LSJ - Sparty: A must-have decoration

[The Server]

Where exactly can you buy an eight-foot inflatable Sparty? I spotted not one, but two of them in the lot on the corner of Shaw and Farm lanes. (I was really hoping my first Sparty spotting would be the real Sparty, not a fabric one filled with air. But, it'll do for now.) Mike, who came out from New Baltimore with two of his Spartan buddies and a nephew who's a current student, got his Sparty from a hardware store north of Saginaw. Monica, a recent alumna, said hers was a gift from her aunt, who was able to snag an eight-foot inflatable mascot from every Big Ten school for relatives for who went to those schools. "I think she got it at a Home Depot," she said. Come to think of it, stores such as Lowe's and Home Depot do have the inflatable Santa Clauses, Jack-o'-lanterns and such, so it's no big surprise. I wonder if one of those would fit in my living room.

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