Posted on 03/05/2010 1:58:51 PM PST by plsjr
The yard sign...
Ralph, My neighbor is a "lefty" of sorts (Obama bumper stickers, gung-ho socialized medicine, "guns should be banned", etc.). So last week I put this sign up in my yard after one of his anti-gun rants at a neighborhood cocktail party.
The sign wasn't up more than an hour before he called the police and wanted them to make me take down the sign.
Fortunately, the officer politely informed him that it was not their job to take such action without a court order and that he had to file a complaint "downtown" first, which would be reviewed by the city attorney to see if it violated any city, county, or state ordinances, which if there was a violation a court order would be sent to the offending party (me) to "remove the sign in seven days".
After several weeks he was informed that the sign was legal (by a quarter of an inch) and there was nothing the city could do, which obviously made him madder.
I tried to smooth things over by inviting him to go shooting with me and my friends at the hunt club but that seemed to make him even more angry. I then asked him if he wanted to go to a Tea Party rally but again he declined my outreach efforts to bring about a better understanding between political and social opponents.
I am at a loss how to reconcile our long relationship (notice I did not say friendship), any suggestions would be welcome.
Anyway, that's life in our neck of the woods, how's about yours?
The yard lamp is interesting, gas? I just love those real gas yard lampposts.
Was there something else I was supposed to see?
That is an old photoshopped sign (years old) attached to a chaim mail email.
Stolen!
BTW, love your grass.
It was gracious of Ralph to “reach across the aisle”...er, driveway with such a noble, bi-partisan attitude.
It’s difficult to understand such unpleasantness toward Ralph considering the long history of similar examples of outreach from those people Ralph’s neighbor so admires in Washington D.C.. ; )
Great sign.
BTW, I would love to claim those azaleas, but we can't.
Somebody needs to photoshop our old friend “lootie” from Katrina walking through the flowers with his beers.
Oh, that’s PRICELESS!
Georgia azaleas usually start blooming in late March or early April.
self bump
The lawn looks great, what Lawn aeration method do you use ?
32 cal ? 45 cal ?
The sign is obviously photo-shopped into a stock photo (and this is obviously a summertime photo). However, I don’t mind the artistic liberty taken as it makes a good point.
You sir, are an a$$HOLE. :) I wish i had thought of that first! My friend that is the funniest thing I have seen all week!
That...and the photo looks...odd. As if the sign were placed there via Photoshop.
Actually that lime-green lawn looks photoshopped as well...
Looks like early spring with those azaleas in full bloom.
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