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JohnnyRingo

(18,613 posts)
Thu Jan 14, 2021, 12:26 PM Jan 2021

Some guy near here has a Trump sign in his yard.

Not one of those cardboard yard signs, but a wooden billboard that's about 5X7 feet. It's double sided and set up so drivers going in either direction can see it. Of course it's right out by the road so I see it a long way off down the rural road I take to my exe's house. The upscale house sits back quite a way from the road and I always wondered why an apparently successful person would be so taken in by the lies aimed at the knuckle dragging redneck drunk at the end of the bar.

I had to take my ex-wife to the doctor Wednesday so I once again drove past, noticing from a long way back that it was still there (of course) on the left side as I headed West. I had my window down a bit so I could sneak a smoke before I got to her house and for the first time saw the guy walking back up the driveway from his mail box. He had his head down shuffling through the mail when I gave him a couple friendly toots of the horn. As he turned about to wave, I had my hand thrust through the open window giving him the finger.

I instantly felt much better about spending the afternoon at the doctor's office with my ex-wife.

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Some guy near here has a Trump sign in his yard. (Original Post) JohnnyRingo Jan 2021 OP
Way to go! dv421 Jan 2021 #1
Excellent! nt Atticus Jan 2021 #2
First, JohnnyRingo, I commend you for going the extra mile or so for your ex. TexasProgresive Jan 2021 #3
How neighborly of you to give him Totally Tunsie Jan 2021 #4
Just don't let him id you. I don't trust any of these insane Trumpers not to do horrible things hlthe2b Jan 2021 #5
There is a nut like this that lives at the end of my block. madaboutharry Jan 2021 #6
Aw, you made him feel bad! MyOwnPeace Jan 2021 #7
I've been giving houses and Trump signs the finger phylny Jan 2021 #8
Me too. marybourg Jan 2021 #9
A guy down my street still has his trump 2020 flag up matt819 Jan 2021 #10

TexasProgresive

(12,153 posts)
3. First, JohnnyRingo, I commend you for going the extra mile or so for your ex.
Thu Jan 14, 2021, 12:31 PM
Jan 2021

That speaks so loud that I can hear it here in central Texas.

We have a neighbor with one of those banner things on his driveway entry. My wife tells me to stop glaring at it. She worries about incurring the wrath of others. She's right but still I want to take a piss on it. Ah well, I can live vicariously through you.

hlthe2b

(102,057 posts)
5. Just don't let him id you. I don't trust any of these insane Trumpers not to do horrible things
Thu Jan 14, 2021, 12:32 PM
Jan 2021

But, I had both middle fingers extended every time I walked the neighborhood with Trump signs. Not so overtly anyone would have been likely to see me clearly doing so, since I was on foot with my beloved pup, but just doing so for my own peace of mind.

madaboutharry

(40,181 posts)
6. There is a nut like this that lives at the end of my block.
Thu Jan 14, 2021, 12:32 PM
Jan 2021

Fortunately, it is a vey long street so I only pass his house when I come in off the main road. Duding the 2016 election he had a sign out that was about 10 x 20. It was ridiculous. He has lights in his backyard, which you can see a little from the road, that light up in the image of the American Flag.

I hope all is well with your ex-wife.

MyOwnPeace

(16,909 posts)
7. Aw, you made him feel bad!
Thu Jan 14, 2021, 12:33 PM
Jan 2021

Don't you care anything about his feelings? How are we going to "heal" that way?

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