Mim decided to take a back road to a friend’s house in Wisconsin when she spotted this sign in someone’s front yard — presumably, she says, a reaction to the two large silos that were recently erected in the corn field across the road.
![Thank you Mike, Jeanne [last name redacted] for being such inconsiderate neighbors.](http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6067/6074722488_66e8eedc27.jpg "Thank you Mike, Jeanne [last name redacted] for being such inconsiderate neighbors.")
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66 responses so far ↓
#1
tinkerjenn
…and I thought I was an asshole!
Aug 23, 2011 at 8:20 pm rating: 10
#2
GW
Wow! Pardon those neighbors for expanding their FARM. I bet the people who painted the sign bought/built their house well after the fact that farm was in operation.
Aug 23, 2011 at 8:23 pm rating: 71
#3
Nack
Which begs the question, just how inconsiderate are they? Besides the eyesore, what -else- has gone on that you had to put such time and effort into striking back? I want details!
Aug 23, 2011 at 8:25 pm rating: 7
#4
Lindsey
A week later, said silos had the words “You’re” and “Welcome” painted on the side. No word yet on whether PissedNeighbor has anything else in store.
Aug 23, 2011 at 8:32 pm rating: 81
#5
thrall
As tirades go, at least this one is short and spelled correctly.
Aug 23, 2011 at 8:36 pm rating: 29
#6
Erin
personally I would rather have neighbors with silos. I could think of a lot worse things a neighbor could do.
Aug 23, 2011 at 8:45 pm rating: 31
#7
Mrs.Beasley
When you live on farmland in the Midwest, it shouldn’t be a shock when your neighbors erect silos for their corn… in their corn field!
Seems to me that if the silos passed muster with local ordinances, there’s not much one can legitimately be offended about.
Maybe it’s jumping to conclusions to assume that the sign is in response to the silos. Could be anything, as feuding neighbors go.
Aug 23, 2011 at 8:45 pm rating: 22
#8
harry
very stupid sign,and more stupid message.
Aug 23, 2011 at 8:59 pm rating: 3
#9
Soja
If they put up missile silos, then I could understand. Otherwise, these country-wanna-be city folks are just dumb.
Aug 23, 2011 at 9:17 pm rating: 21
#10
Danny
I assume that the phrase “such inconsiderate neighbors” is the sarcastic part, and that Mike and “Jeanne” (is that a real name?) are actually being incredibly considerate by not opening up a hog confinement operation.
Aug 23, 2011 at 9:36 pm rating: 16
#11
JetJackson
Maybe the sign erector is having his own erecting problems and the phallic silos are just a painful reminder every morning when he wakes up to get the newspaper off the porch.
Aug 23, 2011 at 9:47 pm rating: 45
#12
Laura
No picture of the silos?
Aug 23, 2011 at 10:33 pm rating: 1
#13
Canthz_B
Signs and giant phallic symbols being erected? Middle America is becoming a sexed pool.
Aug 24, 2011 at 12:25 am rating: 5
#14
Dr Chalkwitheringlicktacklefeff
God damned farmers going around making a living off the land and feeding the rest of us! Why do they have to be such assholes!?!
Aug 24, 2011 at 7:18 am rating: 32
#15
Sensible Madness
I go out of my way to be inconsiderate to my neighbors and no one ever thinks to thank me. What a bunch of jerks.
Aug 24, 2011 at 8:19 am rating: 40
#16
Beesus
truly I think some kudos must be offered up, if only for the careful lettering. That is some patient, patient, rage.
Aug 24, 2011 at 8:30 am rating: 20
#17
Jimmy James
First thing I thought of:
http://tinyurl.com/446ncwz
Aug 24, 2011 at 8:30 am rating: 1
#18
elephant217
I wish my neighbors would put their shirts on.
Aug 24, 2011 at 9:01 am rating: 2
#19
pjsmom
So, am I the only one who noticed the little yellow signs along the shrubbery in the background… methinks someone has a sign fetish, and perhaps the neighbors are NOT the inconsiderate ones… just sayin’.
Aug 24, 2011 at 9:28 am rating: 7
#20
divaandwriter
Don’t move into someone else’s neighborhood, then expect them to change their ways to suit you! If you live across the street from a FARM, you are likely to get a couple of silos! Sheeeesssshhh!
There goes the neighborhood!
Aug 24, 2011 at 10:13 am rating: 4
#21
Yolanda
Looks like neighbour relations have broken down! I am truly thankful that these are not my neighbours.
Aug 24, 2011 at 10:51 am rating: 0
#22
Ethel
Well, at least they didn’t erect a pig barn and dig out a waste pond for the pig-crap so they can benefit from all that corn instead. I prefer a silo to pig-fecal matter.
Aug 24, 2011 at 12:12 pm rating: 0
#23
bookworm
Oh no! Farm-like things on the farm-like land near us! Quick, erect a sign!
Aug 24, 2011 at 12:18 pm rating: 3
#24
pony girl
Their use of a comma instead of an ampersand is making my ass itch.
Aug 24, 2011 at 3:08 pm rating: 12
#25
fitzy
This reminds me of the people who lodged a formal complaint in my town after a subdivision was built beside a ski hill — you know because the hill had lights on/groomed snow/made snow in the middle of the night so they could, y’know, make money during the day.
I can’t imagine why, if you are moving into a new area with a very large feature (such as a farm or a ski hill or a meat-rendering plant) you wouldn’t consider doing some research.
Aug 24, 2011 at 7:52 pm rating: 6
#26
unsatisfied
BAD FARM YOU!!!!
Aug 24, 2011 at 8:13 pm rating: 8
#27
Soja
It really burns my biscuits when my inconsiderate neighbors let their silos run loose around my property, too. Someone should call Silo Control to report a violation of the leash laws.
Aug 24, 2011 at 9:15 pm rating: 4
#28
ISpy
True story: new residents arrive from the ‘burbs and move into a lovely rambler on our little rural hill. The day after they move in they call their new neighbors who have been living here for 25 YEARS to complain about the rooster waking them up in the morning. Threaten to call, ummm, I’m not sure who, to file a complaint. (Knock yourself out.) They lasted 3 years. I think it was the aroma of manure and the addition of peacocks to the neighbor’s flock that sealed the deal.
Aug 25, 2011 at 12:25 am rating: 17
#29
Crissy
But, I mean…silos in a corn field? That sounds charming. And also quite appropriate.
Sep 1, 2011 at 10:32 pm rating: 0
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