Writes Leslie in Richmond, Virginia: “The note’s creator seems to have purposely made his/her community note as undecorative as possible, but left the USA sign, flag, toadstools, ceramic rabbit, and rainbow-colored pinwheels untouched.”
Personally, I would have liked to see if adding of few of these to the yard would have solved the problem.
related: The Circle of Hell Dante forgot to mention
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#1
neighborly
I think her neighbors should start adding random lawn decorations each night.
Aug 15, 2011 at 6:38 pm rating: 73
#2
Jack
Ugh there’s a house on my street that is littered with yard decorations..wish I’d thought of that.
Aug 15, 2011 at 6:39 pm rating: 5
#3
Hans Moleman
Now that would be friggin’ hilarious!!!
Aug 15, 2011 at 6:54 pm rating: 1
#4
Celeste
Notewriter must work for the Redundancy Department of Redundancy. “NO LONGER BE DECORATING FOR THE HOLIDAYS ANY LONGER!”
Aug 15, 2011 at 7:15 pm rating: 23
#5
Rey
O.M.G. They live up the street from me! I guess somebody else beat me to sending this one in. I used to kind of enjoy their decorations, actually, they went all-out with lights and giant inflatable crap and everything. Kind of awesome.
Aug 15, 2011 at 7:48 pm rating: 27
#6
NoOneKnows
I have been randomly leaving yard decorations at my friend’s house for 3 years and she still doesn’t know who is doing it. It’s awesome!
Aug 15, 2011 at 8:22 pm rating: 27
#7
se
I have to have one of those gnomes with a submachine gun
Aug 15, 2011 at 9:40 pm rating: 7
#8
Twez
Missed opportunity here. Instead of the passive-aggressive note (banner, placard), the homeowner should have started booby-trapping the decorations.
Aug 15, 2011 at 11:43 pm rating: 7
#9
Luna (the other one)
A few years ago, some friends and I were going to Chicago for the weekend and stole a plastic goose as we were leaving town. We took the goose to the bar, the bowling alley, a nice restaurant… even to see the Easter bunny. Surprisingly, every place was very accommodating. Of course, we took pictures of everything and people were dying to have their picture taken with the goose. On Sunday before we came home, we made a scrapbook of “Downy’s” adventures. That night we left the goose back in its place on the lawn and left the scrapbook on the front porch. Three weeks later, I was at the library and a woman was telling the librarian about her goose theft and return and showing her the album! She was truly enjoying herself. To be fair, we lived in a very small town and this was probably the most exciting thing that had happened in a while. The point to this is – oh hell, there’s no point. I just love telling that story.
Aug 16, 2011 at 8:30 am rating: 43
#10
Allan Jones Sucks
Luna — That’s awesome! I want to do that. Must find neighbor with goose.
Aug 16, 2011 at 9:29 am rating: 8
#11
TKD
After decades of trying to quietly slip away in the night, a faction of gnomes has decided to take more aggressive action. The theft of lawn decorations will continue until gnome oppression is stopped. They are armed and willing to face shattering for their cause.
Vive la Libération!
Aug 16, 2011 at 10:18 am rating: 9
#12
CaptainC
The obvious solution would be to get even uglier and tacky decorations, like the bigfoot from SkyMall.
Aug 16, 2011 at 3:38 pm rating: 2
#13
Aim
I would plant the garden zombie from ThinkGeek on her lawn to give her the fear of the undead who prefer hoarding garden decorations prior to eating brains.
See: http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/products/zoom/e557_garden_zombie.jpg
Aug 17, 2011 at 10:01 am rating: 0
#14
redheadwglasses
Re: moving lawn decor: How about moving everything just a few inches at a time, each day, incrementally unnoticeable!
Aug 17, 2011 at 12:22 pm rating: 4
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