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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMy Obama/Biden yard sign was ripped out of the ground, metal stand bent, cover heaved over the edge
I reclaimed it, planted the wire posts again, straightened it up, slipped the cover back on.
But i must admit that part of me wishes i could in someway set it up so a supersoaker would hit the perps when they try it again....
I may flip the bird at r&r yard signs, but i would never deface them....
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)nc4bo
(17,651 posts)All are nasty. Bengay has the added benefit of stinging.
Dread Pirate Roberts
(1,896 posts)will the people who try to steal my signs shrink and go away?
nc4bo
(17,651 posts)peacebird
(14,195 posts)It's certainly easier for me, LOL!
nc4bo
(17,651 posts)It's nice and thick too!
KurtNYC
(14,549 posts)How about a camera that will capture footage of the perps?
nc4bo
(17,651 posts)Extremely inconvenient, very annoying but not a death sentence, cheap and readily available in most people's med. cabinet.
Cameras cost.
KurtNYC
(14,549 posts)Setting any kind of trap for trespassers is illegal plus we are dealing with derelicts here so they may escalate as well.
http://www.yourcoloradolawyers.com/Personal-Injury-Blog/2011/June/Different-Classifications-in-Premises-Liability-3.aspx
Best example I could find in a short search but if Bob sets up some kind of Vietcong style bungi sticks or something specifically aimed at a repeat trespasser he is absolutely liable for injuries or worse.
If it was my neighborhood I would rather find out who it is and work from there.
nc4bo
(17,651 posts)Nor bungi sticks or moats w/alligators included.
You'll have to ask peacebird if those things are doable.
KurtNYC
(14,549 posts)or this:
nc4bo
(17,651 posts)No signs, no bumper sticker - I do have pins but after seeing the teabeckistans looking crazy, I halfway don't even want to wear that!
Ask peacebird if this is doable for him/her. If it were me, I'd just prefer to make meddling with my sign an unpleasant experience then take it from there.
Laxman
(2,419 posts)they should disappear in 5-7 days
Does that count as voter suppression?
nc4bo
(17,651 posts)DollarBillHines
(1,922 posts)Clear with no scent.
I got so pissed when the signs were stolen from our vineyard fencing that I threw some Habaneros, a bit of olive oil and some water into a food processor.
I then re-hung the signs a sprayed them with the concoction.
If that shit gets in your eye, you are headed to the ER.
Personally, I hope the shit-head gets so excited that he heads back to his truck and jerks off.
FSogol
(45,487 posts)It would be wrong of me to suggest putting fishhooks in the sign along the edges.
kooljerk666
(776 posts)great to laff about but too dangerous for this kind of war and a dog may fall in.
POISON IVY is my favorite Batman villian.
peacebird
(14,195 posts)LOL!
Demoiselle
(6,787 posts)Apply to the metal "legs" just up underneath the sign itself. That's where the creeps grab it to pull it out of the ground.
I have done it . I didn't hear the girlie "Eeeeeuw" shriek, but my sign was pulled only partly out of the ground after I treated it.
peacebird
(14,195 posts)Indpndnt
(2,391 posts)Better yet, get some ghost peppers or habaneros and smear them all over the sign and posts. Use gloves!
lynintenn
(646 posts)sakabatou
(42,152 posts)Indpndnt
(2,391 posts)A single dot! I was up all night. Either it was extraordinarily powerful or I'm a wimp!
kooljerk666
(776 posts)Satan's Blood - This outrageously hot extract sauce is unbelievable. "It will scare the wits out of you. Conceived at 800,000 Scoville units, on Friday the 13th of October, 2000, during the full moon." This extract is blood red and packed in a unique bottle. "Charlie says this is the hottest extract you'll ever want to use. At 800,000 Scoville units it is all the heat you will ever need."
http://www.chilliworld.com/sp6.asp?p_id=81
I used to get wings with this stuff & people moved down a seat & eyes watered, people from the kitchen came out, no one could believe it. It took days to recover & no matter how much u washed hands b4 the bathroom, ur pants were on fire. and your nose or eyes or anything u touched.
it was HOT SHIT for a few days too.
it made quaffing lots beer fun but as an ex boozer, ain't no reason to burn.
oldhippydude
(2,514 posts)they are hotter than poloice pepper spray by a couple of orders of magnitude..
Indpndnt
(2,391 posts)I'd throw away the gloves I wore just to touch them!
oldhippydude
(2,514 posts)i am going to do just that.. put them in heavy duty zip locks
DollarBillHines
(1,922 posts)Food processor, habaneros, a little olive oil and some water.
That shit will put someone in the hospital.
I only wish I could have had some ghost peppers.
oldhippydude
(2,514 posts)nuf said.
kooljerk666
(776 posts)Hopefully after the next sign attack,the cretin will scratch his nutz, rub his eyes/face & pick his nose.
He will never know how he got it either.
I don't get Poison Ivy & if I see any vandalized signs I will go to the home owners & ask if the want their new signs "Treated".
Or move it under a tree and make some sort of Tom & Jerry Trap, that sounds more fun but may lead to a lawsuit
There was a thread around earlier w/ same problem. He put a new home made sign out saying "If You steal/smash my Obama signs, u just gave another $6.00 to President Obama.
That ended it.
darkangel218
(13,985 posts)I can roll in it, break it, nothing happens to me.
We rule! :p
kooljerk666
(776 posts)and he would spread it all over, all night.
If he came in a car it would be spread to door handles & steering wheel............god that would be funny.
Also b/w night vision cameras are getting cheap, I assume every where i go I am being filmed & act accordingly.
They also sell skunk spray juice & with balloons, a trip wire & bucket you could stink up the works.
Raven
(13,891 posts)reflection
(6,286 posts)Care Acutely
(1,370 posts)Someone did try to rip it off, but then dropped it very quickly. Made me all warm and fuzzy inside.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,705 posts)It's a dry gray powder that turns bright purple when you get it on your skin, and it will not come off. If the perps are people you know, you'll be able to tell it was them by their purple fingers.
peacebird
(14,195 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,705 posts)JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)"Smile, my digital web camera is recording your face right now."
peacebird
(14,195 posts)JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)MFM008
(19,814 posts)thats what we had to do. We put ours in the livingroom window facing the street.
peacebird
(14,195 posts)Thav
(946 posts)If it gets stolen/moved again, grab your camera and call the police. Vandalism/Tresspassing.
phleshdef
(11,936 posts)quaker bill
(8,224 posts)replaced it. I want a motion sensitive camera so I can turn the bozos in to the police.
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)Can't use land mines, so it's the next best thing.
A-Schwarzenegger
(15,596 posts)But while you're handling them, do not sneeze.
Bobbie Jo
(14,341 posts)You flip off r&r yard signs too?
If it makes you feel any better, I saw a rmoney sign laying in a ditch today. Quite the appropriate and symbolic placement, I thought.
Baitball Blogger
(46,715 posts)They would make big bucks if they also sole motion detector concealable cameras.
mysuzuki2
(3,521 posts)After not feeding it for 2-3 days. No I take that back, it would be cruel. Not to feed the dog I mean.
Patiod
(11,816 posts)"To anyone stealing or defacing our sign: we'll just buy another, thereby contributing to the President's re-election campaign"
Cha
(297,240 posts)There was a great sign on here a couple of weeks ago that said that!
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)Put it around the edges and legs of sign (use gloves or disposable paintbrush). Also perhaps skunk essence or deer urine? Pepper spray booby trap? Suggestion above of dog shit on ground surrounding sign is a good one too.
I like the idea of saw blades, fish hooks, broken glass, but you might get in legal trouble.
Qutzupalotl
(14,312 posts)A motion-activated sprinkler. There's an 8-second delay between shootings, designed to throw off an animal's sense of security to simulate a live person controlling it:
http://www.amazon.com/Contech-CRO101-Scarecrow-Activated-Sprinkler/dp/B000071NUS
I use these for deer, turkeys and my neighbor's dog.
livetohike
(22,144 posts)My husband and I just came in from stapling Obama signs to our trees that line the main road. We took a ladder and placed the signs high enough that no one will reach them.
I am pissed. They had to come 15' onto our property to rip off the larger yard sign.
The nearest Obama office is 40 miles away, but I'm going down there and get some larger signs to nail onto the trees.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)True story, this happened in Pinellas County Florida so much in the 1980s and 1990s that one of the former heads of the Pinellas County DEC lost his mind and decided to retaliate.
Of course, he was the one who got caught stealing signs.
Fla_Democrat
(2,547 posts)A deer in Texas is showing support for GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney by repeatedly attacking a sign supporting opponent President Barack Obama on an Austin couple's front lawn.
Tom and Beth Priem said concern over repeated tears in an Obama lawn sign in their front yard led to concern about vandals, KXAN.com reports. Beth Priem sat up one morning with a video camera hoping to catch the culprit and discovered the problem was actually something with four legs.