To ask them to pack away their oversized inflatable

[MrsTabbyy]

Nextdoor neighbours have thrown leftovers from a party they had last week in the space between our two houses. Specifically a bloody inflatable flamingo with a body the size of a small island.

It apparently belongs to a friend of theirs who wasn't about and they were holding it for her, but it's been a good week now and they're refusing to leave it in their own garden. I have to climb over it going inbetween the front and the back and when I asked for it to be moved before they just seemed to prop it up against the side of their house, only for it to slide back down later. I tried unplugging the nozzle yesterday but it's still holding air. One of it's wings seems to be popped with what looks like cigarette burns as well

AIBU to bring this up again and ask that they take care of it?

Pop it

it's probably one of those valves that hold unless you squeeze it the whole time.

can you put if on their drive? in their front porch?

phone the council and report it as fly-tipping.

The easiest least stressful way to deal with this is probably just to deflate it yourself and give it back folded up. Take a picture first to show one wing was damaged.

I’d just keep chucking it over their fence.

I don't fully understand where this item is located in your property, but i get it's an eyesore to you. I must say, i think it would be funny to look out and see a giant flamingo!

I probably have a twisted mind but I imagined an inflatable doll a boyfriend had left lying around!

Deflate it. You can usually poke a drinking straw into the valve to open it so the air will come out.

Failing that, buy an enormous inflatable crocodile and leave it there with just the flamingo's legs poking out of its mouth.

You should of just said nothing then popped it . Problem is if it mysteriosly pops now you are number 1 suspect

I might try that straw in the valve idea. I'm wondering are there any weak spots on those toys so that if it does somehow pop it would look inconspicious 😁

Use a tiny needle?

This. Small sharp knife, couple of stabs should do it.

Update: straw didn't work and neighbour's DH caught me messing about with it. Didn't say anything to me directly but I heard him walking about around the inflatable and I'm almost certain heard him call me a "nosy b*tch" on his way back into his garden

feeling very fed up at the moment, I don't know what I'm going to do the next time I walk past that thing

Does anyone in your house play cricket / golf? Could they accidentally trip when stepping over it wearing their spikes ?

Pick it up take it over the their front door and tell them that you are fed up tripping over it and to remove it.
If it gets damaged because you fall over it you can't be responsible.
If you get hurt because you fall over it you will be taking legal action against them.
CFers.

Fly tipping scumbags.

Would that not have been the perfect time to tell them it needs dealing with

I've taken care of it. Put on a pair of high heels and found something to do that involved going back and forth between the front and back of the house, first time through I stepped up onto it but it carried my weight, when I came back around I gave a little bounce and the heel pierced it with a lovely pop! Very satisfying 😊

Haven't heard anything from the neighbours yet and the flamingo looks a lot less full now, hopefully it'll flatten out overnight

Hope he's flat out now!