Exhibit a) The “urban” example, from the Silver Lake neighborhood of L.A…
Exhibit b) The equally ineffectual suburban cousin of exhibit a, from “a quiet, small community in San Diego where the residents are basically all over 50.”
related: bleak house
94 responses so far ↓
#1
Wade
Are they offering the recycle bin as ransom… or a hostage exchange?
Nov 17, 2009 at 9:30 pm rating: +31
#2
Peasant
Or until someone runs into this and sues us for damages…
Or until our neighbors complain to the police…
Or until we find our garbage can in our garage…
Nov 17, 2009 at 9:31 pm rating: +26
#3
Spike Nesmith
*whistle!*
Penalty… five points, for overuse of underlining.
Nov 17, 2009 at 9:32 pm rating: +6
#4
park rose
Don’t tase me, bro!…
What? tage?
tag?
Oh
…you’re it.
Thick as a brick.
Nov 17, 2009 at 9:32 pm rating: +13
#5
park rose
Ha-ha, Superman and Supergirl! Let me fill that bin with kryptonite and let’s see you move it then…
Nov 17, 2009 at 9:37 pm rating: +3
#6
zenvelo
why would they move the garbage bin into the house? It’s much easier to keep it in the garage.
But given the level of theft, you’d think they’d CLOSE the garage door.
Nov 17, 2009 at 9:49 pm rating: +7
#7
aaa
I’ll stop tagging your house when you learn how to spell.
Nov 17, 2009 at 9:55 pm rating: +10
#8
Neeners
Hey babes, I think you got it all wrong… obviously someone other than you and the city of SD aren’t the only ones who can move your garbage can. FYI
Nov 17, 2009 at 10:17 pm rating: +10
#9
Neeners
As soon as the dead body decomposes in the stolen can it will be returned. The culprit is using it as a compost bin or something.
Nov 17, 2009 at 10:18 pm rating: +2
#10
Neeners
Last time I checked, the city owns the curb. How can I get ownership of my curb?
Nov 17, 2009 at 10:21 pm rating: +2
#11
Ali
I read that as “stop taking my house” at first. I wanted to know if the hobo was having his cardboard box stolen and decided to vent his anger on the neighborhood in general.
Nov 17, 2009 at 10:22 pm rating: +10
#12
anglophile
Looks to me like a little urban street art can only improve the looks of that house.
Nov 17, 2009 at 10:59 pm rating: +4
#13
TheOldSchool
I like the fact that the house sign painter chose to spray letters in both black and white.
That decision turned what could have been just another dreary, overly-strident admonition, and magically lent it the holiday vibe of a romantic winter holiday, skiing in the Andes with Stevie Nicks.
Nov 17, 2009 at 11:22 pm rating: +8
#14
Canthz_B
They thought only they and the city could move their can, but have been cruelly taught otherwise.
Nov 17, 2009 at 11:23 pm rating: +5
#15
anglophile
Attn: I’m going to hold my breath until you return my garbage can, so you better bring it back RIGHT NOW!
Nov 17, 2009 at 11:27 pm rating: +20
#16
Canthz_B
This is the punishment for not looking out for its brother.
Recycle cans often have a sort of haughty “Am I the Trashcan’s Keeper?” attitude.
Nov 17, 2009 at 11:28 pm rating: +11
#17
Canthz_B
Real estate agents have gotten so desperate in this housing market that they’ve begun to affix giant price tags to homes they have listed.
Nov 17, 2009 at 11:37 pm rating: +2
#18
infant tyrone
If everyone here bought one or two PAN books for Christmas presents, would there be enough profit to buy a videocam + related equipment to set up across the street and keep #2 honest (or document the tragic disappearance of their 2nd can) ?
I mean, hey…if we can watch street and harbor traffic in Oslo…Rancho Bernardo oughta be doable. Just askin’ in the spirit of good clean fun at the intersection of Entertainment Avenue and Crime Stoppers Boulevard.
Nov 17, 2009 at 11:43 pm rating: +1
#19
JetJackson
Anyone that knows anything about Graffitti knows that’s just an anagram for the STMH crew of LA who normally has more hardcore versions of their anagram such as,
Stomping The Most Hoods. (A stomper being a significantly large piece)
Spraying Trains Much Harder
Spanking The Most Honeys
Smoking The Most Hooch
Occaisionally though a crew member has been known to get a bit drunk on a Saturday night hence the sometimes sighted;
Someone Take Me Home; and
She Told Me Hellnoasshole! (Obviously they don’t realise the last one is not one word, forgive the poor little graffer’s, they are drunk)
Long story short I think the one spotted above was an attempt at irony by the STMH crew.
Crime solved! I should be on CSI!
Nov 18, 2009 at 12:58 am rating: +6
#20
Gavin
In response to the tagging one,
I wonder in a few weeks if we’ll lay witness to an equivocal response to dog fouling outside their house…
…might take a few days and a few curries to spell it out.
Nov 18, 2009 at 4:23 am rating: +4
#21
katiemb
We don’t need no stinking garbage can!
Nov 18, 2009 at 5:23 am rating: +6
#22
Canthz_B
No one should pay any mind to the second sign.
Those people are always talking trash!
Nov 18, 2009 at 6:56 am rating: +5
#23
Havingfitz
I’m about to get myself a pretty new blue trashcan now, just on general principle.
Nov 18, 2009 at 7:43 am rating: +1
#24
adam
This trash can needs to get paintballed, big time. Wheres a gang of 14 year olds when you need em?
Nov 18, 2009 at 8:15 am rating: +3
#25
songer
“Only us” can move our garbage can inside…
they put the ‘us’ in usa
of course in soviet russia, garbage can moves you inside for being a preposterous asshole.
Nov 18, 2009 at 9:14 am rating: +10
#26
songer
for all we know, their own children are probably hiding in that taped-shut trash can.
Nov 18, 2009 at 9:41 am rating: +3
#27
Quinn
Maybe they meant ’staging’ as in.. stop putting my things in a nice orderly way as to attract potential buyers?
Nov 18, 2009 at 10:14 am rating: +3
#28
Critical Grass
And five minutes after the angry woman wrote those words on the wall, a neighborhood kid with a smirk upon the face started working on his chef d’œuvre.
When he walked away we could see the brilliancy of his work:
#crazy.cat.lady
She was tagged…
Nov 18, 2009 at 12:23 pm rating: +2
#29
GhostWriter
As I approached the blue bin to read the note, a paper mache Pee Wee Herman popped up and out of the bin, frightening me. Apparently, “Stole” was Word of the Day.
Nov 18, 2009 at 12:41 pm rating: +10
#30
Bcteagirl
Ok… if we all work together we can fill up that can with dog poop… who is with me??
Nov 18, 2009 at 6:35 pm rating: +2
#31
jinx
I wanna say the person who thinks their garbage can was stolen is insane, but this actually happened to my friend. She is not said sign poster, we live in NJ, but someone stole her garbage cans. O O I’m pretty sure you can buy them in the dollar store. So, if you’re gonna steal something I say steal something with actual value. That doesn’t stink.
Nov 19, 2009 at 12:55 am rating: +1
#32
Toni
I live in San Diego. Those cans cost about a hundred bucks to get replaced from the city. Can’t use anything else either. Follow the money.
Nov 21, 2009 at 5:49 pm rating: 0
#33
Nicole
Re: the San Diego garbage cans, did this by chance happen in Rancho Bernardo?
Dec 12, 2009 at 5:24 pm rating: 0
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