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Help me write a Mumsnet Guide to Annoying Your Neighbours in a Heatwave

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JohnnyMcGrathSaysFuckOff · 27/06/2026 09:19

I thought a one-stop shop guide might be useful! I'll start.

If you want to annoy your neighbours with maximum efficacy....

Prance in your garden in a bikini (note: simply wearing it will not do)

Be naked in your garden

Open all your windows, but not because of noise, because it's not the scientifically approved way to cool your house

Go on holiday thus meaning you cannot feed their cat when they are on holiday

Leave your tiny tiny thongs on a washing line

"Helpfully" take in their: laundry, bins, parcels

What have I missed?

OP posts:
JudgeJ · 01/07/2026 14:11

MauveFatball · 27/06/2026 14:41

Hang windchimes!

Always a winner with the quasi-sensitive among us!

AnAutumnCrow · 01/07/2026 14:12

DarkchocolateAndtea · 01/07/2026 14:01

People slamming car doors really loudly multiple times, then 2 people emerge, what are they doing?! Then people shouting in the early hours as exiting a taxi and proceeding to have a loud I want the whole town to hear me outdoor conversation, before finally entering their house, these would do it in a heatwave.

Oh god yes, this one.

Make sure that the two of you take twenty minutes to park your incredibly noisy car badly at 1am, while everyone else is trying to sleep in a heatwave with their windows open.

Exit the car talking very loudly to each other about who has the house keys. Laugh hysterically at the wit of this. Open and slam closed at least twice every car door, the boot of your car, and the front door of your house.

Ensure that this is outside my house and not your own. In fact the closer to mine the better. Don’t forget to throw your fag end in my hydrangea.

socialdilemmawhattodo · 01/07/2026 23:38

JohnnyMcGrathSaysFuckOff · 27/06/2026 09:31

Yes good one.

Or even, just having a cat, at all? I believe the scientific term is wildlife-murdering furbastard.

Yes, but i happen to love my shitty little bastards, as they are affectionately known in my house. Indoor rescue cats, pedigree, never again. Wildlife murdering you say - i have long suspected that female little shitty little bastard could indeed be the best mouse killer in the county if given a chance. She is food starved, or rather was, so yes a helpful social service. I wouldnt charge a lot for her services. Now big shitty little bastard is not very bright. Gorgeous, but not bright. So sorry I am not sure what he can contribute, apart from fur and hairball.

socialdilemmawhattodo · 01/07/2026 23:58

sueelleker · 27/06/2026 15:13

Especially if it has a weird name. As a child, my husband had a cat. He wanted to call it Mr Whippy, but his Dad said he wasn't shouting that across the garden at bed-time.

Always a genuine and good consideration.

Flecksofgolden · 02/07/2026 00:31

Just as its late enough for most people to be in bed with their windows open, drag your wheelie bin from the front to the back of the house down the shared drive. Or just people have got their dcs to sleep.

Bikergran · 05/07/2026 09:25

SingtotheCat · 30/06/2026 18:01

I had one of those when he was little.
If I saw a person of colour or a larger person heading towards us, I would have to turn and take him in the opposite direction.

Not my, but a friend's child..."Ooh, Mummy, look at that great big fatty-belly man!!!" Even worse, this was the actual proprietor of a frequently-used shop, so friend had to see him again on numerous occasions.......

GoodkneeBadKnee · 05/07/2026 09:50

Having friends round. Then sitting talking, and worst of all laughing with them. In their own garden. Some people are just so damn inconsiderate 😒

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