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larwdem

(907 posts)
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 03:16 PM Oct 2024

Yard sign

I put my Harris yard sign out today, So I taped rose branches with thorns all around the sign. Hopefully if they try to steal it they will get a few pickers .

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Yard sign (Original Post) larwdem Oct 2024 OP
Great idea! niyad Oct 2024 #1
If they go low...you went rose up! 👍 MiHale Oct 2024 #2
IF they go low? BOSSHOG Oct 2024 #4
You should try wild blackberry brambles: those thorns are 1monster Oct 2024 #3
Adorn your sign homegirl Oct 2024 #15
Ha! Reminds of that scene in 'The Gods Must be Crazy' with the thorny tree peppertree Oct 2024 #24
Good idea - our street in southern Maine had yorkster Oct 2024 #5
Odds are out of 400 there should be a few ring cameras. MLAA Oct 2024 #13
That would be damn good. yorkster Oct 2024 #16
Do you think the police will investigate? MLAA Oct 2024 #17
They have been notified. I sure hope they yorkster Oct 2024 #19
Ooh, I know where there are large patches central scrutinizer Oct 2024 #6
Poison Ivy works too, great idea Paper Roses Oct 2024 #11
I'm thinking.... Bayard Oct 2024 #7
Booby traps are a bad idea. (n/t) Iggo Oct 2024 #8
With rose branches, especially if they include blooms, soldierant Oct 2024 #12
? ......that's not a booby trap onethatcares Oct 2024 #20
Beware of Pricks or pricks beware. oasis Oct 2024 #9
I'd be tempted to put mine in some poison ivy Warpy Oct 2024 #10
Good idea. kairos12 Oct 2024 #14
If you happen to have a large dog, some crap stragically placed around the sign Jack Valentino Oct 2024 #18
How about tying it to a helium balloon Beachnutt Oct 2024 #21
You should spray it with a light mist of oil and sprinkle itching powder on it too. appleannie1 Oct 2024 #22
Hairspray and some gold glitter ArkansasDemocrat1 Oct 2024 #23
Easier. Just post a notice. usonian Oct 2024 #25

1monster

(11,045 posts)
3. You should try wild blackberry brambles: those thorns are
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 03:29 PM
Oct 2024

exceedingly sharp, tiny, and painful. And incredibly hard to get out.

peppertree

(23,330 posts)
24. Ha! Reminds of that scene in 'The Gods Must be Crazy' with the thorny tree
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 06:11 PM
Oct 2024

The Watape (pronounced 'wait-a-bit') tree.

yorkster

(3,830 posts)
5. Good idea - our street in southern Maine had
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 03:32 PM
Oct 2024

Last edited Sat Oct 5, 2024, 04:15 PM - Edit history (1)

several Harris Walz signs disappear yesterday. Maybe game cams could be next...


Update just heard that over 400 signs were
stolen in town.

yorkster

(3,830 posts)
16. That would be damn good.
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 04:33 PM
Oct 2024

Pretty creepy. There might also be a "ring"
of perps who carried this out. Some signs were on private property, some on public.
Different penalties for each.
400 is a helluva lot of signs..




yorkster

(3,830 posts)
19. They have been notified. I sure hope they
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 04:46 PM
Oct 2024

investigate. Now I'm wondering about the surrounding towns. Will check in with Maine news later.
Damn thugs. sigh..

soldierant

(9,352 posts)
12. With rose branches, especially if they include blooms,
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 04:17 PM
Oct 2024

I think a good defense would be "I was just adding American Beautyroses for decoration and emphasis. Can I help it if [vandal] is not smart enough to know that roses have thorns?"

onethatcares

(16,992 posts)
20. ? ......that's not a booby trap
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 04:57 PM
Oct 2024

it's a way of keeping the deer from eating the signs. Deer hate the taste of ghost pepper extract too from what I've been told.

Warpy

(114,603 posts)
10. I'd be tempted to put mine in some poison ivy
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 04:08 PM
Oct 2024

but if I lived in a place that had a place to put one, I"d probably just use my capsaicin recipe guaranteed to make a sign thief rethink his career in vandalism the next time he took a leak.

Jack Valentino

(4,979 posts)
18. If you happen to have a large dog, some crap stragically placed around the sign
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 04:42 PM
Oct 2024

would make for some messed up shows, and shit tracked into the vehicle if they use one....

but I like the rose branches.


Beachnutt

(8,905 posts)
21. How about tying it to a helium balloon
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 04:59 PM
Oct 2024

and fly it high above your house ?
The only way for them to remove it would be to shoot it down..
Or just fly a big helium balloon with Harris/Walz on it.

ArkansasDemocrat1

(3,213 posts)
23. Hairspray and some gold glitter
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 05:37 PM
Oct 2024

Strippers prefer gold glitter because of the spotlights, so I have been told. Very fine grade glitter. Wives will wonder where he went last night when he went sign hunting. Cheap dollar tree perfume, too.

"I was making my sign more noticeable" is a creditable defense.

usonian

(25,224 posts)
25. Easier. Just post a notice.
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 11:21 PM
Oct 2024
This sign is coated with nerve toxins. (not)
Now that you touched it call the prayer line.
888-388-2683.


“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” —Psalm 46:1
But he can't reverse the toxins. Wishing you pleasant last rites.
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