Traffic cones - a practical joke gone slightly wrong!

dreamdaisy

We live in a terrace of a dozen houses, each with a small front garden and a path leading to the pavement. Then there's the road, which is one of the main routes in and out of town. I looked out of the first floor front window this morning at 2.30 and all was peaceful. The usual complement of cars - all the neighbours were home - and one or two people wandering about, minding their own business. I looked out again at 6.30 and a difference had occurred. Each car was topped with a pristine traffic cone. One or two is the norm, but this time there were fourteen. Then I spied something else. A cone inside our gate. My curiosity was piqued, so I went downstairs and opened the front door.

A line of pristine cones marched down the path, starting from our doormat. Our small front garden (just gravel, we've had too many plants stolen) was similarly covered in cones, equally pristine. I tried to lift the one on the doormat - they are surprisingly heavy, (which of course they have to be so they don't blow over - a thought that had never previously occurred). I shut the door and went back to bed.

I suspect this prank is aimed at the lad next door, who works on the roads, but his gormless mates (and they are, believe me) chose the wrong house. He has lived next door for four years now, surely they know which house is his - it probably wasn't even dark when they did this! The Husband has cleared a total of 29 cones, and left them stacked on the pavement. We left the ones on the cars tho. DD

mellman01

That a bit of overkill DD!, I must confess though me and a mate once nicked a scarecrow while on the way back from the pub and put it inside an unlocked car, we felt guilty so went back and removed it then put it on the seat at the local bus stop, I went to work the next day at 05,45 and it was gone!, never did find out where he went too?

dreamdaisy

He got on the bus mell, and went back to his field. Simples! DD

mellman01

Oh yeah right!, I never thought of that DD :shock:

carola

DD ..... are you SURE there were actually cones outside or were you seeing things 'cos of upping your meds??

marion1952

Hi DD

I thinks that's really funny - shame they got the wrong house though...

There must be some roadworks near your house that are seriously compromised now that they are missing 29 cones!!!

Marion

skezier

Hi DD,

You have to give the culprit(s) 10 out of 10 phor imagination Bit rough on your oh to have to move them but can I quietly say it made me laugh? Not cus he was lifting them but cus oph the way they had done it..... I wonder where they came phrom? Cris xx

dreamdaisy

It had to be Ben's mates, they pick him up in the lorry (he lost his license ages ago) and the back is always laden with road signs and cones and other stuff. They were a b***er to move, they are heavy! The neighbours have cleared their cars, so they are all gathered outside ours. I shall collar Ben later and get him to put them somewhere - vandalsim is a problem round here and I can see them being used for all sort of scrapes - oooooh, that's a thought - I could go and cone off the road! That would cause havoc on a Saturday! Gosh, it's tempting . . . . . .

tkachev

It was the bananamen DD.

Actually we have To Let and For Sale signs dumped in the trees/bushes next to the house on a regular basis and Im just glad they dont dump them in our garden. And a cone is often placed on one of the neighbours car roof too !

Elizabeth

joanlawson

Hi DD

Just thank your lucky stars that Ben doesn't work for a ready-mixed concrete firm. Otherwise, you might not have been able to open your front door at all :!:

dreamdaisy

I am staggered. We heard a knock on the front door a little earlier. I got there first, and there stood Ben, and three skinny lads. (Ben ain't skinny, far from it!) He coughed and said 'Ello'. I said hello back, as you do. He then launched (that really is the only way to put it - talk about practised!) speech about how he was really sorry that his mates had done this and that he didn't know they were gong to do this and if he had etc etc etc. There was a cough from someone and then he introduced me (and TH who had joined us) to all his mates in turn, who shook our hands and mumbled sorry, then moved aside. At the back of this little gathering was Ben's mum, our neighbour, all 4'11" of her. She was not a happy bunny and she had made all the boys go up and down the terrace, apologising to all. All the lads are 6' plus. We said thank you, had a word with Tracy, shut the door, then fell about laughing. Sometimes people surprise you, and in a lovely way. DD

speedalong

Well there you go!!

Made me laugh.

The apologising part reminded me of a story in our family. Evidently, during the war my Mum and her friend dressed up as gypsies and sold my Granny's clothes pegs to the neighbours. My Granny found out and made them go and apologise to the neighbours and give the money back.

Speedy

PS still looking for the phlippin' Carola thread ....

annie_mial

It's a funny old world all right, but cowed 6ft plus boys will always melt my stony old heart..........Ben's mother has evidently got it right!

Annie

frogmorton

What a great story!!!

Lads eh?

Mind you the kids' Dad spent the night in the cells for doing something similar with a for sale board...

They were lucky (maybe )they only had Tracy to tell 'em off

Love

Toni xx