How to Annoy Your Neighbours / Neighbors
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The inspiration for this article came to me after a meal out with my Sister recently. She arrived quite stressed out, and when I asked her why, she proceeded to relay the problem she was having with her downstairs neighbour. To explain further, my Sister lives in a Victorian terraced house that has been converted into two flats, one upstairs and one downstairs. Both these flats share a lobby area inside the main front door, whilst each having their own internal front doors. Hayley (my Sister), has lived in the upstairs flat for about ten years now and seen various other owners of the downstairs flat come and go. Unfortunately the most recent neighbour to buy the lower flat has proven to be quite obnoxious, leaving prissy little notes about how he doesn't like the furniture and pictures Hayley has placed in the lobby, and how her stuff is "Tat" . Bear in mind my Sister is in her 40's, and this boy is in his 20's, yet sending her letters on teddy bear notepaper!!! Frequently his notes are sarcastic and patronising, one even stating that he 'didn't think the gas board would be too impressed by the carbon footprint she was leaving' , simply because she left the front door open for a few minutes while waiting for her cat to come back in.
My Sister has had health problems for some years now, and the stress of all these nasty notes has made her quite ill. Her ex-fiancé has intervened by trying to point out to this neighbour that calling Hayley's stuff "Tat" is very rude, and that if he has a problem with her stuff being in a shared lobby, he should put some of his own stuff in it too, after all, they might not like his stuff, but would simply have to accept the lobby is shared and it is his right to use it also. You would think that he would agree to this, but not so, instead he rants on that he 'shouldn't have to put up with this stuff if he doesn't like it', (would now be a good time to add the stuff he is referring to as "Tat", is actually rather nice furniture and pictures that are in keeping with the period of the property and the colour scheme in the lobby). He even had the cheek to expect my Sister to pay half for a very expensive painter to come in and paint the lobby because he 'didn't know how to do DIY'. Again, my Sister's ex-fiancé offered to do the painting with him and show him how to do DIY. Reluctantly the neighbour agreed, and then turned up wearing rubber gloves to paint in!!! (Hayley is getting more convinced by the second that he is a closet gay who really needs to 'come out' so it won't seem quite so weird when he sends letters on Teddy Bear notepaper and does DIY in rubber gloves!!). After the painting was finished he even complained he didn't like the standard of Ian (the ex-fiancés) painting!
The most recent note upset Hayley to the degree she sent him a note back telling him that his notes were making her ill and were offensive and patronising, so if he had anything to say would he please knock on the door and discuss it face to face. This resulted in a hand written double side of A4 paper full of his venom, and him completely ignoring the fact he had been told not to send further notes. Ultimately she left him a further note asking him to knock on her door after 7.15pm when Ian would speak to him on the subject of the so called "Tat" in the lobby. He turned up with his Father for moral support (who to his credit did look very embarrassed), and proceeded to state again what awful stuff Hayley was putting in the lobby and that he 'didn't want it there, didn't like it, it was tat' etc. All attempts by Ian to reason with him failed, and in the end Ian told him it was pointless trying to talk to him and shut the door in his face.
Well, as you probably realise by now this left both Hayley and Ian very frustrated and stressed out, and it is therefore not surprising this topic became a feature of our meal out together. Hayley joked that she would love to put some really awful stuff in the lobby just to teach him a lesson, and as our minds explored the idea further we ended up in fits of giggles over the kind of 'things' we could add. Hayley joked about putting a stags head complete with antlers up, which reminded me of a local hotel that used to have a realistic, but fake, full size stags head that broke into song when you walked past it, complete with moving its head in time to the music and its mouth opening and closing as it 'sang'. As these can be set to go off on a motion detector it would have been hysterical to set it up so every time he opened his front door it began singing to him. Naturally enough we ended up in stitches laughing at the image of his indignation and horror at this latest piece of "Tat " Hayley had added to the lobby. Sadly we don't have one of these singing stags, but we do have the next best thing, one of those 'Billy the Bass' singing fish, which does much the same thing on a smaller scale (no pun intended). At time of writing we have not yet put the fish up, but are contemplating it, (amongst other ideas).
Anyway, this hub is going to comprise of a list of suggestions for ways to get your own back on your annoying neighbours. Any good suggestions from readers are welcomed, and will be included as they come in, but meanwhile here are a few to get you started.
Oh, and by the way, in case anyone reading this is from Guernsey, I am going to name and shame Hayley's neighbour right here and now. His name is James De Garis and he works as a postman here in Guernsey. Last known for writing notes on Teddy Bear notepaper, probably wearing his rubber gloves and generally being an annoying little brat to his neighbour!!!
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The 'How to Annoy' List
1) Try taking up topiary. This fun hobby involves clipping your hedges and bushes into interesting shapes, and with a little imagination you can clip the hedges into shapes that will antagonise and frustrate your annoying neighbour. See image on the right to give you an idea of the kind of shape you might want to try.
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2) Lighting smokey bonfires can potentially get you in trouble, but if you are willing to take that chance, you can use these to great effect when trying to annoy your 'pain in the backside' neighbour. Wait until they hang out their clean washing to dry and light a bonfire ensuring you include plenty of wet leaves for maximum smoke. This is even more effective if you check the wind direction first to make sure it is blowing towards their washing line. Another good time to light a smokey fire is when your annoying neighbour is having a barbecue or garden party, or even simply sunbathing in their garden. If they leave their windows open at night you could even light it in the early hours so the smoke drifts into their bedrooms, after all, you could always claim later that you were trying to be considerate by waiting until after dark!
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3) Plant some Leylandii trees. Thousands of neighbours have come to blows over this fast growing tree or hedge. The Leylandii has the potential to grow 6 feet per year, and can completely take away any light, and most certainly any views from neighbouring properties in next to no time. Eventually you may be forced to cut them down by legal intervention, but this can take years to get through courts, and in the meantime you can see the kind of results that can be achieved by the images on the right that show what happened when one aggrieved neighbour left his Leylandii trees for 6 years without clipping them. Why did he do this you might ask? Well, local authorities would not allow him to build a normal wall at the front of his garden for privacy, so he took this drastic step in protest, and succeeded in infuriating all of his neighbours in the process.
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4) Probably not as easy to achieve as the cartoon on the right shows, but all the same, if your neighbour only has a fence between your garden and theirs it would not be impossible to 'accidentally' use your leaf blower to aim your fallen leaves into their garden.
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5) Use his name and address to sign up for loads of junk mail. If you are really inventive you could get some quite 'questionable' catalogues sent to his address. If you persevere you can get to the stage he is literally receiving sackfuls of the stuff every day, and trust me, having to sift through all of them to find his genuine mail will drive him crazy.
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6) Hang up some of those large annoying wooden wind chimes in your garden. These seem quaint at first, but quickly become as annoying as a constantly dripping tap.
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7) Place an advert in either your local newspaper, or in various payphones on cards, offering the services of a 'hunky male escort' and stating that he is 'open to males or females and anything goes', then add his phone number.
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8) Ring up the Jehovas Witnesses, Church of Scientology or any similar organisations you can think of and ask them to come and visit as you need to be "shown the way", then give them your neighbour's address. (I found this idea on the Internet and I loved it).
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9) Wait until the freezing weather, obtain one fresh dog poo, during the night sneak up to their doorstep, pour some cold water on to the step and deposit the dog poo on top of the puddle. Overnight this should freeze solid making it very hard to remove.
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10) Overnight build a large snowman in the middle of their driveway entrance so that they can't get their car out in the morning. It is essential you don't get caught doing this of course, so be very quiet and smother your giggles.
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11) Courtesy of Hubber 'Gus the Redneck'. "Cook something that really stinks. Do it in the wee hours of the day. Make sure that the flat door is open to allow the smell to make its way throughout the building. Candidates include stuff you like to eat. Maybe cabbage, sauerbraten, things with plenty of garlic, etc. Have fun and eat hearty."
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12) Courtesy of Hubber 'mega1'. "Plant a cottonwood (tree that also grows fairly fast and is so messy you would not believe!) right over his/her collection of hostas or other ritzy plants."
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13) Courtesy of Hubber 'Tammy L'. "Get one of those electronic barking dogs and set it's motion detector to "bark" whenever he enters or leaves his place. Be sure to hide it well so he won't cut the cord or even know that it's not a real dog."
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So next time your neighbours make you feel like this......
You know what to do.....
Meanwhile feel free to give me other suggestions that I can include in an ongoing list of ways to annoy your neighbours.
Disclaimer: This article in no way encourages any illegal forms of revenge on annoying neighbours and strongly advises you attempt negotiating with your neighbours or seeking legal advice prior to considering any of the above suggestions.
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lol, really love this i can relate to this! there are some very annoying neighbors out there, lol
Hi Bob, he is truly a nightmare, but killing him not a viable option sadly!! Anyway, I just want to wind him up more than ever, be it with 'Billy the Bass' or whatever :)
Hi Ssaul, there truly are too many annoying neighbours out there! Glad you liked this :)
Hi Misty, really enjoyed this one - you had me laughing. Of course, I myself prefer to start annoying the a**hole before I even move in by outbidding him/her on the lot next door and building a house situated in such a way as to block the light on his/her prize plants and also plant a cottonwood (tree that also grows fairly fast and is so messy you would not believe!) right over his/her collection of hostas or other ritzy plants. Gee, I can tell that you're really my kinda peeps! Thanks ever so for not giving up on this site, because lately there has just been so little to really laugh at.
LOL Mega, I am flattered I am able to keep you laughing and you 'get' where I am coming from! I love this site too, but if you really want good 'belly laughs' read Shadesbreath and Christoph Reilly, they will make you laugh far better than I ever could!
Wow this had me cracking up! Thankfully, I have never had bad neighbors, but I'll keep these in mind in case I ever do! :)
Hi Misty - Do something that not only annoys the guy, but makes you happy at the same time. Cook something that really stinks. Do it in the wee hours of the day. Make sure that the flat door is open to allow the smell to make its way throughout the building. Candidates include stuff you like to eat. Maybe cabbage, sauerbraten, things with plenty of garlic, etc. Have fun and eat hearty.
Gus :-)))
Thanks Donna, I am delighted this made you laugh :)
Hi Gus, good idea, I shall suggest it to my Sister asap :)
You have such a fun sense of humor, glad to read you got your sister laughing, good for stress relief! The young neighbor obviously has some issues.
When our new neighbors moved last year to the house next to ours, they trimmed our rosebush without our consent; they wanted it to be lower because it faces their lawn, and they also cut a part of our tree so that it wouldn't intefere with the antenna, so they said, all without checking with us first! They knocked on our door to explain, after the fact; we let it go .... but, we are not overly friendly, we say "hello", but that's it, and we have had no issues with them after this. Some neighbors unfortunately are best kept at a distance.
This one should really piss him off:
Get one of those electronic barking dogs and set it's motion detector to "bark" whenever he enters or leaves his place. Be sure to hide it well so he won't cut the cord or even know that it's not a real dog.
Wow Violet, I am amazed you didn't have a go at them for simply taking it upon themselves to trim your rose and cutting your tree. I would have definitely had to point out that it would have been polite to ask first, rather than simply breaking it to me afterwards.
Hi Tammy, good one, another added to the hub:) Thanks.
LOL. This is a good read and I love the suggestions for annoying you rneighbors. Tell your sister to hold her head up.
Thanks Sir Dent, I will most certainly tell her that. Cheers :)
Some of these ideas are serious business, but the little weenie deserves it.
He sure does Christoph, but I still love the singing stag idea the best, harmless but hilarious.
Cindy, My mate did respond when they knocked on our door, said what he had to, but very calmly, and we let it go. We keep a distance from them, they know it, and we have peace. :)
Hi Violet, well I am glad you have peace, although it does sound a bit 'strained' and not ideal.
I had a bad neighbor. The dude built a huge kid's playhouse structure in his backyard near our master bedroom. That was just 1 thing.
How selfish Ocbill, I just don't understand why people can be so inconsiderate, especially when they know they have to live next to you and the atmosphere will end up very bad.
I just LOVE the topiary!! Now I want to do one just like it!
Having all that junk mail sent though is bad for the environment. The jerk would be hasselled only in tossing it, and there goes the paper into a landfill.
I really enjoyed this, and hope your sister gets a new neighbor soon!
Hi RunAbstract, I like the topiary one too, although sadly it won't work for my sister as she doesn't have a garden. The junk mail is bad for landfill and the environment I agree, but a fun idea to a point, especially if you live in an area where you are charged for rubbish collection over and above a certain quantity and are therefore more or less obliged to recycle if you value your bank balance. He could spend days sorting through and then going to the locations for recycling..... and would still have to check out all the envelopes to make sure his real mail wasn't accidentally recycled or dumped too.
LOL!
Oh wow, I cannot imagine having these neighbors. Great hub.
Hi Mandeeadair, so sorry that I deleted one comment of yours. It was a duplicate of this one so no offence. Neighbours like this are a nightmare, but it is possible to annoy them back :)
I feel sorry for your sister as she has to leave with such a hostile neighbor. Every man is different but every nature is not different, having that man of same nature should live together to get peace and happiness.
LMFAO
Hi H P, I agree he would be better off with a neighbour of a similar disposition to himself. I just wish my Sister could afford to move to a new flat, but right now she can't.
Hi Right On Time, glad you enjoyed this and thanks for commenting :)
He's still not too old to be taken over the knee and given a good spanking. LOL
LOL, that would be brilliant, but I reckon my Sister might struggle to lift him over her knee :)
Oh you gave me a good idea with that topiary with my neighbor who thinks I dress for him and he is GAY!!! LOL
Oh he is overweight then?
Maybe some pictures of great big, juicy cheeseburgers or ice cream or really fattening food in the shared space? LOL
No he isn't overweight as far as I know LG, just a bit heavy for a woman to lift up who has health problems already. Nice idea otherwise though.
Hi, Misty. I am sorry to hear about your sister but love some of your annoying the neighbours suggestions.
Here is one I read in a book once...
A guy was being annoyed by his neighbour's two large dogs. They were shut in the garden all day while the neighbour was at work and barked constantly. One day, he laced some food with laxatives, just before the neighbour got home from work, and fed them it. Nature took its course and the beautifully kept house that night was decidedly less than beautiful...
Oh Gordon, that is funny, but I can't help feeling sorry for the dogs and would prefer the owner to have had the laxative treatment.
Good point - I never thought of that...
LOL, oh well, there's always next time ;)
Hi Cindy, this reminds me of previous experiences with neighbors, when you are passive to thier abuse you are kind to them, when you reacted you are the worst neighbor in the world. Many years ago we had this guava tree that bears sweet guava, my mother was forced to have it cut off our garden because neighbors never bothered to climb our roof and eat the fruit on top, hey I am not talking of kids here but adult... stupid adult...nice meeting you Cindy, see you soon in your other hubs
Hi Maria, thanks for visiting and sharing your own experience with bad neighbours. Lovely to see you on one of my hubs :)
remove all decorations from common areas, furniture pictures rugs, etc. leave empty for one week.Give him time to do his own decorating and then you complain. If he doesn't do his own,then redo area with tattered chairs, gaudy raunchy pictures and dead flowers for a few days. When he complains (which he is sure to do), put back original items and in all probability he will no longer complain. The man's problem isn't that he doesn't like what is there, he just wants to whine and complain. He has to be the "Dominant Male" here. Give in to his secret wishes and give him something real to complain about.
If the fool doesn't complain about tacky decorations, then he is obviously a fool and should be ignored in all further complaints.
I like the idea in principle, but apparently this guy has virtually nothing in the way of furnishings in his own flat, so he would no doubt leave the lobby completely bare, and therefore there would be nothing to complain about. If my Sister then put the tatty chairs etc in the lobby, he would no doubt bring his friends round and say "see, this is what I mean about the tat I have to put up with", making himself look like the victim. Grrrrrr, it is so frustrating. He says my Sister's stuff is tat because it is old fashioned. The house is Victorian for God's sake, what does he want, chrome mirrors and modern art!! Hayley has nice things like a bowl of water on a coffee table with floating candles in it, a picture that has similar colours to the lobby, etc, nothing 'tat' about that. Actually it feels quite restful.
Now this is definitely my department. I loved this hub.
And to James De Garis SHAME ON YOU! (but you're now famous!)
LOl Joe, yes he sure is, but still no change in his prissy behaviour. Ahhh well, perhaps he hasn't seen this hub yet :)
My neighbors through the wall bang the hell out of their floor and doors shaking the whole building starting at 6am everyday. As a night shift worker you can understand this is affecting my work. I went and asked them nicely to stop and they said no. I tried late night loud music (Works the next morning only). Now I am also banging everything I can from when I get home from work starting from between 2 and 4:30am. And in the daytime too. Would love suggestions of things that would make loud noises that I can legally claim to be part of living in the building (For example if it was a stereo then the police would come and take it. Banging on the floor can't be helped.) I don't think my poor legs can take all this banging on the floors. Oh, and my suggestion for you guys is, you guessed it, banging on the floors and slamming doors. Its really nerve wrecking to listen to all day I tell ya!
Have you got a washing machine you can set on timer to start washing overnight. The spin cycle can be really loud and very annoying, especially if it above their bedroom?
we have new neighbours next door to us, the house has been bought and let out to a family 2 adults 3 children we had children screaming shouting banging about i went and complained to them politely about the noise and she shut the door in my face.
thats when it all began lol banging of doors (cuboard doors house doors kitchen draws, the back off the house used to shake when she shut the dack door, all this was going on when her hubby was no there, i went around to there house and had word again and they both denied everything.
That night she began hoovering after midnight banging the hoover against the dividing wall on the bedroom.
I was getting up at five in the morning so i went and knocked on the door at 5.30 rather loud, curtains were twitching in the street, i woke the whole family,told em if they want to keep me awake at night ill wake them up when im up, i got a visit of the cops a few days later, wtf lol,
i had made notes of the noise that they had been making and contacted their landlord everything went quiet for a while.
now its started again but all the noise happens when hubby is at work ive just had words with him tonight so see wot happens
What a horrible and frustrating situation to be in. I can't believe they had the gall to call the Police on to you!!! Have you considered recording the noise, along with a note of the times so you can actually play it back to either the Police, or at least her Husband??
hi misty
all has been good after i had words with her hubby, i saw her in the garden the other day hanging out her laundry to dry, i said "good morning" she just smirked and tilted her head and never spoke, slammed her door as she went inside,
When the cops came around i had everything wrote down times etc told him i had reported them to there lanlord he was understanding as he had been having problems with his neighbours and said good luck with everything when he left
The couple next door are not local to the village where i live and she works with friends of mine that i have grown up with which she is unaware of,
And she is telling her colleges that she is leaving her hubby taking the kids and going to live with a fella shes met on the internet from florida, bearing in mind we are in the uk,
She has also told her colleges (my friends) that she has been making all the noise on purpose to "piss them of " meaning us, excuse the language.
If things do start again i may be having a word with her about her little secret.
Wot a nice girl ??
Oh that is fabulous news dragtat, wow, isn't it great to have a secret weapon over her, and she doesn't even know about it. You could use it to threaten her, or you could just go straight to the Husband as he might chuck her out and this would get rid of her even faster LOL.
You have great friends because they have been clever enough not to tell her they know you. Perhaps you get them to use a dictaphone to secretly record her saying she is planning to leave him so that she can't simply deny it is true if you tell him, or if she removes any evidence before he finds it once she realises you know!!
Good luck, hope you update me again when anything happens :)
mistyhorizon2003, sadly they are next to me not below or above me. Fantastic idea though. Maybe a super loud coffee machine too. I never thought of appliances. Thanks!
Oh, I forgot to add, I went to a coloured gang area a few blocks away and wrote on the wall of the public toilet 'skinheads live at number --- ------ street' I hope they enjoy their tagged fence etc!
Hope to find an appliance 'to suit' Leo;) Love the 'skinheads live at number....' idea though. Very good :)
hi misty
well ive heard that the neighbours are moving it seems that a bit of there own medicine has worked.
ive had my teen age son playing his music upstairs and when he plays blackops on the ps3 he plays the sound back through a 5:1 surround system sounds like a war zone.
We also have a similair system down stairs which we have started to watch the tv through films like the new transformers or blackhawk down these have constant thudding and droning noises in them which travel through the floor
i know its making me just as bad as them but im not putting up with it anymore, its got them on the run so to speak lol.
As for telling the husband about her "little secret" i may just tell him when there moving.
hows things at your end
Hi dragtat, I just so love hearing your updates. They make me giggle out loud, and I have to say I would probably do exactly what you are doing, whether it made me as bad as them or not. It would be funny to land her in it with her Husband, but might be wise not to let her realise you did it in case she comes back to get revenge some other way. Perhaps leaving a note on his car one night might be the answer, as anyone could have done that, and right now she doesn't know that YOU know, so won't think it came from you.
No news from our end, I haven't seen my Sister to ask if her prissy little twat of a neighbour has caused any further problems. Hopefully his Dad will have told him he was being unreasonable too, and he might have gone quiet as a result!
Keep me up to speed on any further developments from your end :)
Good Luck
Great suggestions! Thanks for sharing.
You are very welcome Jeannieinabottle, thanks for commenting :)
This is an older post, but I love it. I'm on a rampage and can update more as I conceive ideas, but here's one I invented... I'm in a rental, the undesirable person lives next door. one of my windows is REAL close to his bedroom. So, I found a nice, loud, alarm clock and set it for various times throughout the night. I'm a heavy sleeper so it doesn't bother me much, lol
LOL AngryJay, nice idea if you live that close to a neighbour. Keep the ideas coming :)
i have such an annoying neighbour, she has 7 dogs, leaves them out in the garden from 7am till nearlly midnit, my dad is disabled and cant walk far she parks her car directly outside of our house on purpose!! im learning to drive and she purposly tries tog grab my attention so i slip up, with the street being busy its very easly to crash! any ideas on what to do but not get caught. would really lie some good ones :)
Hi Happy Chappy. You might get some good ideas from another article of mine on how to get revenge. The link to it is: http://mistyhorizon2003.hubpages.com/hub/Top-Tips-
Hope you find the ideas on there helpful :)
I thought I was on my own glad to find out I'm not, loving the cum back. My neighbours r a nightmare every day they argue badly then play sum tunes then silence, they leave their dog out all day and night it cums and craps in my garden when my dogs jump on him the neighbour gobs of a load of crap that my dogs r in the wrong lol my dogs do as their told never go in next doors garden but my neighbours dog won't give up I've filled in hole after hole after hole in my fence but they won't do bog all its driving me crazzzzzzzzzy
Sorry to hear about your problems gemmily, they sound like total nightmares to live next door to. You want to threaten them with legal action or something, even point out to them that it is THEIR dog in YOUR garden, not the other way round, so the responsibility to keep him out of your garden lies with them. Have you tried reporting them to the local Animal Rescue Society, as they may get involved because the owners are failing to keep their dog properly contained (depending on the laws in your area)?
Misty, I couldn't stop laughing.
Absolutely hillarious. Where on earth did you get some of these ideas.
Love the photos!
"Annoying Neighbours, Just run them over" - LMAO
Thanks Dedmoroz,pleased you got some laughs out of this. Many of the ideas are from my own imagination (warped I know), others are from the Internet, comments made here, friends suggestions etc.
My partner and myself had a laugh..you see your number 2 suggestion to annoy a neighbour is to light a fire and let it smoke.Well,we lit a fire and he called the fire brigade...our fire stood eighten inches or less high...anyway the smoke obviously crept through his house.Unfortunately no one talks to him and he is a lonely and angry man...his lawn is always covered with empty beer bottles dropped off by all the cranky neighbours.
LOL, I bet the Fire Brigade were not impressed with him at all. What a time waster! You will have to use one of the other suggestions to get your own back on him ;)
This is the funniest thing I have seen on the net in years! Take a bow! ... preferably like to the creative "hedge"
LOLOLOLOLOL
That is a wonderful compliment MizzKitty, thank you so much. Glad you enjoyed this :)
my neigbor always blows his leaves into our yard 3-4 times a day and doesnt have a job is always home and his kids drag race go karts and 4 wheelers on our street and thru our alley. he always spews threats at my dogs playing in the back yard. Oh and he has like 12 cars and he vaccums and washes and works on all of them every day. everybody in the neigborhood hates him but we cant do anything about it.
This sounds dreadful Bob, all you could do is to share the responsibility between the neighbourhood for making his life so uncomfortable that him and his family move away voluntarily, ideally without knowing for sure who is behind their 'problems'. My hub on 'How to Get Revenge' might be useful to you on this, and you can also get more ideas from the comments that have been made on that article.
Unfortunately I don't have any problems with neighbours so I can't have any fun. Maybe I should move :-)
Great Hub
LOL, cheers Shinkicker, glad you liked this :)
I was googling how to annoy your neighbor and this blog came up. My neighbor complained about my dog barking (we live in a new estate and they built there house 18 months after us so the dog is like Hey your in my space) So trying to be a good neighbour I did some extra training with him and he is slot calmer. Then today he barked at the fence and the guy yells Raaaraaaraa like a dog and my dog hits the roof luck I was here to calm him down. I can't have a bonfire because we live in Australia and it's a total fire ban but I'm thinking mulberry tree grow up against the fence will ruin his expensive limestone paving!
That sounds like a great idea Shortsshorts, and this is just one of many plans you could try, e.g. the Leylandii work well as you can see from this hub :)
Hi
Came across this blog whist looking for quick growing trees!
Have to say I found it hilarious!
I have luckily just moved 5 months ago from my evil neighbour and lucky for me my new neighbours are lovely.
However the woman over the back does have a persistent yapping dog which barks "ALL" day and now it's nearly Summer with my windows open and relaxing in the garden, it's driving me up the wall.
I've been researching those devices that give out a high pitch noise (not detectable to humans) but read it has to be directed into the garden. Not sure this is possible with trees in the way. Would love some help with this?
So I'm guessing this blog is quite old now (it's now April 2012) have things settled?
Well with my Sister things have settled down a bit. I think they just studiously avoid each other lol.
The dog one for you is a problem I agree. Not sure those devices will actually work. Have you tried talking to her and suggesting she tries one of those citronella spray dog collars that spray a mist of citrus scented water up into the dogs face whenever they bark. They are not cruel, but the surprise of the spray and the smell stops the dogs barking. They usually learn fairly fast not to bark or growl. Most vets recommend them and you can often hire them from your vet instead of buying one.
must say this is interesting as is how to get revenge and now have them in favourites for future references. The th thing is, our neighbours are all 20 something blokes who just dont get the message and wouldn't hava brain between them. All big and tough when they're all together but don't get so much as a glance when on their own! I'm getting the council onto their arses for the illegal scaffolding and the vermon state of the yard and the numerous "so called" pig dogs who get fed (by the look of them and by the way they knock over other peoples' wheelie bins on bin day)of whom are obviously able and allowed to escape the yard or, they have them tied up for days on end etc. Have had the RSPCA notified to n o avail. Guess they're busy with many other creatanous pet owners!? So have been plotting gradually. Short of setting fire bombs and going to gaol, I'm still looking for ideas which are useful to my situation without having to get really evil with them cause that is fast becoming an option! Can't get to their vehicles without being sprung or barked at. If i did the doggy laxettes trick I might kill the dogs who are in no fit state(maybe doing the dogs a favour).only know their first names but would like to know how to acquire there surnames! I think of something shortly and will relay it to this hubs.
I look forward to your updates toeknee, sounds like you have good cause for wanting this resolved, and I do feel equally frustrated that the RSPCA have not been helpful either, poor dogs deserve better than owners like that.
Good Luck.
Misty, I had no idea that you had this hub. When I wrote my hub about a year ago I thought I had a unique idea...lol...but I see several people with the same unique annoy neighbour idea! This is really fun and the ideas are different from mine as well.
We should team up Cardisa :)
Thanks for your ideas lol. I had nothing to do today I can feel a shopping spree coming on I'm off to get a collection of windchimes let's just hope the wind gets up. Another idea is to put a song on repeat when you are going out so you don't have to listen to it. It's an idea I have learnt from my neighbours. I will also go on some dodgy websites later and get them some junk mail. Thank you can't wait to get started
LOL, good luck Julie and have fun with this :)
diogenes 17 months ago
What a little pissant. He sounds like he has a screw loose (maybe in the bum area). But apart from killing him which is unfortunately overkill, someone like that can be a bloody nuisance. Hopefully, he will ease off after a while. I would just tell him to "F---- off" Funny hub if it wasn't so close to home...Bob