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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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PussGirl · 27/06/2018 06:39

Nasty letter.

BTW I think "fasinate" is a misspelt "vicinity"

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Esspee · 27/06/2018 07:02

PussGirl, you can read the phonetics therefore I reckon you wrote the letter. Get out of that!
choosing to ignore that the tortured phonetics had been deciphered about 16 pages ago

Marmablade · 27/06/2018 07:07

Or, y'know, the letter writer could have just knocked on your door and asked you nicely. You could have told them it wasn't yours and worked together on the fly tipping.

Bloody letter writers do my head in! Just talk to people!!

Anyway, could you put up a sign saying CCTV fly tippers will be reported?

And obviously spend every day trawling the CCTV for MN pleasure Grin

FuckKnuckle · 27/06/2018 07:21

Following this thread with much Grin , but I'm rather disappointed that nobody has asked the really important question yet. So...

OP, have you ever fired a gun into the air and gone "aargh"?

Cuttingthegrass · 27/06/2018 07:33

Can you cover the ground sourrounding the bins with paint or something maybe slightly less permanent that cleverer MN ppl will think of and then you can follow the trail.

wowfudge · 27/06/2018 07:41

That's a cat watching the Komodo dragon on the CCTV, do it's only a baby dragon. Mind you, you probably knew that.

Have you scanned the overnight rushes yet OP?

WheelyCote · 27/06/2018 07:46
Grin
FlybirdFly · 27/06/2018 07:47

I have scanned. A few cat fights and mystery car in horny teen parking which sits there for 8/9 mins with the engine running and full beams then drives off. Around 2.15am 🤔

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sulkytitch · 27/06/2018 07:48

Get a skip maybe and pile all your rubbish next to it 🤔😂

wowfudge · 27/06/2018 07:54

Thinking about getting CCTV here - bit concerned I might drive myself crackers worrying about what we see on it, although it'll mainly be wildlife at nighttime.

Homebird8 · 27/06/2018 08:19

Just re-read anonymous letter (to open mouthed DH) and it occurs to me that I don’t know what a “bust bin” is. Where can I buy two or three?

PanPanPanPing · 27/06/2018 08:26

Come on Fly, you're slacking! You need to find Julia to give her the note and you need to display a copy of it, along with your response, in some prominent places before rubbish collection day tomorrow Grin

goose1964 · 27/06/2018 08:37

I'm surprised no-one has suggested you contact your local BBC radio station, they love a story like this and by the looks of the letter the writer may well be in their targeted demographic. In the Bristol area this would warrant a phone-in

MsAdorabelleDearheartVonLipwig · 27/06/2018 08:37

This is hilarious. No advice but it is hilarious. Grin

Stillonthatbloodycomputer · 27/06/2018 08:40

Can I be excused please, I MUST take the dog for a walk he's been lying here for over an hour now just looking at me and making foul emissions from his rear end, at first I thought it was his comment on the letter writer, now I realise it's his call of nature kicking in . I'll be back as soon as I can, so if you'd save my seat. Thanks

Daisymay2 · 27/06/2018 09:02

YY to local radio, Let us know- so we can listen on line.

Housemum · 27/06/2018 09:05

Now surely horny-teen-space is more likely used for this spot. Perhaps this is what Dick is really up to when walking Rover?

m.youtube.com/watch?v=MXzaVOk_Ydk

Can’t beat vicinitying Aida

Housemum · 27/06/2018 09:06

homebird I thought the same - can’t imagine what my search history is like as I was trying to find a novelty boob-shaped-bin to post on here!

Homebird8 · 27/06/2018 09:10

You may have found a gap in the market Housemum. We know there is a demand!

WindyWednesday · 27/06/2018 09:12

That’s a t-Rex in the hedge.

hellsbellsmelons · 27/06/2018 09:16

This has made my morning.
This is what MN is all about.
Grin

Slippery · 27/06/2018 09:17

I've got one of those wildlife recording cameras which run on batteries, so you can put it anywhere. Might be an idea to put in at the dumping spot?
www.amazon.co.uk/Victure-Wildlife-Infrared-Security-Surveillance-Green/dp/B074FVPTRQ/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1530087363&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=outdoor+wildlife+camera&psc=1

doolittle26 · 27/06/2018 09:35

More correctly, it will be "The Villager" so don't get paranoid they all hate you. It will be more likely that the person more disliked than you is the same person who wrote it, which is why they went about it anonymously.

Luckystar777 · 27/06/2018 09:50

I'm starting to think it was the horny teen all along, he's just trying to make his makeout spot more presentable to the ladies, you don't want all that rubbish strewn around when you're gettin' busy, right? Explains the poor spelling too.

I wonder if there's a way to determine the brand of ballpoint pen used? Hmm

He's even made a Freudian slip with his 'bust bins' .. defo the horny teen.

Clutterbugsmum · 27/06/2018 09:58

Every time your mention The Villager I keep thinking they are a copy cat band of the Village People and storm your house singing YMCA Grin.

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