to want to take potshots at my neighbour's red plastic chair?

[PuhPeng]

Although we live close to the city centre in a crowded little suberb, from my kitchen window all you can see for a long long way is green and the occasional little bit of slate roof or grey shed roof. It's lovely. Very urban over people's back gardens, but quite restful and I love it.

Or, I did love it, until the people 2 doors down casually slung a red plastic toddler garden chair onto their shed roof .

It's right slap bang in the middle of my view! And it's bright red! And it's fallen over and all awkward and ugly and I'm distressed.

It's too far away to lassoe it down so I was wondering if it might be more reasonable to purloin an air rifle of some sort and take shots at it until it either explodes (as I have been lead to believe it will by every action film I've ever seen) or falls off the shed.

AIBU?

DP says I am and I should instead creep down the street in the middle of the night and annonymously put threatening letters a polite note through their door about it.

I think you are being unreasonable, sorry.

Could you get it with a hose?

get a grip
or put on dark glasses when you take in the view
your note will incite them to tie up slavering dog to pole or some such

you should get out more

Too far for a hose.

I could try lobbing big rocks at it?

I can just imagine the thread your neighbour would start if she is a mumsnetter

Or maybe I could train the cat to knock it off?

Perhaps I should have posted in Pets.

Knock on their door and ask if you can have the chair they've thrown onto the roof. They'll think you're weird but it would mean you could get rid of the chair and they won't bother you for neighbourly type favours because they'll think you're weird. Kerching.

Obtain a large cat, and a red chair.

Use behavioral psychology techniques to train the cat to push the chair off surfaces. Massively reward the cat for managing to do this.

Release the cat into the wild.

Do you have a crossbow? They can shoot pretty far............

Ahh, sensible suggestions. NOW we're talking.

I have also thought about looking into weather summoning voodoo - some really really strong winds might shift it.

Nip round there under cover of darkness and spray paint it green.

Not sure voodoo does weather summoning, unfortunately. Perhaps make a "voodoo doll" style red chair and stab it with pins - maybe it will vanish overnight.

Is it this red chair PuhPeng?

If so count yourself lucky as I have one in my living room.

Bah!

If you ask them nicely them hopefully they would shift it.

One of my neighbours at the back of us came and said how a plantpot under my back hedge was bothering her and could I please move it as it was winding her up . I must admit I thought she was a bit odd to be upset over a plantpot but if it was what she wanted I was very happy to do it.