Independent – A house in Astoria, Oregon that was used in 1985 cult classic The Goonies has been closed to visitors after the woman who owned it tired of having literally thousands of people visit her home every day.
The building, best known for being the site where Chunk was made to do the “truffle shuffle” before entry, was still attracting 1,500 visitors a day, according to city officials, more than 30 years after it was made. The owner had no problem with people taking a nostalgic look at her home, but drew the line at beer bottles and cigarette butts being left outside and dogs urinating on her lawn, now covering the property in blue tarpaulin and putting a sign in front of it telling people to leave the premises.
Okay now you listen here, lady, and you listen up damn well. Just who in the hell do you think you are and what in the hell gives you the right? We talk about this type of thing every so often where a house from a movie goes up for sale and how little sense it would make to actually buy said house. Mainly for precisely this reason; because you’re going to have thousands and thousands of people show up to your house every day so why not just buy the house down the block instead? But for this bitch to actually buy the Goonies house and then to shut it down? Well that’s just down right criminal.
The moment you buy that house, you know exactly what you’re getting yourself into. You’re going to have pudgy little kids walking up to your fence every day to Truffle Shuffle. You’re gonna have goofy little Asians walking up to your house screaming about 50 dorra birrs and booty twaps. And most importantly, you should expect Corey Feldman to come by and put on a concert at least once a week because those concerts are electrifying. Moral of the story here is fuck this lady for getting herself into this mess and then taking the easy way out. The Goonies house belongs to all of us. Her name is just on the deed. Sure, maybe the beer bottles and cigarette butts could get annoying after a while but that’s why you don’t write a check your ass can’t cash.
