Neighborhood Pranks
4I got home this evening rather late; around 10pm. I am having a new roof put on, so the yard isn't looking normal with stuff in piles all over. I'm walking up to my entry way in the dark, and I see some dark shape in it. I get closer, and I recognize it's one of those plastic garbage cans (the big ones you take your garbage to the curb in). I get even closer, and I see it's not completely upright, but leaning against my front door. And it's full of water.
It was designed to fall inward when I opened the front door and flood my entry hall. But, of course, it doesn't work when I'm on the outside when it is set up. So, I think it was somebody who doesn't know me; anybody in the neighborhood who knows me would know I wasn't home. I put it upright and then emptied it down the steps into the front yard.
Who does this shit to random people? And if random, are you just imagining in your head what will happen, and never see the actual aftermath?
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"Who does this shit to random people?"
Were you ever a teenager? Do you know any teenagers? Because, teenagers.
@Collin1000 Damn kids; get off of my lawn!
@SIMBM Carries more authority when backed up with an M1.
Perhaps somebody decided they wanted to help out the reputation of Friday the 13th.
@JOATMON it could be worse - at least you're not being hit by the "serial pooper" thats been in the news recently.
The Serial Pooper. http://www.newsnet5.com/news/local-news/akron-canton-news/akron-police-searching-for-someone-who-pooped-on-19-parked-cars
@cengland0 Hometown RESPRESENT boy!
@cengland0 Akron? I'm sure I'm not the first to think the guy must be from Cleveland.
@cengland0 from the article:
No arrests have been made, but police are following up on leads, hoping to get to the bottom of this.
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@cengland0 Public enemy #2
Great prank!
I have a neighbor I hate because he yelled at my dogs once for no reason. So I named my publicly-viewable home wifi network ScottDouchebagFrey.
I still get a chuckle everytime I connect a new device to my home network and see this douchehole's name being broadcast to everyone (within a 2-house radius).
Life is good.
@pepsiwine Mine is "MyNeighborsSuck"....well because my neighbors suck. :)
@pepsiwine well, he IS a Frey...
@pepsiwine Great idea! We should name ours "KeepYourDogPoopOffOurLawn" and maybe the right neighbor would see it.
@pitamuffin If you put bacon grease on the dog poop..... it disappears. It's like magic!
Free trashcan! Lucky you, those are expensive.
I'm absolutely pulling this one while on the road with the crew next month. Thanks! (Yeah, I'm someone that does this kind of shit - but only to my friends - they "get" me . . )
Well, not that it was a neighborhood prank, but I signed my mother up for a sample of Attends adult incontinence panties. I got the largest size they had (my mom was a small woman).
She blamed it on one of her neighbors. She was really pissed off at him and he had no idea why. She'd walk her dog past his house and give him the stinkeye a couple of times a day. He'd ask what was wrong and she'd tell him "you know what you did". She never came out and asked him about it. Mom was the poster child for passive/aggressive.
After close to a week of listening to her rant about her asshole neighbor (she really liked him and his wife, but she didn't like the package), I had to come clean. She had some choice words for me and she had to apologize to him (with some choice words headed in my direction).
@lisaviolet I sent a sample of Depends to my mom. But she never reacted... :/
@Thumperchick It sucks when someone ignores a great prank.
I wonder about the logistics of filling a huge trash bag with water. It’s not like you can fill it up and carry it to it’s final destination. I think they’d have to use your hose and do it in place.
Speaking of pranks, here’s a poor guy who’s house has been pelted with eggs for over a year and they have no clue who’s been doing it.
My step brother (15) did the whole bag of poop and lighting on fire it thing. Too bad they were stupid and did some vandalizing (Broke exterior lights and threw dog poop at the house, ripped up plants/grass/anything not bolted down, etc) as well and got caught. The dude came out and hit my step brother with a baseball bat and held him down until police arrived.
Charged with felony arson due to the over-all damage done to his property.
My ex coworker at a pizza delivery place would open some anchovie cans and throw them in the bushes of his customers that stiffed him during the summer months. They tend to get rather smelly in the heat. He had other issues and did not last very long at the pizza job.
I live in fear of pranks with my wife being a teacher. Which is why when building my house I had it wired to easily install security cameras (and Christmas lights).
I used to share a driveway with a neighbor. One weekend I came home in the middle of the day to put away groceries so they wouldn't sit in a hot car all day. There was a bounce house in the driveway blocking the garages. Nobody was playing in the bounce house. My neighbor does not have children.
Strange prank but the joke was on the prankster. I parked on the street, carried the bags in, and put away my groceries. Then I made a few holes in the bounce house on my way out. When I came home that evening, there was nothing blocking the driveway.