Some ah heck is making circles in my lawn with an Auto!

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shimsham

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i like the cement block idea.

buy the blocks and some kind of rose bush or plant. paint the blocks green. take some cheesy pictures of the blocks arranged around the bush like youre doing some landscaping or something. disassemble. plant the bush in a nice, open spot just ripe for some donuts, and then scatter the blocks around it. they wont be able to resist killing your plant, but they took out the "arrangement"(as shown in the pics, your honor) you had around it while joyriding.
 

iamwiz82

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Either hide rocks/boulders in the dirt or dig a deeeeeeep trench and cover it with leaves and such. You can't be sued for having a hole in your yard, especially when he drives over it.

Make sure that it is deep and wide enough that he will not be able to get out.
 

Freejack2

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Landmines, lots and lots of landmines. Just make sure to put up signs warning people of this.
 

Balt

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Originally posted by: shimsham
i like the cement block idea.

buy the blocks and some kind of rose bush or plant. paint the blocks green. take some cheesy pictures of the blocks arranged around the bush like youre doing some landscaping or something. disassemble. plant the bush in a nice, open spot just ripe for some donuts, and then scatter the blocks around it. they wont be able to resist killing your plant, but they took out the "arrangement"(as shown in the pics, your honor) you had around it while joyriding.

Yup, cinderblocks are what I was going to recommend. You can always tell the judge afterwards (should it come to that) that you were using them as markers for landscaping plans.

Odds are the kid will just tell his daddy he doesn't know what happened to his car, though, so hopefully you shouldn't have to worry about making any explanations.
 

TitanDiddly

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Find out who he is, and blow up his house.

Not while he's inside it. Make sure you get all the stuff you want out of it first.

See sig.
 

Ausm

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2X 4's with 20 penny spikes in them....also for fun put random paper bags on the lawn filled with cement or a huge bolder would do wonders for their front wheel alignment ;)

Ausm
 

Freejack2

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Originally posted by: PhasmatisNox
Find out who he is, and blow up his house.

Not while he's inside it. Make sure you get all the stuff you want out of it first.

See sig.


Like he'd have anything to steal. :p
 

JeffCos

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Who can resist driving through a giant pile of leaves/hay? Pile cinderblocks about 2-3ft high, maybe 10-15 of them. Cover them with manure first, then cover with leaves.

Additional deterrant:

1. Place BBQ grill propane tank in yard far enough away so that it is not harmed in the initial crash
2. After he gets out of the car realizing he's hit a brick wall that he thought was a pile of leaves, shoot propane tank. Make sure you place it far enough away that the suspect is only harmed by the new found doody in his pants.

Definitely need a video of this...i'm sure someone will gladly host it for you.


Yeah i'm a sick F.:D
 

DrPizza

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Originally posted by: JeffCos
Who can resist driving through a giant pile of leaves/hay? Pile cinderblocks about 2-3ft high, maybe 10-15 of them. Cover them with manure first, then cover with leaves.

Additional deterrant:

1. Place BBQ grill propane tank in yard far enough away so that it is not harmed in the initial crash
2. After he gets out of the car realizing he's hit a brick wall that he thought was a pile of leaves, shoot propane tank. Make sure you place it far enough away that the suspect is only harmed by the new found doody in his pants.

Definitely need a video of this...i'm sure someone will gladly host it for you.


Yeah i'm a sick F.:D

There are videos of people shooting propane tanks... it's not as dramatic as you'd think, certainly not like hollywood would want you to believe.
 

ArmchairAthlete

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At my old house this happened occasionally. We put some rocks at the end of the yard right in the middle, solved the problem. Only took a few, not even big rocks.

EDIT: Ok, for :camera: 's go with the RPG.
 

LordMorpheus

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"No trespassing" signs, every coupla feet.

"Tresspassers will be shot" on every sign.

Rifle with night vision scope. Kill him.


No, I'm ont serious.

I'd hide out and videotape it, then take it to the police, or do something like leave cinderblocks in the tall grass . . . he can't see them, they will total his car, and no one can get on your case about having cinderblocks in your yard.

If you really want to you can chase him down with a bat when he gets out and runs.
 

TitanDiddly

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Originally posted by: DrPizza
Originally posted by: JeffCos
Who can resist driving through a giant pile of leaves/hay? Pile cinderblocks about 2-3ft high, maybe 10-15 of them. Cover them with manure first, then cover with leaves.

Additional deterrant:

1. Place BBQ grill propane tank in yard far enough away so that it is not harmed in the initial crash
2. After he gets out of the car realizing he's hit a brick wall that he thought was a pile of leaves, shoot propane tank. Make sure you place it far enough away that the suspect is only harmed by the new found doody in his pants.

Definitely need a video of this...i'm sure someone will gladly host it for you.


Yeah i'm a sick F.:D

There are videos of people shooting propane tanks... it's not as dramatic as you'd think, certainly not like hollywood would want you to believe.

Links?
 

AlienCraft

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A Game Camera, you know that straps to a tree and takes a picture or a motion sensor Video Cam from PartsExpress, sounds an alarm in the house and sends video simultaneously. Evidence is beautiful. Allows one to take revenge lawfully.
 

ironcrotch

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Originally posted by: alexeikgb
Originally posted by: joecool
i'm thinking land mine ...

Or hire someone to camp out with a rocket launcher..... heck I'd do it just to blow up a car....

Caltrops and rocket launchers... I'm gonna go play some TFC. :p
 

FleshLight

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Just get some oil and pour it on the grass area where the kid does the donuts, then grab your long bow, an arrow, and light the arrow on fire. Then hit the oil with your fire arrow and winnar!
 

Howard

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Originally posted by: Bootprint
Originally posted by: Beau
Originally posted by: Doggiedog
Why don't you also set up a motion sensor in your yard that turns on a light when something comes close? You can get those at Home Depot.

jeez, if you're going to set up motion detectors, you may as well install auto-aiming turret guns!

One of these babies is all he'll need.
That thing got a Hemi?
 

Yossarian451

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Contractors often have rebar which has been sharpened to quite a point. Tak some and bury them every few feet in a line to get into the place. Leave about 3 or 4 inches up and exposed. Then if you really want to go for the big one, they have a pretty good point with a trench. But I would just stick to the rebar. I t seems you want the least amount of damage done to your property if you are mad about the damage to the grass. Also take pictures of the license plates, and goto the police and report them. But also if there is a clear entrance to teh property get some orange tape and put it in a line where they come in. So basically if they enter then it is quite obvious the you have marked it off and it was their intentional entry to an area marked off. Just say you were going to mount decorations on them.
 

EULA

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if he leaves his car, superglue dirty underwear or something all over...