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next door's socks and pants are...

38 replies

happyinherts · 14/07/2013 15:02

draped over my garden fence. Terraced property but my fence for which I have recently spent a lot of money on.

Would I be unreasonable to poke them back over the fence to their garden? No one asked if they could hang their washing over my property and although it may sound trivial I'm not sure I want to see my neighbours smalls - or not so smalls - decorating my fence.

Would you...?

OP posts:
JakeBullet · 14/07/2013 15:06

Poke them back with a stick Grin, no...joke. Not sure what you can do tbh except go and ask them to move them. Say you are painting the fence.....

Fakebook · 14/07/2013 15:08

Eew. Pant and sock germs on your garden fence. Poke them back over.

YouStayClassySanDiego · 14/07/2013 15:10

Don't just poke them onto the floor.

Go round and tell them you don't like the look of it, suggest buying an airer .

Do you get on with them, is it worth possibly falling out over?

Lora1982 · 14/07/2013 15:15

Hahaa I'd be tempted to poke them over. Buy them a little wirleygig thing I love mine... and no longer need to consider draping my pants over the neighbours wall

RobotBananas · 14/07/2013 15:17

They need one of those radiator airers

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happyinherts · 14/07/2013 15:17

I can't really say for certain to whom they belong. It's a tenanted property with five self contained bedrooms - Ive lost track of who lives there as people tend to come and go on 6 monthly contracts or awaiting council accommodation. I could quite easiy pick on wrong tenant short of taking them off fence, knocking on door wave them about and ask who they belong to.

I do think things should be nipped in bud otherwise I'll have all their washing adorning my back garden.

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RobotBananas · 14/07/2013 15:17

Or a socktopus

ZingWidge · 14/07/2013 15:22

can you put a note up they can see when collecting their clothes?

any chance it was the wind?

xalyssx · 14/07/2013 15:22

Leave a note asking them not to do it again (as you are going to paint the fence with anti climb paint)

Changebagsandgladrags · 14/07/2013 15:49

Spray your fence with creosote...

KPidgeon · 14/07/2013 15:53

Annoying for you and I'd be tempted to poke them back but best not to.

I'd leave them but put a note up- or can you keep an eye out from a window to go out when they come to take them in and ask them not to do it again?

MrsRajeshKoothrappali · 14/07/2013 15:57

Have you a dog?

Or naughty children?

Wink
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happyinherts · 14/07/2013 16:00

If they're not removed by the time my OH gets home, I suspect they'll be flying their way back rather than poked.

I'm going to keep watch out of window and ask them not to do so again.

ZingWidge - how does the wind perfectly line up 14 socks over my fence in the correct sequence with it's partner sock and then 6 pairs of male boxers in a neat line. Love to see that happen

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70isaLimitNotaTarget · 14/07/2013 16:15

Water the garden with a hose .......ooops, butterfingers Blush

HoneyDragon · 14/07/2013 16:23

Catch spiders in your garden and place them in the stalls. Once they shake them out they'll not do it again and you will be blameless.

HoneyDragon · 14/07/2013 16:24

Smalls, not stalls.

Or light the barbecue and roast garlic carefully directing the smoke with a fan.

HoneyDragon · 14/07/2013 16:25

Or borrow them. Then put them back exactly as they were and then tomorrow put up posters of your dog wearing them?

ShadowStorm · 14/07/2013 16:28

That's just bizarre.

They obviously aren't bothered about how you feel about this use of your fence, but you'd think that they'd have considered the possibility of their underwear being blown away if it gets windy all of a sudden.

PortBlacksandResident1 · 14/07/2013 16:35

Many years ago i came out to find someone had pegged out two large grey knickers on MY washing line (close together terraces - it could happen).

I spent several minute poking them with a garden cane in disgust and muttering to myself how could anyone wear such hideous undies and then put them on my line (i even took a couple of pics in case police needed getting involved).

DH comes out of the house and looks Confused ... asks me WTF i'm doing. I explain in outrage ... then he bursts out laughing....turns out after vacuuming he washed the bags and put them out to dry Blush

LetsFaceTheMusicAndDance · 14/07/2013 16:38

HoneyDragon my screen is now spattered with scrambled eggs! Grin

Shesparkles · 14/07/2013 16:45

Please tell me they've been washed and cheeky neighbour has done this to let them dry?

KPidgeon · 14/07/2013 16:47

Hahahah PortsBlack!!!

specialsubject · 14/07/2013 17:01

aha, shared house and no-one can be arsed to buy an airer when there is money to be spent on beer.

put a note through the door saying that you will shortly be painting the fence with an oil-based preservative, which never really dries. (and yes, you can get such a thing - it's called Creocote). Hence it would be best if they stop putting clothes on the fence.

Ham69 · 14/07/2013 17:08

[Grin] at Honeydragon!

shewhowines · 14/07/2013 17:19

14 socks = 7 days
6 pants. That means he wore one pair twice. yuk.

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