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Hi Peter & all,
I don't know about doing a cooking video, but I could easily feature ways to annoy neighbors without really trying...
* Spread peanut-butter & birdseed on the tree branches that overhang the neighbors yards so there will be a line of dozens of squirrels on the low branches, just over their crazy dogs heads.
* Tongs are for picking up small varmints that the stray cats toyed with and left somewhere, I found a toad on my backstep once, and tossed it over the fence because the neighbor told us not to throw tennis balls over because her dogs actually rip them up and devour them, so I thought a dead toad would be okay. While picking up something like that, be sure to loudly say "I found the body!" and then run back in the house.
* Drag large heavy bags of wet newspapers out of the house, or drag bags of wet leaves around the yard, and behind the garagage, and then drag those to a trash dumpster somewhere else on the property, and be sure your craziest-looking kid says "That looks heavier than a bag of heads! Where's Dad?"
* Barbecue both days of the weekend with a charcoal grill and too much lighter fluid, to create billowing smoke until someone calls the fire department...that really happened...a fireman knocked on our front door a few years ago (yes, during my Adlandpro membership!) just when I got out of the shower and he insisted our property was on fire. I insisted it wasn't. Turned out my (ex)husband was barbecuing in the backyard, and the church carnival up the street thought our garage was on fire.
* Start barbecuing on the front porch so everyone can see the house is NOT on fire, and blast old music really loud, and focus your gaze on all the windows across the street, they are jealous they don't have a kettle grill on THEIR porch and a collection of movie soundtracks on cassette tapes :) Actually we once saw a neighbor's toddler wander off, ran to get him before he crossed the street and took him back to his parents, and then the next day our stolen lawn ornaments were anonymously returned. Coincidence? I think not. Therefore, the frowned-upon porch barbecuing had a good result.
* On 4th of July night, throw all your burnt fireworks into the kettle grill with water, THAT will put them OUT. Don't worry the next morning if your grill is swollen and mis-shapen from blazing hot firework water, your property is still NOT on fire. That's a lot better solution than throwing them behind the garage and waking up to a melted blue puddle that WAS the plastic wading pool yesterday.
* Go outside EVERY DAY of the year, and in winter, wear a dark parka like the Grim Reaper, and stand very still except to drink your "coffee", maybe standing behind a big tree so the neighbors dogs don't see you and bark their heads off. Fun part is, if a neighbor is nearby in their yard but doesn't see you for awhile but then catches a glimpse and realizes you've been there all along, they usually say something like "Oh geez!" or some funner-er word, and have a mild coronary.
* In summer, get some golf clubs & tons of golf balls and hit them against a wooden fence several times per minute, it's great if there are several people playing...nonstop echoing for a couple hours, heard for a block away, really great if that crazy big kid (bag of heads commentary) looks like Carl (Bill Murray) from Caddyshack.
* If you have a possum in your yard, feed it...possums don't have rabies, they are just very unattractive. If you are the only neighbor who doesn't have dogs, of course you'll have little wild animals out there because they'll feel safe in your yard, and also because they enjoy being barked at thru fences because they know the dogs can't get them. Toss dry catfood all over your yard and watch the possum with a flashlight, it will go all over the yard and get every crumb. Great show, especially for the neighbors dogs!