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larwdem

(839 posts)
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 02:16 PM Oct 5

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

1monster

(11,026 posts)
3. You should try wild blackberry brambles: those thorns are
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 02:29 PM
Oct 5

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

peppertree

(22,850 posts)
24. Ha! Reminds of that scene in 'The Gods Must be Crazy' with the thorny tree
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 05:11 PM
Oct 5

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

yorkster

(2,511 posts)
5. Good idea - our street in southern Maine had
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 02:32 PM
Oct 5

Last edited Sat Oct 5, 2024, 03:15 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

(2,511 posts)
16. That would be damn good.
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 03:33 PM
Oct 5

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

(2,511 posts)
19. They have been notified. I sure hope they
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 03:46 PM
Oct 5

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

soldierant

(7,973 posts)
12. With rose branches, especially if they include blooms,
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 03:17 PM
Oct 5

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

(16,596 posts)
20. ? ......that's not a booby trap
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 03:57 PM
Oct 5

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

(113,131 posts)
10. I'd be tempted to put mine in some poison ivy
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 03:08 PM
Oct 5

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

(1,497 posts)
18. If you happen to have a large dog, some crap stragically placed around the sign
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 03:42 PM
Oct 5

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

but I like the rose branches.


Beachnutt

(8,166 posts)
21. How about tying it to a helium balloon
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 03:59 PM
Oct 5

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, 04:37 PM
Oct 5

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

(14,523 posts)
25. Easier. Just post a notice.
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 10:21 PM
Oct 5
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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