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Every single thing about this sign offends me--now it can offend other people! Pic #80!
July 26, 2010 at
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My HOA put up this little gem over the weekend near the entrance to our development (facing in, so you see it as you drive out).
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1. This is a brand-new sign. They have never used a sign of this type in the 7 years I've lived in this house, so I feel safe in the assumption that my HOA has spent some portion of my fees on this idiocy.
2. Text-speak. "B4" may be a space-saving, cute attempt at abbreviation, but it has no place on a sign you expect me to take seriously, ever, period.
3. What the farking fark? Seriously, what the fark? What if I work evenings and have to put out my trash at, oh, 2pm instead of waiting until after 6pm? Why is that a problem? Why can't we go after the people who put their trash out in bags instead of cans/bins so that the crows & squirrels have a chance to rip them apart overnight and leave a huge mess the garbage collectors refuse to pick up? "REMINDER: TRASH GOES IN BINS NOT IN BAGS" would fit on that sign just fine and you wouldn't even have to use "B4" either!
4. Who decided on 6pm? It's not dark at 6pm (somewhere in our HOA docs, apparently, there is some kind of language advising homeowners not to put their trash out before dark). Open houses end at 4pm. If you want to argue that it makes the neighborhood less attractive to potential buyers why not say we have to wait until the morning of the collection?
Next they'll be foreclosing on a serviceman's house [npr.org] while he's in Afghanistan because he missed a couple of months' dues.
GodDAMN I hate HOAs.
Attachment 393924
1. This is a brand-new sign. They have never used a sign of this type in the 7 years I've lived in this house, so I feel safe in the assumption that my HOA has spent some portion of my fees on this idiocy.
2. Text-speak. "B4" may be a space-saving, cute attempt at abbreviation, but it has no place on a sign you expect me to take seriously, ever, period.
3. What the farking fark? Seriously, what the fark? What if I work evenings and have to put out my trash at, oh, 2pm instead of waiting until after 6pm? Why is that a problem? Why can't we go after the people who put their trash out in bags instead of cans/bins so that the crows & squirrels have a chance to rip them apart overnight and leave a huge mess the garbage collectors refuse to pick up? "REMINDER: TRASH GOES IN BINS NOT IN BAGS" would fit on that sign just fine and you wouldn't even have to use "B4" either!
4. Who decided on 6pm? It's not dark at 6pm (somewhere in our HOA docs, apparently, there is some kind of language advising homeowners not to put their trash out before dark). Open houses end at 4pm. If you want to argue that it makes the neighborhood less attractive to potential buyers why not say we have to wait until the morning of the collection?
Next they'll be foreclosing on a serviceman's house [npr.org] while he's in Afghanistan because he missed a couple of months' dues.
GodDAMN I hate HOAs.
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A puny pimp dick stabbed north up through 464 mittens.
You'll still have "dnt" leftover, but you could stick them to your buttcheeks, bend over, and spell "dont" (no apostrophe), if you find it useful in some way.
If I didn't have to be someplace early tomorrow I'd do it tonight!
Perhaps tomorrow...
put it in your butt b4 6pm
644 tepid pimps dunk scabby thonged-rump taint hut
I'm frickin' exhausted!
644 tepid pimps dunk scabby thonged-rump taint hut
And as you've probably noticed I'm absolute shit at returning emails. Ask Autumn--I still owe her one from about three months ago.
In many places they GIVE themselves authority the state doesnt allow them to have.
if that is the case, pick up the sign, deliver it to the HOA's office and tell them to SHUT THE fark UP and go do something worthwhile like sweep the sidewalks or pick up random leaves from the street.
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And as you've probably noticed I'm absolute shit at returning emails. Ask Autumn--I still owe her one from about three months ago.
Well, if you haven't noticed, sometimes I get a little obsessed with a topic. (You? Yeah, I know.)
And I have noticed about the emails and so has Autumn and we're going to band together to do something about it.
Step One: Call your HOA and create a nebulous rule about 6 PM.
put it in your butt b4 6pm
644 tepid pimps dunk scabby thonged-rump taint hut
VQ, you really should change the sign
I'm frickin' exhausted!
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