I can testify that this is true. I have seen it attempted. By the way, you may keep walking, but the dog is now being dragged, hunched over, and trying to stop in a way that breaks the poo into punctuation : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sleep with Crazy lady’s husband, she will love that.
Take a poo bag, fill it with a wet facecloth or rag, knot it. Keep it in your pocket.
Now whenever you see her, pull it out and swing it around like you’re about to launch it in her direction!
Feel free to launch it at her at will.
Oh, the fun you’ll have!
Never!
And take off that damn tinfoil hat!
You sound like a person that secretly wants a dog, but is afraid to take a chance. Might I suggest a pit bull? They are wonderful animals!
First off … thank you for picking up the poop …
Training your spouse to poop on command … not a pretty picture … just something I wish I’d never read … oh boy.
I think I asked this before (there was another thread, right?), but here goes again
OP: Why are you even talking with the loon? Why didn’t you call the police immediately after you were threatened?
Some people don’t like the cops
Then those people, if they refuse to call the cops when it’s advisable to call the police, can sod off when they have problems with crazy and/or dangerous people who threaten them. “I don’t like cops” is a bigoted and asinine attitude.
Bigoted? Asinine? I dunno, there are people who prefer to stay off the radar.
I usually tell crazy people I’m undercover DEA, and could they please not cause any trouble.
Then punch them in the groin.
The threat was about the last thing said to me. But in general these things start as minor/innocuous and then escalate. At this point I won’t talk to her.
As to why I didn’t call the police I guess the short answer is that in my judgment nothing was going to happen. It’s a very middle class neighborhood. These people keep their house and yard very neat. I don’t expect that the husband wants to go to jail because someone called his wife a name. All this feeds into my judgment of the situation.
Perhaps my reaction is also colored by how I would deal with the situation if my wife told me this story. I’d say “You know, people are assholes. Just avoid them in the future.”
Kelevra: The cops won’t talk to the husband about the threat. They’ll talk to the person who was stalking you and communicating the threat. It might even turn out fun: the loon could get a 72-hour psych eval hold (or whatever it’s currently called). From what you’ve posted here so far it seems that “just avoid them” wasn’t an option because the loon apparently is stalking you or at least staking out some part of your neighborhood to launch into an encounter with you.
kayker: Yes, “I don’t like cops” is a bigoted and asinine statement. It’s showing the person making the statement is tarring an entire group for who knows what reason.
NM… wrong thread.
Tempting, but also the OP is a guy and she’s a woman, so in a “he says she says” confrontation he’d almost certainly lose. “He assaulted me! I thought I was going to be raped!”
Fucking nut-jobs Husband: You the guy called my wife a fucking nut-job?
You: Yea she was stalking me.
Hubby: Yea, well, sorry about that, she is a fucking nut-job. She’s always doing stuff like that, just ignore her.
While we now have nearly perfect neighbors (one is very nice, the other is invisible), there was an odd incident a couple days after we moved in. The doorbell rang, and I answered it to find two aggrieved women at the door who wanted to know if we owned the large white dog that was capering through people’s yards, committing antisocial acts. When I said no, I got glares of disbelief, but they left.
I’m still sorry that I didn’t immediately (while they were still in earshot), go inside, shut the door and say loudly “GOOD DOG!!!” followed by maniacal laughter.
Wishing to stay off the radar is the sane position if you have Tommy Chong’s glasswork on your coffee table, a small garden in your basement, or many other situations.
There’s a difference between staying off the radar and making bigoted and asinine comments. “I don’t like cops” is no less bigoted than “I don’t like Asians”.
That may be my next euphemism for “taking a poop.” As of now, I tend to say “I have to go bomb China.”
And OP, the solution’s easy. If it ever happens again, just rub her nose in it.