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Pranking a neighbor, little by little. *Updated 12/08/2007*

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Originally posted by: compuwiz1
Originally posted by: S Freud
Its cool, but to be honest if I was him I would start to get suspicious. I would probably move my car inside if it continued, for fear of what might happen. Its nice of you to do it, but maybe let him know.

What would the fear of what might happen be?

This may sound far fetched, but maybe that someone wants to steal it?
Or maybe he might think someone is stalking him?

Either way, we need pics.
 
Doh! Almost got busted tonight. I went out to kiss the wife goodbye, as she was leaving for work. I thought the dude was gone, but as I was showing my wife my work of art, he came back suddenly. I was taking the dog out for a walk at the same time, so I just turned around, waved at her, and continued walking the dog. 😉

I'll get pics of this project up, as soon as I can grab some. 🙂
 
Originally posted by: compuwiz1
Originally posted by: FleshLight
You should leave him little clues every time you do it.

Something like
"O Draconian Devil!"
"O Lame Saint!"
"So Dark the Con of Man"

Nah! I'll probably finish it, then leave him a note, telling him he owes the man in unit 2118 a beer, with a big smiley face on it. 🙂

BTW, it has a working 8 Track tape deck, and he plays these old 50 and 60's cowboy music. He looks the part too. When he goes out, it's a whole different persona, no cowboy hat, a crisp newer Acura TL and modern day music.

He's a cowboy themed male stripper and he keeps his truck dirty to help play the part. Every morning he comes out and sees his truck waxed he's like SH!T WTF KEEPS DOING THIS, then goes off roading.
 
as long as he doesnt have an old well in his basement("it puts the lotion on its skin") then i dont see a problem with it. we should all have neighbors as cool as the the op
 
Honestly he may have wanted it dull and 'original' looking. Faded dull worn out paint is all the rage these days. This truck doesn't exactly sound like the rat-rod type, but it is a possibility.
 
Originally posted by: compuwiz1
So, this neighbor, whom I've never met moved in a couple months ago. He has this 55 Chevy HD truck. It's a dually flatbed 4x4. It's fire engine red, and is really straight, but with one minor problem....the paint is oxydized all to hell. It's really flat and does not shine at all...well, until a couple days ago, then it started to shine a little. The truck is not really dirty, but just needs some TLC. He drives it to work, to do whatever he does, then usually comes home, cleans up, and goes out for a few hours. hehe.

Well, a couple nights ago, I broke out some liquid rubbing compound and rubbed out the front fender. Then I waxed it real well. That section looks brand new. I watched him come out in the morning, and he was like, WTF? He smoothed his hand over it, looked around, then left for work.

Tonight the same thing happened. I did the driver's side door and it looks brand new, as well. A week or so, and I'll have the entire truck done, little by little. He'll probably never figure out who did it. I will take secret delight in this. 🙂

Would you be pissed if this happened to you?

Spend more time with Lola and less time w/your neighbor;'s truck. 😉

and nope, i wouldnt be pissed. but i would spend lots of time wondering WTF for years to come.
 
Originally posted by: JEDI
Originally posted by: compuwiz1
So, this neighbor, whom I've never met moved in a couple months ago. He has this 55 Chevy HD truck. It's a dually flatbed 4x4. It's fire engine red, and is really straight, but with one minor problem....the paint is oxydized all to hell. It's really flat and does not shine at all...well, until a couple days ago, then it started to shine a little. The truck is not really dirty, but just needs some TLC. He drives it to work, to do whatever he does, then usually comes home, cleans up, and goes out for a few hours. hehe.

Well, a couple nights ago, I broke out some liquid rubbing compound and rubbed out the front fender. Then I waxed it real well. That section looks brand new. I watched him come out in the morning, and he was like, WTF? He smoothed his hand over it, looked around, then left for work.

Tonight the same thing happened. I did the driver's side door and it looks brand new, as well. A week or so, and I'll have the entire truck done, little by little. He'll probably never figure out who did it. I will take secret delight in this. 🙂

Would you be pissed if this happened to you?

Spend more time with Lola and less time w/your neighbor;'s truck. 😉

and nope, i wouldnt be pissed. but i would spend lots of time wondering WTF for years to come.

I didn't know Compuwiz1 was the same person as IamWiz.
 
Originally posted by: compuwiz1
So I should back off of my good deed?

I've always done stuff like that. I once saw a car with a flat tire. I had this compressed air can, so I jacked up the car, put air in the tire. I found a nail, which I pulled, then marked and plugged the hole with this kit I had. I repaired the flat while the wheel was still on the car. 🙂
So now the person doesn't know that the tire is patched and they will drive on it thinking that it's normal. If the patch fails for whatever reason...

You need to at least leave a note to say that you patched the tire.

ZV
 
You have way too much time on your hands buddy!!!

lets just hope he doesnt have a few other good smaritans buried in his yard..or decided he would liek tyou to polish his shifter next...or mabe you will just turn into the creepy neighbor guy

but honesly i dont know how safe it is to do that...a lot of people freak out if they feel you have invaded/violated their space and or property

good luck though hope you make a freind out of it at least 🙂
 
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