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  • #1

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    So the owner of the house next door (who's daughter had been living there) came by and sheepishly asked me to take down the Jolly Roger that's flying over my garage while they sell their house.

    EDIT: The daughter had a nasty habit of having very loud parties on alternate weekends. Their patio door faces my bedroom window and they would stand out there and smoke with the door open and music blaring at all hours.

    I'm not a complete bastard so I said I'd take it down when they listed the house. I never said I wouldn't replace it with something else :)

    Suggestions? I know you have them...
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    Re: Need suggestions

    Originally posted by renderman View Post
    So the owner of the house next door (who's daughter had been living there) came by and sheepishly asked me to take down the Jolly Roger that's flying over my garage while they sell their house.

    EDIT: The daughter had a nasty habit of having very loud parties on alternate weekends. Their patio door faces my bedroom window and they would stand out there and smoke with the door open and music blaring at all hours.

    I'm not a complete bastard so I said I'd take it down when they listed the house. I never said I wouldn't replace it with something else :)

    Suggestions? I know you have them...
    An upside down Jesus cross. I know absolutely terrible. :-).

    xor
    Just because you can doesn't mean you should. This applies to making babies, hacking, and youtube videos.

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    • #3
      Re: Need suggestions

      If she's such a nuisance then take it down and be friendly, the faster she sells the house the faster you're rid of her, and then you better hope you don't get someone worse than her moving in.

      We got rid of one nuisance neighbor just to have someone much worse take their place.
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      • #4
        Re: Need suggestions

        I have to agree with streaker.

        What was their reasoning for taking the pirate flag down? A pirate flag is hardly the most offensive thing I've ever seen on a house.
        Thorn
        "If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning." - Catherine Aird

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        • #5
          Re: Need suggestions

          They were afraid of scaring off potential purchasers. I'd think that it would make more sense to keep it up and let the prospective buyers know what they are getting into!
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          • #6
            Re: Need suggestions

            Just tell her, to tell prospective buyers that you are really big fans of Pirates of the Caribbean. Wait, that's really scary. :-)

            Of course she could always turn this into a positive. Market it to IT professionals. Yes, you too could live next door to the Notorious Canadian Hacker. How much is she asking for it? :-)

            xor

            Get a flag saying Radiation Found Here and a big Nuke Symbol on it.
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            • #7
              Re: Need suggestions

              My parents would put our two Dobermans out into the yard when people came by to look at the neighbor's house when it was for sale. Not to scare them away, but to make them realize what they were getting into. Fortunately, the neighbor that moved in turned out to be pet-friendly.
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              • #8
                Re: Need suggestions

                I'm not wanting to screw up their deal, just make the point that there's worse I could do.

                I was thinking of getting a big gay pride flag (decidedly redneck province) or something similar just to bring some color into the neighborhood :)

                Wait till the new owners see it when I get a cannon!
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                • #9
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                  Originally posted by renderman View Post
                  I'm not wanting to screw up their deal, just make the point that there's worse I could do.

                  I was thinking of getting a big gay pride flag (decidedly redneck province) or something similar just to bring some color into the neighborhood :)

                  Wait till the new owners see it when I get a cannon!
                  Get a Gadsden Flag. Then they won't know what to make of you.
                  Thorn
                  "If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning." - Catherine Aird

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                  • #10
                    Re: Need suggestions

                    I have a Saudi flag around here somewhere...
                    If a chicken and a half, can lay an egg and a half, in a day and a half... how long would it take a monkey, with a wooden leg, to kick the seeds out of a dill pickle?

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                    • #11
                      Re: Need suggestions

                      I'd say a Dixie flag or an old Union of Soviet Socialists Republic flag.

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                      • #12
                        Re: Need suggestions

                        Or a Gonzales flag. Makes a pretty defiant statement. Being in Canada it would also make a very confusing statement.

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                        • #13
                          Re: Need suggestions

                          I would leave it up. Inform the next door lady/girl that you feel you could take the flag down, however once the house sells it's going right back up so you feel that the new buyers should have full knowledge of who they are moving in next to.

                          Otherwise you could have a custom flag made, maybe a "Have you seen...." flag.
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                          • #14
                            Re: Need suggestions

                            Leave it up.



                            One of my neighbors flies the Gadsden flag.

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                            • #15
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                              This should work

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