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02 December 2007

It's a weird weekend in the hood. WTF is going on? It's been a week since the full moon.[More:]

This morning I was at the end of the driveway and something seemed off. Like one of those spot the difference in these two picture things. Something small. I finally realized what it was.

The downspouts on the back of the neighbors garage were gone. Not vandalized. Gone.

Someone had come in the night and used a screwdriver to remove the screws from the clamps in the brick and from the joint to the gutters. I know some folks will take anything not tied down but these are downspouts AND tied down. WTF?

Then just a bit ago I heard a loud bang out back. I went out to the porch and saw one of the neighbor's daughters running across the yard and some weird lights. I ran out and talked to the daughter.

She had just got into the driveway when an SUV came round the corner and almost hit her. Looking at the marks in the grass the SUV ran off the road and just clipped a power pole and left the passenger side mirror behind. The vehicle then just missed the pole's guy wires then swerved again, hitting a tree and then took out 6 feet of the neighbor's iron fence before missing another tree and then slamming into yet another tree.

By the time I went out the SUV was empty. The neighbor's daughter said a women had jumped out and ran off down the street.

A fire truck came and put out the fire, the cops took a statement from the neighbor's daughter, and the SUV is soon to be towed off.

It's 34F out there. That's cold.
Holy crap, arse.

Nothing like that going on here. I made another red velvet cake (the one I made at thanksgiving seemed off somehow and I had to see wtf the problem was.) This one is about 5,308 times better than the one last week. No idea what I didn't do to that one. Oh well.
posted by fluffy battle kitten 02 December | 02:27
"No idea what I didn't do to that one" I hate that! Something went wrong but you just can't find out what it was! Gah!
posted by arse_hat 02 December | 02:32
Beware of David Lynch, for we are not ignorant of his devices nor spouts. Lest David Lynch should take advantage of us: for we know His presence influences all velvet things, both blue and red, and does enamor the soul toward evil.
2 Corinthians 9:11 KJV
posted by stavrogin 02 December | 05:36
Downspouts are usually copper and the price of copper is really high right now. There have been a lot of thefts in our neighborhood in the last six months or so.

Though I'd prefer to see what Lynch would do with them.
posted by cocoagirl 02 December | 07:05
Hi, David Lynch here, with the solution to arse_hat's problem!

What you need is this bird's nest containing a seashell covered in molasses.
posted by Smart Dalek 02 December | 08:17
You forgot to wave, "David Lynch".

9. When He art cometh unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of his creations.

10. There shall not be found among you any one alike David Lynch, certainly, that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that talketh backward, or an observer of inconsiderately ordered times, or an enchanter, or a witch.

11. Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, such as Bill Pullman, or Patricia Arquette, or a wizard, or a necromancer, or one who changes shape.

12. For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord: and because of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee matinee.
posted by stavrogin 02 December | 08:31
Terrorists.
posted by netbros 02 December | 11:14
Downspout theft was a big problem in Philly when I lived there in the 90s, eight years ago. If its less of a problem now, it can only because they're all gone by now.
posted by Miko 02 December | 12:51
Maybe it has something to do with the previous thread?

Seriously, I'm glad the neighbour girl wasn't hurt.
posted by deborah 02 December | 17:09
Anyone here ever done mushrooms? || This hurts my brain

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