[a little elbow grease]

"When we were kids, the old lady next door would call the police when our basketball went in her yard."

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LOL

Boy that's sad.

How many times did the police show up for that lame complaint?

The only time the police ever showed up in a relatively serious way in our suburban neighborhood ..... was when on Halloween about seven girls and seven guys got totally NAKED .... rang the doorbell of the Superintendent of Schools ...... wiggled all our parts........... and headed off into the shrubs.

One funny night.

[PGR88]

How many times did the police show up for that lame complaint?

Not much, given that we often had quite a few kids in our yard playing ball. Somehow the cops would know if we had 3 boys playing, or 13, and might show up for the larger group. The cop would be apologetic, my mom would roll her eyes, and we would all disperse and go to someone else's house, or make the journey to the park.