LMAO! NeighborOWNED!! 10ft tall Grinch erected to diss neighbors

[NFS4]

Sounds like some sh!t I'd do 😉

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/11/...d.grinch.ap/index.html

 

[MrCodeDude]

Last year, after NBC's "Weekend Today" featured the $150,000 display of custom-designed props, more than 1,500 cars prowled the Aertses' cul-de-sac in this upscale San Jose suburb each night.

San Jose, I'm going to have to go and take pictures of this place.

 

[rsd]

Actually if I had to deal with 1500 cars a day going by my house for 45 days of the year, I'd be pissed too!

And they collected another 90 signatures of complaints, so they werent the only ones.

A few weeks would be ok, but it sounded like it turned it into disneyland.

 

[n0cmonkey]

That's gotta be better than the tacky stuff they were describing in his yard last yet. :roll:

 

[CrackRabbit]

You have to see the neighbors point though, I would hate to have some crap like that next door to me and have cars flooding into my neighborhood to admire it.
The fact that the neighbor was able to get 90 signatures shows that he wasnt the only one annoyed by it...

 

[iotone]

where's the holiday spirit?

 

[mwtgg]

I think that's funny.

 

[Syringer]

Those Vietnamese immigrants sure like to overdo their American" holiday spirits sometimes.

 

[Kelvrick]

What holiday spirit? I sure as hell won't if i had to deal with that sh1t across the street. That many cars and probably noise too would make it hard to get to and from my own damn house.

And they do have a point. I bet every family for like 50 miles takes a drive on christmas/christmas eve there and probably park up along the side of hte street to take a picture. How the heck am I going to have friends over with that many cars? I won't expect them to park 2 miles away and walk to my house.

Wonder if they tried to settle this before they filed the complaint though.

This is the same thing as airports. Yea, a lot of people love the idea of having one closer, but hte people who have to live right next to it gotta deal with all the sh1t liek traffic and noise.

EDIT: The neighbors seem to have been there 16 years. How long has this guy lived there? How long has he been doing this? They got 90 signatures. That sounds its would be the entire street that he lives on and most of the neighborhood.

 

[MrCodeDude]

Originally posted by: Syringer
Those Vietnamese immigrants sure like to overdo their American" holiday spirits sometimes.

😕

You can see the neighbor's point, but come on, it's Christmas. Have a heart, it's not like the guy is putting up offensive material.

 

[cavemanmoron]

wooah

 

[NFS4]

I must say, I had images of National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation in my head when I saw this on The Today Show this morning😉

I could see where it would be an annoyance to people, but I do all of my running around in the day time or in the early morning and rarely go out at night, so I doubt that traffic would really bother me.

Also, 90 signatures. Probably 45 married couples😉 90 people pissed vs 675,000 who came to see it that year. I guess I could suck it up for the Christmas season if it was bringing a smile to over a half a million people.

 

[aplefka]

I can't believe that, that's the stupidest thing I've ever heard, period. It's Christmas, and if anything, I'd be happy for Christmas spirit to last 45 days long. Besides, they live across the street, the people viewing it would only be on the opposite side, so their friends could still park on the same side the of the street. This sh1t just gets to me because the people that I live by (on both sides) are fvcking sound nazis, and if I play my bass past 9 they bitch. I make sure that from 9-10, if I'm playing, I turn it up, just because they're such bastards.

 

[Kelvrick]

Originally posted by: NFS4
I must say, I had images of National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation in my head when I saw this on The Today Show this morning😉

I could see where it would be an annoyance to people, but I do all of my running around in the day time or in the early morning and rarely go out at night, so I doubt that traffic would really bother me.

Also, 90 signatures. Probably 45 married couples😉 90 people pissed vs 675,000 who came to see it that year. I guess I could suck it up for the Christmas season if it was bringing a smile to over a half a million people.

Wouldn't that be like those stories where if you could kill 1 person to save the lives of millions? I mean yea, its for the greater good, but wtf did that guy do to deserve it?

You do your sh1t during the day, but that doesn't mean other people don't do their stuff at night. In So Cal, theres this neighborhood where every single house in the block decorated. It draws tons of cars too, but then it'd be spread out. Here, those 1500 cars would be concentrated in that very street and all the streets that you need to go through to get to it.

 

[Kelvrick]

Originally posted by: aplefka
I can't believe that, that's the stupidest thing I've ever heard, period. It's Christmas, and if anything, I'd be happy for Christmas spirit to last 45 days long. Besides, they live across the street, the people viewing it would only be on the opposite side, so their friends could still park on the same side the of the street. This sh1t just gets to me because the people that I live by (on both sides) are fvcking sound nazis, and if I play my bass past 9 they bitch. I make sure that from 9-10, if I'm playing, I turn it up, just because they're such bastards.

Are you fvcken serious? 1,500 cars. That aint 1 person a car. Spread out from say 6pm to 12pm, that is 250 cars an hour, 6 fvcken cars a minute. That means every 10 seconds, yo ucan look out your window and another car will show up. You don't think people will park on the other side of the street?

 

[imported_FishTaco]

For the Christmas spirit, I'd say it'd be ok for like a week, but 45 days is just nuts. Too bad they couldn't compromise.

 

[aplefka]

Originally posted by: Kelvrick

Originally posted by: aplefka
I can't believe that, that's the stupidest thing I've ever heard, period. It's Christmas, and if anything, I'd be happy for Christmas spirit to last 45 days long. Besides, they live across the street, the people viewing it would only be on the opposite side, so their friends could still park on the same side the of the street. This sh1t just gets to me because the people that I live by (on both sides) are fvcking sound nazis, and if I play my bass past 9 they bitch. I make sure that from 9-10, if I'm playing, I turn it up, just because they're such bastards.

Are you fvcken serious? 1,500 cars. That aint 1 person a car. Spread out from say 6pm to 12pm, that is 250 cars an hour, 6 fvcken cars a minute. That means every 10 seconds, yo ucan look out your window and another car will show up. You don't think people will park on the other side of the street?

They may, but the main flow of traffic would only be on one side of the street. If the people really wanted to stop them they could put up fake signs or barricade spots somehow. I just can't see their "lower-key" get-togethers as a good reason to stop the fun for thousands of other people.

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: Kelvrick

Originally posted by: NFS4
I must say, I had images of National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation in my head when I saw this on The Today Show this morning😉

I could see where it would be an annoyance to people, but I do all of my running around in the day time or in the early morning and rarely go out at night, so I doubt that traffic would really bother me.

Also, 90 signatures. Probably 45 married couples😉 90 people pissed vs 675,000 who came to see it that year. I guess I could suck it up for the Christmas season if it was bringing a smile to over a half a million people.

Wouldn't that be like those stories where if you could kill 1 person to save the lives of millions? I mean yea, its for the greater good, but wtf did that guy do to deserve it?

You do your sh1t during the day, but that doesn't mean other people don't do their stuff at night. In So Cal, theres this neighborhood where every single house in the block decorated. It draws tons of cars too, but then it'd be spread out. Here, those 1500 cars would be concentrated in that very street and all the streets that you need to go through to get to it.

WTF does killing someone have to do with this? Your comparing 90 people pissed to 675,000 people happy to killing one person to save the life of millions? Not even comparable.

I don't think that anyone was harmed or killed over this thing. Annoyed, yes. But physical harm/death? Not even close to being a fair comparison

 

[imported_FishTaco]

Originally posted by: aplefka

Originally posted by: Kelvrick

Originally posted by: aplefka
I can't believe that, that's the stupidest thing I've ever heard, period. It's Christmas, and if anything, I'd be happy for Christmas spirit to last 45 days long. Besides, they live across the street, the people viewing it would only be on the opposite side, so their friends could still park on the same side the of the street. This sh1t just gets to me because the people that I live by (on both sides) are fvcking sound nazis, and if I play my bass past 9 they bitch. I make sure that from 9-10, if I'm playing, I turn it up, just because they're such bastards.

Are you fvcken serious? 1,500 cars. That aint 1 person a car. Spread out from say 6pm to 12pm, that is 250 cars an hour, 6 fvcken cars a minute. That means every 10 seconds, yo ucan look out your window and another car will show up. You don't think people will park on the other side of the street?

They may, but the main flow of traffic would only be on one side of the street. If the people really wanted to stop them they could put up fake signs or barricade spots somehow. I just can't see their "lower-key" get-togethers as a good reason to stop the fun for thousands of other people.

The traffic will be both sides because they are on a cul-de-sac. That's a dead end road, so in on one side of the street, out the other.

 

[PoPPeR]

fvck those people. If I couldn't even have my own friends over to celebrate, you better believe i'm going to file some complaints on your ass.

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: PoPPeR
fvck those people. If I couldn't even have my own friends over to celebrate, you better believe i'm going to file some complaints on your ass.

Fvck that. That's even more reason to go over to your friend's house for the party😛 Less work/cleanup I have to do 😀

 

[brtspears2]

Amazing how some people will spend $2,500 to make a point. But then I wouldn't even bother with the Grinch, since having bad relations with your neighbors suck.

Anyone know exactly where this is?

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: aplefka
I can't believe that, that's the stupidest thing I've ever heard, period. It's Christmas, and if anything, I'd be happy for Christmas spirit to last 45 days long. Besides, they live across the street, the people viewing it would only be on the opposite side, so their friends could still park on the same side the of the street. This sh1t just gets to me because the people that I live by (on both sides) are fvcking sound nazis, and if I play my bass past 9 they bitch. I make sure that from 9-10, if I'm playing, I turn it up, just because they're such bastards.

WTF is a sound nazi?

 

[Kelvrick]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: Kelvrick

Originally posted by: NFS4
I must say, I had images of National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation in my head when I saw this on The Today Show this morning😉

I could see where it would be an annoyance to people, but I do all of my running around in the day time or in the early morning and rarely go out at night, so I doubt that traffic would really bother me.

Also, 90 signatures. Probably 45 married couples😉 90 people pissed vs 675,000 who came to see it that year. I guess I could suck it up for the Christmas season if it was bringing a smile to over a half a million people.

Wouldn't that be like those stories where if you could kill 1 person to save the lives of millions? I mean yea, its for the greater good, but wtf did that guy do to deserve it?

You do your sh1t during the day, but that doesn't mean other people don't do their stuff at night. In So Cal, theres this neighborhood where every single house in the block decorated. It draws tons of cars too, but then it'd be spread out. Here, those 1500 cars would be concentrated in that very street and all the streets that you need to go through to get to it.

WTF does killing someone have to do with this? Your comparing 90 people pissed to 675,000 people happy to killing one person to save the life of millions? Not even comparable.

I don't think that anyone was harmed or killed over this thing. Annoyed, yes. But physical harm/death? Not even close to being a fair comparison

What are you so angry about. I'm saying its the same situation, but at a different level. When would you draw the line? Eventually, it would just be mob rule. Sadly to say, that how the world seems to work a lot of the time.

 

[aplefka]

Originally posted by: FishTaco

Originally posted by: aplefka

Originally posted by: Kelvrick

Originally posted by: aplefka
I can't believe that, that's the stupidest thing I've ever heard, period. It's Christmas, and if anything, I'd be happy for Christmas spirit to last 45 days long. Besides, they live across the street, the people viewing it would only be on the opposite side, so their friends could still park on the same side the of the street. This sh1t just gets to me because the people that I live by (on both sides) are fvcking sound nazis, and if I play my bass past 9 they bitch. I make sure that from 9-10, if I'm playing, I turn it up, just because they're such bastards.

Are you fvcken serious? 1,500 cars. That aint 1 person a car. Spread out from say 6pm to 12pm, that is 250 cars an hour, 6 fvcken cars a minute. That means every 10 seconds, yo ucan look out your window and another car will show up. You don't think people will park on the other side of the street?

They may, but the main flow of traffic would only be on one side of the street. If the people really wanted to stop them they could put up fake signs or barricade spots somehow. I just can't see their "lower-key" get-togethers as a good reason to stop the fun for thousands of other people.

The traffic will be both sides because they are on a cul-de-sac. That's a dead end road, so in on one side of the street, out the other.

Now that's balls. I still couldn't justify ending it completely, just because that's sooo many people. Maybe they could charge money for it, or get a permit and charge money for it, and give the neighbors some of it? I mean if these people spent over 150k on all this stuff, they can't really need it.