To want my leg of lamb back?

[Milkshakebreaks]

Whacky neighbour strikes again.

She is a nice woman. A bit eccentric.

She saw a dog roaming the estate and thought it was mine. It wasn't. She panicked, she said, and reached for my door and went in, shouting my name

My actual dog, a very low prey drive GH, approached her wagging. Luckily, he didn't see her as a threat and harm her.

My neighbour said she panicked then and tried a dog treat but the roaming dog wasn't interested. She then went into my fridge and got out a LEG OF LAMB 😒

She is seen on video camera attached to the house, waving down the dog with the leg of lamb in hand, waving it like she is in Ollivander's wand shop

The dog wonders off elsewhere and she's seen again throwing the leg of lamb into the nearby hedges.

AIBU to want it back or paid for? Or is she too unhinged to ask this? Not sure what to do. She has posted a picture of the dog on the estate FB group. No claims for the dog yet... who on footage and in her photo, is not a GH. It's very clearly a tiny terrier type 🙄

As I say, she is a really friendly neighbour but somewhat OTT, dramatic and loud. She has a 19 year old daughter who is lovely. And a polite and very normal 15 year old son. Both nothing like her loud and overly familiar ways

My door was left open by me as I had run 3 doors down to give my lovely neighbour some bits I was passing onto her

I have no idea why she would lie or try and enter my house. She genuinely looked like she was trying to get the dog

So she went into your house and saw your dog - yes , then instead of thinking all is well dog is in the house not running down the street. Why on earth would she take the lamb out the fridge and try to give it to the dog she now knows is not yours? Is she always irrational? That is very weird.

Have either of you been reading Roald Dahls "Lamb to the Slaughter" or picking mushrooms?
Bwaha ha ha😂

If her husband turns up dead, don't let the police eat the lamb she serves.

Can you please draw a diagram, including both dogs, the hedge, and the leg of lamb?

Did you just copy me? Or was that exact timing synchronicity?
My comment was first...

Shank you, that's a mint response

Lol
Also one of where the bad lady/dog/leg of lamb touched her.

I’m surprised people are focusing on the likelihood of a leg of lamb being in a fridge. Of all the things in this tale, that’s actually the only part that’s believable.

Well what are you proposing?
Commit her?
Drop her in a pond to see if she floats?
Burn her at the stake?

Wasn't it wrapped up?

It takes forever to get one of those babies out of the vacuum packaging.

So another vote here for hedge retrieval.

This is where the OP messed up her continuity in the series of Whacky Neighbours.

Here, she says 'Whacky neighbour strikes again'.
When someone challenged her on ' You've another thread you started yesterday about a neighbour' the OP came back with 'That was a different one.'

So, sadly, she needs to get her story straight.

Don't think this will make Netflix, sadly. Not without a lot of work.

That was a good one.

She saw a dog roaming the estate and thought it was mine. It wasn't. She panicked, she said, and reached for my door and went in, shouting my name

My actual dog, a very low prey drive GH, approached her wagging. Luckily, he didn't see her as a threat and harm her.

My neighbour said she panicked then and tried a dog treat but the roaming dog wasn't interested. She then went into my fridge and got out a LEG OF LAMB

So let's just look at the action here.

Neighbour sees dog roaming and thinks it's yours (Why? Is the question.)
She goes into your house - front door open - and sees your dog.
She panics (why would she panic about seeing a dog wandering around?))
She goes back outside to the roaming dog with a doggy treat.
Where did she get that treat? Was it your dog's?
So she comes back into your house to explore your fridge.
She opens your fridge and there just happens to be THE LEG OF LAMB that she needs, having see it on a film as a way to tempt stray dogs back.
The dog isn't interested so your neighbour throws the lamb into a hedge.

THE END

Don't call us, we'll call you.

👏

From the title I thought someone had used a leg of lamb to murder someone then cooked the lamb and served it to the investigating police officers! (Tales of the Unexpected, I think!)

I hadn't seen this post when I wrote mine, glad to see other fans of TotU on here!

Could this be a Midsomer Murder or Vera?

This is what my Mum used to buy. I don't buy lamb, I don't like it. And give over with the (wo)mansplaining

You needed it explaining 😃 Because you didn't think it would fit in a fridge.

what because i couldn't fit that in my fridge?

The camera on your house must cover a wide area if you can see her once she’s walked away with the dog and you can even see her throw lamb in the bushes.
If you can see where she threw the lamb can you not go and retrieve it?

When did you speak to her? You said you realised she’d taken the lamb on camera but you also write as though you had a conversation with her, you must have spoken to her to know that your dog approached wagging if the camera is on the front of the house and she went inside.
Where did the dog treat come from she initially tried to entice the dog with? Did she steal that from you as well? She sounds very cheeky and like she’s trying to fleece ewe.

Did she tell you she took the lamb and that’s why you looked at the camera to see if she gave it to the dog?

If she didn’t tell you she’d taken it did you notice the lamb was missing straight away? Do you randomly do stock takes of your fridge?!
I have a joint of beef in my fridge (I hope) that I bought on Wednesday for tomorrow’s dinner, I probably wouldn’t notice it was missing until I went to get something from the fridge and even then might not notice as I wouldn’t be looking for it!

You said she threw the lamb when the random dog walked away from her, she must have got the dog back though in order to post on facebook trying to locate the owner?
You should make your own facebook post
“Missing leg of lamb, last seen in my fridge. A reward will be issued for anyone who can find it.
If you have any information or possible sightings please contact Milkshake”

You might find she brings it back for you, if she asks for a reward give her another dog treat.

Or look at a sheep

I dunno. I’d order in takeout and regale the guests with the lamb story. They’ll love it!

Yeah whose short story was that?

Burn her with steak and then give the steak to the stray dog.

Don't let her explain anything. Just tell her you have a video of her coming into your home taking a leg of lamb out of your refrigerator. She needs to give you the cost of the leg of lamb immediately.