'Smells like broccoli, sweat, and Funyuns in here!': Couple gets revenge on rowdy neighbors by throwing anchovies in their AC

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Jan 31, 2024 1:00 PM EST

Noisy neighbors can ruin the tranquility of your living space. One minute, you're peacefully steeping loose-leaf tea on a sunny Saturday morning and the next minute you're hearing rambunctious teens tear apart the backyard with dirt bikes and loud music. Call me Karen, but there is a time and a place to be rowdy. Once a neighbor has crossed the line and broken the sound barrier one too many times, some people like to take payback into their own hands. 

In our next story, an Australian couple was forced to get their payback against noisy neighbors– starting with the stinkiest, smelliest revenge they could imagine.

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  • Scroll for the entire story of how one couple was pushed to their limit by their terrible neighbors and decided that, since law enforcement was dropping the ball, they'd go ahead and get a little satisfaction of their own. Afterward, here's another tale of vengeance where a mechanic wins a $400k lawsuit against the world's worst employer.

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    "So they still don't know why it all smells very fishy"
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    r/pettyrevenge. 2 days ago nikkijau For the longest time we've had issues with next door. Their kids are now riding dirt bikes along our fence line, so my boyfriend threw a heap of anchovies in their Evaporated cooler
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    So for about 10 years we've lived on this street, everyone else in the street is amazing but the house next door are nothing but trouble.
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    We've had an intervention order (restraining order) on them for a couple of years now, they've had a heap of breaches of them and charges. About 3 months ago we had a seige next door, that meant police in our backyard for 8 hours on a hot day.
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    About a week later one of the kids got a dirt bike and they've been riding along the fence every night. So my boyfriend who is a great aim while having a few drinks after a pizza night started to throw a couple in their evap cooler (AC). He got about 4 or 5 in
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    This was about 2 weeks ago and we've had some good weather since which means they've used it. Thursday they had someone looking at the unit inside but not the roof unit. It's so funny when we hear it boot up and within minutes they have to turn it off.
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    Purplefaerie1981 • 2d ago It's great weather for it if you're an Aussie, 39c on the verandah at my place today, those anchovies would be ripe as great work there
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    Whosyafoose • 2d ago Speaking from experience, prawns work great too.
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    ZippyKoala 2d ago Fish is always the best revenge. ↑ 63 Share
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    Nenoshka 2d ago ● I'm surprised that dirt bike hasn't picked up a few tacks in its tires.
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    lapsteelguitar • 2d ago Your BF is a high end, serious, I. I am so glad that he is on your side, the side of the angels. Please ask him to stay away from me & mine when he is in one of the "those moods." :) But buy him a drink in the mean time.
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    imachillin 2d ago ● Smelly pettiness and I love it! Very well done and you didn't even have to trespass! Gotta love legal petty revenge! I'd also sprinkle some nails on the fence line! That'll stop the dirt biking for a minute! But I'm extra petty...and mean!
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    sirlanse69 2d ago ● Put a sprinkler near fence when they are riding. 45 ↓ Share hilltopper1 2d ago Motion sensors my water sprinklers work well for people and animals.
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    PedrotPete 2d ago ● Well played ✩ 4 도 ↑ Share GVL_2024 2d ago skunk scent deployed with a water gun works too
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    saraphilipp 2d ago Put another shrimp on the barbie for me mate.
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    desidivo 2d ago Very fishy story. 4 2 1 Share 도 Extra_Security_665 • 2d ago It smells like broccoli, ball sweat, and Funyuns in here!
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    BeanbagCamel • 2d ago Ha! Fish in the swamp cooler. That's brilliant. 42 ↓ Neena6298 2d ago ● Share That's awesome and hilarious. I love it. Lol
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    Marnnirk 2d ago Sounds like a handful of spikes carelessly drop along that fence line while repairing something, anything, on that fence might help....and perhaps a few might migrate to their side of the fence...wouldn't that be awful? Maybe some rotten shrimp would create a more satisfying odour. Anyone want shrimp on their pizza?
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    nkynudist 2d ago ● In my city they take action if someone is doing something on their property that devalues the surrounding properties. We have a family down the street that lets their kids, 4, 5 & 6 year olds, ride electric and gas motorcycles on the sidewalk through the neighborhood. Quite annoying!
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    MikeSchwab63. 2d ago Maybe some frozen shrimp? 41 ↓ Share Aiku 2d ago "so my boyfriend threw a heap of anchovies in their Evaporated cooler" I nearly spat out my tea!
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    Supermax148 • 20h ago Lobster bait in an onion bag dropped down their dryer vent it'll stink to high and it'll take them forever to figure it out.
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