1. "A fence. I need one now. For dogs, not kids" In response to Reply # 0
I hate dogs, and I live around a lot of white folk who think it's cool to walk their fucking dogs om my lawn. I think it's killing my grass near the sidewalk. I've also found the occasional turd. Let me find out who's behind that shit, and I might end up on the news.
I am joking, but we had this problem at my mother's house a few years ago. These kids treated my mother's yard like it was a vacant lot. One day we had FIVE basketballs lying in our yard. I started collecting them and throwing them a park a couple miles away. There were baby dolls laying in the yard - this one little boy literally jumped off his bike and ran into his house leaving the bike in the middle of my mother's yard. I began knocking on doors and complaining to parents. I think the combination of my complaints, the children growing older, them realizing their shit was disappearing ended the problem.
but I would preferred using poison.
♥ Inescapably Me ♥
"Love is never any better than the lover" Toni Morrison (The Bluest Eye)
when the cops come tell them he/she reached in their waistband and you felt threatened. They'll comiserate with you and will likely cite the kid and his/her parents for tresspassing or something like that.
30. "I came in here to say this -- you only need to shoot one" In response to Reply # 13
But you should always shoot a second time, into the ground (not the air, please) so that you can tell the cops you fired a warning shot before shooting the child.
~ ~ ~ All meetings end in separation All acquisition ends in dispersion All life ends in death - The Buddha
21. "In my situation, it was not about the grass. It was about the property." In response to Reply # 14
My mother paid the mortgage and property taxes on that house/property for 27 years. Not to mention all the upkeep that is still a part of her budget. It is HER property - not theirs or their parents. I don't expect the kids to get that, but I do expect the adults that they belong to the get it.
♥ Inescapably Me ♥
"Love is never any better than the lover" Toni Morrison (The Bluest Eye)