# Sombody stole my "O" sign **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 18, 2008, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sombody-stole-my-o-sign/468561 "2008-10-18T21:29:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sombody-stole-my-o-sign/468561/21 "2008-10-22T21:29:58Z")
Recently had our 2nd Obama sign stolen, and I’ve posted in General Questions trying to find out if Republican signs get taken too, as I have found several accounts of sign theft and none of them involved those. I have heard of a few, though, in response to my query, as well as the mention above. Amusingly, there is today a video of an Obama sign theft on the CNN web site. ---
**Author:** ![xanthous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/53a042/32.png) [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sombody-stole-my-o-sign/468561/22 "2008-10-22T23:04:45Z")
I just (finally) got my O sign in the mail today. Instead of putting it in the yard, I put it in the window. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sombody-stole-my-o-sign/468561/23 "2008-10-22T23:34:57Z")
I have four political signs in my yard: Obama, a congressional candidate, a county commissioner candidate, and “vote yes for the library levy.” And which sign was gone this morning? The library levy one. WTF? ---
**Author:** ![MeanJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanjoe/32/5693_2.png) [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sombody-stole-my-o-sign/468561/24 "2008-10-23T01:47:09Z")
Little further south of the OP in Columbus we’ve had a surge in Obama signs being stolen in my neighborhood. What do good neighbors do? Offer to make a $5.00 contribution to the Obama campaign on behalf of every neighbor who reports their sign stolen. Other neighbors have taken up the same offer and we’ll be giving the Big O a nice bit of money for the final days of the campaign! MeanJoe ---
**Author:** ![Rack-a-Bones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rack-a-Bones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rack-a-Bones)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sombody-stole-my-o-sign/468561/25 "2008-10-24T00:14:41Z")
Was it a big O sign? sorry… ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sombody-stole-my-o-sign/468561/26 "2008-10-24T00:20:24Z")
> [@Rack-a-Bones](#): > > Was it a big O sign? > sorry… Are you serious… The answer is in the first two lines of the first post. ---
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sombody-stole-my-o-sign/468561/27 "2008-10-24T02:56:26Z")
> [@ParentalAdvisory](#): > > Are you serious… The answer is in the first two lines of the first post. Heh. Even I got that joke and I **never** know what’s going on. Hint: Parental Advisory needed! LOL ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sombody-stole-my-o-sign/468561/28 "2008-10-24T05:32:12Z")
my apologies then :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sombody-stole-my-o-sign/468561/29 "2008-10-24T10:32:06Z")
Not trying to have a dig, but like **CutterJohn** , I’m puzzled as to why people would want to advertise whom they’re voting for in this way. I can’t imagine sticking a big sign in front of my house supporting a political party. The way I see it, my vote is my business. Telling people whom I’m voting for is hardly going to influence anyone else, so why bother? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sombody-stole-my-o-sign/468561/30 "2008-10-24T11:17:26Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > Not trying to have a dig, but like **CutterJohn** , I’m puzzled as to why people would want to advertise whom they’re voting for in this way. I can’t imagine sticking a big sign in front of my house supporting a political party. The way I see it, my vote is my business. Telling people whom I’m voting for is hardly going to influence anyone else, so why bother? Peer pressure, I’m guessing. If you’ve not already firmly decided your vote and you see that the majority of people are voting for one candidate, you may (subconsciously) decide to go along with the crowd on the grounds that you want to be on the winning team. Or it’s “showing support”, like wearing the scarf of your favorite college football team. Or it’s tribalism. Or something. IANA sociologist. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sombody-stole-my-o-sign/468561/31 "2008-10-24T11:51:12Z")
When monied out-of-state interests try to pass [hateful, harmful, discriminatory ballot measures](http://photos-e.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v364/131/12/511920587/n511920587_1385196_5929.jpg) off on the voters, [drastic but fabulous](http://photos-g.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v364/131/12/511920587/n511920587_1385182_3074.jpg) measures must be taken to realign their message with the best interests of liberty. That’s all I’m going to say on this topic. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2008, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sombody-stole-my-o-sign/468561/32 "2008-10-25T02:41:24Z")
Those of you having your Obama signs swiped, should put up [one of these](http://signs.cafepress.com/item/geezerdingbat-yard-sign/308173853) and see if anyone touches it! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sombody-stole-my-o-sign/468561/33 "2008-10-26T23:19:32Z")
I have 3 signs in front of my house; Obama '08; a local candidate for Beach Cities Health District, Vanessa Poster; and “No on Prop 8”. The Obama sign is my 2nd, the first having been stolen within the first 24 hours of putting it out. Amazingly, the second one has now been out there, unmolested, for 8 or 9 months now. I just put the “No on Prop 8” sign up on Friday. Today I put [this sign](http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgt9hk5k_7hcg8pvc5&hl=en), laminated in clear contact paper, up on our giant magnolia tree. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sombody-stole-my-o-sign/468561/34 "2008-10-26T23:30:36Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > Today I put [this sign](http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgt9hk5k_7hcg8pvc5&hl=en), laminated in clear contact paper, up on our giant magnolia tree. > > :mad: Linky no worky. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sombody-stole-my-o-sign/468561/35 "2008-10-26T23:42:54Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > Linky no worky. Sorry 'bout that. Try [this one](http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgt9hk5k_7hcg8pvc5) (I’m relatively new to Google Documents, so bear with me – thanks). ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sombody-stole-my-o-sign/468561/36 "2008-10-26T23:59:27Z")
In case it still can’t be opened – this is a close reproduction: > [@](#): > > TO THE THIEVES WHO STOLE OUR > “NO ON PROP 8” SIGN: > > > [@](#): > > > > **God says** > > _ **Exodus 20:15** _ “You shall not steal.” > > _ **Ephesians 4:28** _ “He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with his own hands, that he may have something to share with those in need.” > > _ **Malachi 3:8** _ “Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me.” > > _ **Matthew 19:19** _ “Jesus replied, " ‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, **do not steal** , do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother,’ and ‘ **love your neighbor as yourself**.’ ” > > _ **Leviticus 6:1-2** _ Then the Lord spoke to Moses: 6:2 “When a person sins and commits a trespass against the Lord by deceiving his fellow citizen in regard to something held in trust, or a pledge, or something stolen, or by extorting something from his fellow citizen, > > _ **Leviticus 6:4-7** _ 6:4 when it happens that **he sins** and he is found guilty, then **he must return whatever he had stolen**. . . He must restore it in full and add one fifth to it. . . 6:6 Then he must bring his guilt offering to the Lord, a flawless ram from the flock, convertible into silver shekels, for a guilt offering to the priest. 6:7 So the priest will make atonement on his behalf before the Lord and he will be forgiven for whatever he has done to become guilty.” ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_Stream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@Carol\_Stream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_Stream)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sombody-stole-my-o-sign/468561/37 "2008-10-27T00:31:08Z")
> [@Lillith\_Fair](#): > > Today it was gone, replaced by a McCain sign, probably from my neighbor’s yard. It’s probably not my neighbor’s fault. > > But my husband was livid and he destroyed the sign. Why is your husband destroying other peoples property? ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sombody-stole-my-o-sign/468561/38 "2008-10-27T00:47:38Z")
> [@Carol\_Stream](#): > > Why is your husband destroying other peoples property? Well, hey, the homeowner’s associations tend to frown on residents leaving garbage in their yards… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sombody-stole-my-o-sign/468561.md?page=1)