fine day. You don't know why, but it's a fine day.

The Bad: You soon realize it's a "fine day" because you parked your car on the wrong side of the street (Thursday is street cleaning day, remember?) and under your wiper you find a ticket, with a fine of $100.
 

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The Good: It's a fine day. You don't know why, but it's a fine day.

The Bad: You soon realize it's a "fine day" because you parked your car on the wrong side of the street (Thursday is street cleaning day, remember?) and under your wiper you find a ticket, with a fine of $100.

The Ugly: You realize it's a daily fine and the car's been parked there a week!

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The Good: You finish the work on the 2 acres of mowing just as the rain starts pattering from the sky.
 

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The Good: You finish the work on the 2 acres of mowing just as the rain starts pattering from the sky.

The Bad: You now have about 200 bales of moldy hay.
 
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The Bad: You now have about 200 bales of moulding hay.

The Ugly:
The hay is infected with Anthracnose (Colletotrichum trifolii), a fungus that has now spread to all your other crops.


The Good: Your neighbors have decided to name their new pet after you.
 

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The Bad: You now have about 200 bales of moulding moldy hay. (Sorry)

The Ugly:
The hay is infected with Anthracnose (Colletotrichum trifolii), a fungus that has now spread to all your other crops.


The Good: Your neighbors have decided to name their new pet after you.

The Bad: It is a rather noisy, full-grown, black bear that they allow to run free.
 

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The Good: Your neighbors have decided to name their new pet after you.

The Bad: It is a rather noisy, full-grown, black bear that they allow to run free.

The ugly: The bear realizes you share the same name, takes offense, and prowls the outside of your house keeping you locked in.

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The Good: You got a really good price on that tree pruning service and the crew arrived today to start work.
 

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The Good: You got a really good price on that tree pruning service and the crew arrived today to start work.

The Bad: You hired a five-man crew, but because they are practicing
social distancing one is actually working on your tree, while the others stand 6-feet away from each other and watch.
 

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The Good: You got a really good price on that tree pruning service and the crew arrived today to start work.

The Bad:
You hired a five-man crew, but because they are practicing social distancing one is actually working on your tree, while the others stand 6-feet away from each other and watch.

The Ugly: The arborist had quoted you a $1,000 per-day cost for the crew. Since only one person could work on the tree at a time, it took them three days to complete the one-day task.

The Good: You have admit that they did a very good job on the tree.
 
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The Good: You have admit that they did a very good job on the tree.

The Bad: Two weeks later you get a letter from the Town Select Board informing you that they are widening the road in front of your house, and the tree has to be removed at your expense.
 

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The Good: You have admit that they did a very good job on the tree.

The Bad: Two weeks later you get a letter from the Town Select Board informing you that they are widening the road in front of your house, and the tree has to be removed at your expense.

The Ugly
: The bill will be over a million dollars because the roots embedded themselves in the sewer lines, so now the whole town reeks of poop.

The Good: My doctor said I'm healthy.
 

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The Good: My doctor said I'm healthy.

The Bad: His degree, proudly displayed on the wall, was issued by Trump University.
 

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The Good: My doctor said I'm healthy.

The Bad:
His degree, proudly displayed on the wall, was issued by Trump University.

The Ugly: The diploma says his degree is in real estate management, and the M.D. stands for Master of Deception.

The Good: Today the weather's
great for doing yard work.
 

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The Good: Today the weather's great for doing yard work.

The Bad: Your neighbor has blown all the leaves from his yard onto yours.

The Ugly: He files a complaint with the town office saying the massive pile of leaves in your yard are a fire hazard. The sheriff comes by and issues a citation.

The Good: A wind storm blows all of the leaves back into your neighbor's yard.
 

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The Good: A wind storm blows all of the leaves back into your neighbor's yard.

The Bad: The neighbor calls the sheriff complaining that you deposited all of your leaves in his yard.
 

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The Good: A wind storm blows all of the leaves back into your neighbor's yard.

The Bad: The neighbor calls the sheriff complaining that you deposited all of your leaves in his yard.

The Ugly: The sheriff's has had it in for since that time years ago in high school when you intercepted one of his passes and ran it back for the game winning touchdown.

The Good: The tomatoes in your garden are beginning to ripen.
 

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The Bad: All rooms are locked except for one which contains tasks you must complete to get each key.
Please learn how the game is played. Players use the line from the previous post. In this case you should have followed the sentence below with a "The Bad: ..." based on it. By the way, welcome to the thread. :)

The Good: The tomatoes in your garden are beginning to ripen.
 

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The Good: The tomatoes in your garden are beginning to ripen.

The Bad: They look horrible, lumpy, and some look like they have arms.

The Ugly: The tomatoes have started watching you in the garden with their beady little eyes.

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The Good:
You were gifted a brand new pair of shoes.
 

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The Good: You were gifted a brand new pair of shoes.

The Bad: They are pink and three sizes too small.