# A few minutes ago I literally told some kids to get off of my lawn. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 5, 2017, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-minutes-ago-i-literally-told-some-kids-to-get-off-of-my-lawn/792877 "2017-08-05T23:31:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Shinna\_Minna\_Ma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@Shinna\_Minna\_Ma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shinna_Minna_Ma)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-minutes-ago-i-literally-told-some-kids-to-get-off-of-my-lawn/792877/41 "2017-08-08T14:33:26Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > I have told the kids “Don’t make me stop this car” and actually done it. (We just sat there until order was restored.) I did this as well. It was on the Washington Beltway during evening rush hour. I pulled across 3 lanes of bumper-to-bumper traffic. Not my brightest move. I used to yell from our porch at people cutting across my lawn to get to the alley in the back. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-minutes-ago-i-literally-told-some-kids-to-get-off-of-my-lawn/792877/42 "2017-08-08T19:43:39Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > I’m a fat lady who gets burgers & fries with Diet Coke at the drive thru, all the time. > [@Savannah](#): > > Ooh! Ooh! Me, too. > > I just don’t like regular Coke. Ugh, way too sweet and syrupy. I honestly prefer diet Coke with a quarter-pounder-with-cheese-large-fries. Apparently [it really does make a difference, health-wise, if you get a diet soda with that burger and fries.](https://fepblue.webmdhealth.com/!newsletters?id=AEL233ANPdfr5bbME5bxLmpBp0HgEqxCcCd2eHD1m5EJ0&s=14148&mrdid=1890b5dc-ab78-e711-aef9-e83935c0f4a9) ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-minutes-ago-i-literally-told-some-kids-to-get-off-of-my-lawn/792877/43 "2017-08-08T21:44:48Z")
Well, I’m a diabetic, so regular soda, aka flavored sugar water, is straight out. ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-minutes-ago-i-literally-told-some-kids-to-get-off-of-my-lawn/792877/44 "2017-08-10T14:25:45Z")
I’ve been doing this for years… Since I was 30, in fact. The year I moved to my current residence, I noticed a 5th grade kid walking between my house and our neighbors to get to the school that was on the street behind us. By the time I was able to get outside to talk to him he was gone. The very next day, I was sitting on my screened-in back porch when the same kid came walking between our houses again. The following exchange took place: Me: Excuse me! Kid: \<\\> Me: Is there a reason you have to cut through my yard? Kid: No. Me: Then don’t do it. This is private property. Kid: \<\\> I didn’t have a problem with him since. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-minutes-ago-i-literally-told-some-kids-to-get-off-of-my-lawn/792877/45 "2017-08-10T23:18:37Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > When I owned my own house, I had lots of cats. I have two now, which is my lease limit. I would have a house full if I were allowed to. Volunteer at your local animal shelter. You can get all the cat & kitten loving you can handle, and then go home at the end of your shift. > [@Common\_Tater](#): > > Some neighbors dog has discovered he/she likes to crap in my backyard. There’s always a present in roughly the same spot every few days. Haven’t figured out how to stop that. Wood sticks, about 4" high across the area, with a wire across the top connected to an electric fencer. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-minutes-ago-i-literally-told-some-kids-to-get-off-of-my-lawn/792877/46 "2017-08-10T23:28:32Z")
> [@Savannah](#): > > Ooh! Ooh! Me, too. > > I just don’t like regular Coke. Ugh, way too sweet and syrupy. I honestly prefer diet Coke with a quarter-pounder-with-cheese-large-fries. Make it a double Quarter Pounder with cheese and Diet Coke and I’ll be there. 🙂 > [@GuanoLad](#): > > I will often think very loudly that certain men I see should get a damn haircut. I found myself thinking a guy on TV should PULL UP HIS PANTS during that skinny jeans with saggy butt trend. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-minutes-ago-i-literally-told-some-kids-to-get-off-of-my-lawn/792877/47 "2017-08-12T01:36:56Z")
I said “sure as shootin’” the other day. Yeah… Gget the bag of hard candies, its going to be a long night. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-minutes-ago-i-literally-told-some-kids-to-get-off-of-my-lawn/792877/48 "2017-08-12T11:45:46Z")
> [@Magicicada](#): > > I realized I had become a middle-aged woman when I found myself going outside in broad daylight in a giant shapeless nightgown and flip-flops. No, you’re still young. Unless you had curlers in your hair – THEN you are middle-aged! ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-minutes-ago-i-literally-told-some-kids-to-get-off-of-my-lawn/792877/49 "2017-08-13T17:35:36Z")
> [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](#): > > I said “sure as shootin’” the other day. Yeah… > Gget the bag of hard candies, its going to be a long night. Make sure it’s not a new bag, but a bag from at least the 90s, and includes root beer barrels with the wrappers stuck to them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-minutes-ago-i-literally-told-some-kids-to-get-off-of-my-lawn/792877.md?page=2)