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Oooo I received an anonymous letter this morning...from THE VILLAGERS 😬

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FlybirdFly · 25/06/2018 08:06

Will post a pic later but need to redact info first.

An A4 page complaining about rubbish outside my house, that they’ve been picking it up for months, I have a responsibility to secure my rubbish and I have two weeks to get 2/3 wheelie bins or “measures will be taken”

It’s actually quite polite tbf if you ignore the subtle threat

Only problem is....it isn’t my fucking rubbish! We locked the gate to the field a few months ago and everyone now flytips outside the farm instead (by everyone I mean a few wankers) usually black bags that have missed the bin men/women. They use to chuck them on our farm bonfire but as the gate is locked they throw them on the bondary of my property. My rubbish is kept on my property until bin day.

Unfortunately they’ve missed all the signs saying we have CCTV so I’ll be having a look to see if I can see any pitchforks and angry villagers when I get back from the school run

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GingerIvy · 25/06/2018 15:17

This should be entertaining. Never rule out an adult just because of bad spelling. My 11yo can spell better than my ex.

MexicanBob · 25/06/2018 15:25

I say it's the village bobby who as bored as fuck and wants to generate some excitement. Either that or a none-too-subtle sales pitch by a wheelie bin supplier.

whiskeysourpuss · 25/06/2018 15:27

Room for one more on the sofa? I miss all the village gossip now that I live in a town...

Also is Hot Fuzz on Netflix/Amazon Prime/Now TV/Sky?

ScarlettSahara · 25/06/2018 15:31

Oh I really like you watermark too OP Grin

ScarlettSahara · 25/06/2018 15:31

your!

sprinklesandsauce · 25/06/2018 15:35

How sad of people to write that letter. I think you need to fire back as others have said, via the Parish Newsletter, Notice Board, Village Facebook page, local newspaper or whatever, but nothing personal.

Just state that you are sad to have received an anonymous letter, you would love for the area to be rubbish free but people are fly tipping there, and that it is beyond your control, but you have informed the Police, the Council, blah blah blah.

Make sure that your own rubbish is always in bins so there is no comeback.

dodobookends · 25/06/2018 15:41

Local newspapers often have a similar grasp of the English language as the writer of the note, so unless you want the story scrambled beyond all belief, then I'd steer clear of them!

WatcherintheRye · 25/06/2018 15:41

I think fasinate deserves the MN Pedants' Corner 'Wrongest Spelling of the Month' award Grin

MedusaBadHairDay · 25/06/2018 15:42
Hmm
MadeleineMaxwell · 25/06/2018 15:45

I would frame that sucker and display it in my toilet.

And then make sure my air rifle was loaded. You never know when the messures could strike!

Puzzledandpissedoff · 25/06/2018 15:46

You need the five find outers and dog

And lashings of ginger beer Wink

OP, if you really want to wind "The Village" up, what you need is a really good rumour. When similar types got completely on a friend's wick, she put it about that her partner was about to start a mobile fish & chip business and park the van there

Hours of fun out of that one ... Grin

WatcherintheRye · 25/06/2018 15:48

Was your Hmm at my post, Medusa? If so, not sure why. Fasinate for vicinity is about as wrong as you can get!

FlybirdFly · 25/06/2018 15:51

Quick update, another neighbour says he saw someone taking photos of my property/rubbish area last week and taking photos of a sign my neighbour has outside his house about burglaries.

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FlybirdFly · 25/06/2018 15:53

We are trying to track down photo taker and village bobby who hasn’t been seen since she went to the creek Shock

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northernlites · 25/06/2018 15:58

All very intriguing
'It's a mystery to unravel to be sure
Shameless placemarking

Zaphodsotherhead · 25/06/2018 16:01

If ANYONE has a great big bushy beard, watch them closely.

Zofanjo · 25/06/2018 16:02

I'm something of a Sherlock in my spare time nods sagely

This is without a doubt a 71 year old man named Nigel.

He lives up the road (every road has one) and you can tell his house because it's the one with the pristine Skoda in the drive that he's out washing at 6:30am every bloody morning. It also has perfectly cut grass, an immaculately maintained garden and white UPVC windows despite them looking awful on his particular house.

He's married, and his wife is a member of the U3A, the WA, the MU and the local PTA despite their only son being estranged, 48 and living down south 'somewhere'. His wife is rarely seen due to the myriad of committees and commitments she uses to be out of the house and out of his way as much as she possibly can. Her name is probably June. She has a perm she's been maintaining for 40 years and shops exclusively in Debenhams but feels over the years it's got a bit 'racey'.

Anyway, Nigel used to be a civil servant and will tell anyone who listens that his job was the most important in his department and the country has gone to the dogs since he left because the person they got in to replace him was a female graduate and 'how did they ever expect her to cope?'.

He voted for Brexit.

You'll be able to spot Nigel. He was 5ft 11 in his youth but he's a portly 5ft 9 now. If you ask him, he's 6ft. He wears the same 4 thinning polo shirts, all in different pastel shades over slack grey/ black trousers in rotation. He tried to wear jeans once when he first retired but never wore them again after June joked he looked a bit like a cowboy.

When challenged, Nigel goes an unattractive shade of beetroot and tends to shout loudest, favouring self importance over reason. This is his only weapon as, in a battle of wits, he's usually woefully outgunned.

Upset a Nigel at your own risk, they're spiteful, bitter creatures and always, always right.

TattyFrench · 25/06/2018 16:04

Has the village Bobby gone up the creek without a paddle? Shock

I'd love to know where you live with your village bobby, no wheelie bins and a creek. I want to come and visit. Are you in England? Can you say?

I also love 'facinate' for 'vicinity', I reckon the letter writer is a lone wolf 🐺 pretending to have a little gang. Create your own gang and declare war! 😀 Swallows and Amazon style.

Daisymay2 · 25/06/2018 16:06

Definately lay it on with Parish Council that you view the note as threatening and have referred matter to Police. You hope the village will support the Police so that the individual can be traced and prosecuted!!
Obviously report fly tipping to local council - round here they have people who search fly tipped stuff so that they can be traced and prosecuted. And tell the local councillor and ask for his assistance!

Member745520 · 25/06/2018 16:06

Maybe as a PP suggested, it is the village bobby - only now she knows she's rumbled because all that spare time she has is spent on MN? I think you need to get up a search and rescue party before nightfall and find her before she does something silly...

eurgh · 25/06/2018 16:07

@Zofanjo that really made me laugh. Effing Colin!

I'm desperate to know where the bobby went. My brother and SIL live in a place like this. The most recent scandal was they realised one of their neighbours was siphoning literal shit out of his slurry tank and into theirs so he had more room in his.

Arum51 · 25/06/2018 16:07

Shameless placemarking Grin

PanPanPanPing · 25/06/2018 16:10

Love all this afternoon's comments and updates from the OP.

I'm also a bit worried about the bobby in the creek Shock

PorkyPortia · 25/06/2018 16:23

I love the fact they have dated it , its like they've made it more official

blacksax · 25/06/2018 16:25

A creek... rural Cornwall maybe?

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