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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 .
niyad
(134,024 posts)MiHale
(13,163 posts)BOSSHOG
(44,738 posts)We can count on it My Friend
1monster
(11,045 posts)exceedingly sharp, tiny, and painful. And incredibly hard to get out.
homegirl
(1,987 posts)with poison ivy or poison oak trim.
peppertree
(23,456 posts)The Watape (pronounced 'wait-a-bit') tree.

yorkster
(3,951 posts)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.
MLAA
(19,800 posts)yorkster
(3,951 posts)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..
MLAA
(19,800 posts)yorkster
(3,951 posts)investigate. Now I'm wondering about the surrounding towns. Will check in with Maine news later.
Damn thugs. sigh..
central scrutinizer
(12,655 posts)Of poison oak.
Paper Roses
(7,634 posts)Bayard
(30,271 posts)Coat the sign with a layer of baby oil laced with cayenne pepper.
Iggo
(50,050 posts)soldierant
(9,372 posts)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
(17,010 posts)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.
oasis
(53,978 posts)Warpy
(114,667 posts)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.
kairos12
(13,706 posts)Pricks for pricks.
Jack Valentino
(5,250 posts)would make for some messed up shows, and shit tracked into the vehicle if they use one....
but I like the rose branches.
Beachnutt
(8,944 posts)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.
appleannie1
(5,478 posts)ArkansasDemocrat1
(3,213 posts)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
(26,589 posts)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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