‘I was laughing so hard’: Clever resident gets back at entitled neighbors' kids by coming up with a series of pranks that made sure they kept their distance

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    "They didn't put a stop to it... so I did"
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    Not my finest moment. But funny as
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    Back when I was in my mid 20's | bought my first place to live. Nothing great, it was just a trailer house, but it was mine. My neighbors were ok for the first few months. Then one
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    day I was hearing banging on my walls. The kids on one side were using my outside wall to constantly bounce tennis balls off. It drove me ns. Talked to the neighbor. They
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    said "kids will be kids" and didn't put a stop to it. I decided it's time to do something after a few days and got a set of extremely loud air horns like they use on trains and semi trucks.
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    Put them under the skirting. The next time the kids started I hooked up the air hose from my air compressor and opened the valve. The kids screamed and ran crying. I was crying from
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    laughing so hard. The parents were ped and came over making threats and yelling at me. The second petty revenge I got was one night I hid a wireless battery powered doorbell
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    under their stairs and id randomly push button to ring it. Their dogs would go crazy barking and running around. I changed the batteries that thing about a dozen times I used so much.
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    JU IndustriousLabRat • 18h ago No doubt they were quietly impressed by an actual air horn requiring a compressor to run... I know I am! The canned ones are for tiny toots.
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    Northmech OP • 5h ago I ran my air hose to the horns under my skirting by the vent that was pointed at their yard. The hose went inside through my floor to my closet where I had my ten gallon air
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    Prestigious-Moose345 • 1d ago Hello Satan. You could tell them "Kids will be kids. And homeowners will be homeowners."
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    Queenofhackenwack • 1d ago we bought a house that had been empty for a year, after the owner d¨¸d….. the neighborhood kids had worn a path thru the yard, cutting thru.... we asked them to stop, repeatedly, to no avail.....so, i planted stinging nettles aka 10 min itch......they stopped....
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    SaltManagement42 1d ago Using the fact that horrible people often have untrained dogs against them is beautiful.
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    Poundaflesh 1d ago Did you use the air horn on the parents?
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    Northmech OP • 1d ago Only once. They were fighting and being stupid at 3 in the morning. The cops made me dismantle it.
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    wheezer721d ago Funny! You're a memorable neighbor!
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    Northmech OP • 1d ago I know they will never forget me. ②⑦ When I sold the place the dude that bought it asked what the button was for. I told him it was bark button. He off when I pressed it. laughed his
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    ToolAndres 1968 • 21h ago Wow, the horn thing is great, but ring is absolutely awesome that would definitely drive me crazy
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    QU33NK00PA21 • 19h ago I SCREAMED at the thought of an airhorn/foghorn going off and scaring children
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    Falsehood_BeDam • 1d ago This is absolutely my level of petty. Nice job
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    RibbenDish • 1d ago those people allowing their kids to throw a ball at your home.
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    Northmech OP. 1d ago It was a trailer park. And not a decent one. I shouldn't have been surprised. But I got my petty revenge. For many months afterwards.
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    gadget_girl 1d ago Kudos to your creative genius!
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    Northmech OP • 1d ago They're lucky I didn't set up a sprinkler and fill the hose with bright red paint before I turned it on.
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    compressor. A valve was all I had turn to release 125 psi of air through a 1/2 inch hose to the three trumpet horns. It could be heard for about a half mile.

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