What do you make of this???

lizziebith · 03-02-2006, 12:49 PM

So last year we redecorated the dining area and had put our old table and chairs outside while moving the new ones in. A nice neighbor dropped by and asked if we were getting rid of them, and we said "yes, if you'd like anything there, help yourself." He took the set.

Yesterday I heard an infernal banging and peered out the window to see said neighbor beating one of the chairs with a baseball bat. Just really pounding the poor chair. There didn't seem to be any purpose to it, as the blows were all over the thing...not to mention nobody on our street has a fireplace so it couldn't have been for kindling. I watched, and he just beat that chair senseless. Then he left it there. All I could think of doing was checking the deadbolt on my front door, because I didn't think dialing 911 to report chair-beating would make me look very sane.

Should I now be frightened of this neighbor, or do you think there could be a rational explanation...

Is he...out of his tree or something?

Gemini Cricket · 03-02-2006, 12:51 PM

That is so weird and random. Maybe he has anger issues? Maybe he watched too much 'Jackass'?

Straaange...

katiesue · 03-02-2006, 01:28 PM

Maybe he was taking it out on the chair and not the Mrs.?

innerSpaceman · 03-02-2006, 01:35 PM

Is he Armenian? If so, that's how they warn you of imminent danger from themselves. They get something of yours with your permission, and then do violence to it in your sight.

If he's Armenian, be very afraid.

If not, he's just your average nut job. Get him a squirrel name.

lizziebith · 03-02-2006, 01:55 PM

No Mrs. and not Armenian. He's an independent Latino film-maker from Texas. Maybe he saw my review of "Crash." Seriously, I'm wondering what is up. He held a prayer vigil on the street Sept. 12, 2001. He had a Kerry sticker on his truck. He told me the guy downstairs from him had sent a "quiet-down" notice via certified mail. I gave him a piano too. I don't know his full name, but his squirrel name is "Private Nibbles his Nuts." Ahhhhhhhh! Got it.

blueerica · 03-02-2006, 04:51 PM

Hmmm... odd. All of it.

Cadaverous Pallor · 03-02-2006, 04:55 PM

Was the chair made of wood? Perhaps he was adding a distressed look.

Prudence · 03-02-2006, 05:46 PM

I'd vote for distressed, too. Perhaps he's watched too many Frank episodes of Trading Spaces?

sleepyjeff · 03-02-2006, 08:36 PM

I once beat a chair senseless so it would fit into the can easier; maybe he didn't need the full set and that chair was being prepared for removal

wendybeth · 03-02-2006, 09:34 PM

I often hit things to fix them- you know, smack the tv set, etc. Never works, but I feel better. Perhaps the chair was broken and he was just trying to fix it? Maybe something was wrong with the bat...

03-02-2006, 12:49 PM	#1
lizziebith Wishing these titles could be longe Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Pearblossom CA Posts: 984	What do you make of this??? So last year we redecorated the dining area and had put our old table and chairs outside while moving the new ones in. A nice neighbor dropped by and asked if we were getting rid of them, and we said "yes, if you'd like anything there, help yourself." He took the set. Yesterday I heard an infernal banging and peered out the window to see said neighbor beating one of the chairs with a baseball bat. Just really pounding the poor chair. There didn't seem to be any purpose to it, as the blows were all over the thing...not to mention nobody on our street has a fireplace so it couldn't have been for kindling. I watched, and he just beat that chair senseless. Then he left it there. All I could think of doing was checking the deadbolt on my front door, because I didn't think dialing 911 to report chair-beating would make me look very sane. Should I now be frightened of this neighbor, or do you think there could be a rational explanation... Is he...out of his tree or something? __________________ $ DO \|\| !$ DO ; TRY TRY: COMMAND NOT FOUND
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Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	That is so weird and random. Maybe he has anger issues? Maybe he watched too much 'Jackass'? Straaange...
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katiesue Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: San Diego Posts: 4,678	Maybe he was taking it out on the chair and not the Mrs.?
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Is he Armenian? If so, that's how they warn you of imminent danger from themselves. They get something of yours with your permission, and then do violence to it in your sight. If he's Armenian, be very afraid. If not, he's just your average nut job. Get him a squirrel name.
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03-02-2006, 01:55 PM	#5
lizziebith Wishing these titles could be longe Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Pearblossom CA Posts: 984	No Mrs. and not Armenian. He's an independent Latino film-maker from Texas. Maybe he saw my review of "Crash." Seriously, I'm wondering what is up. He held a prayer vigil on the street Sept. 12, 2001. He had a Kerry sticker on his truck. He told me the guy downstairs from him had sent a "quiet-down" notice via certified mail. I gave him a piano too. I don't know his full name, but his squirrel name is "Private Nibbles his Nuts." Ahhhhhhhh! Got it. __________________ $ DO \|\| !$ DO ; TRY TRY: COMMAND NOT FOUND
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blueerica Nueve Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,497	Hmmm... odd. All of it. __________________ Tomorrow is the day for you and me
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Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	Was the chair made of wood? Perhaps he was adding a distressed look. __________________ The second star to the right shines in the night for you
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Prudence Beelzeboobs, Esq. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gavel - I haz it Posts: 6,287	I'd vote for distressed, too. Perhaps he's watched too many Frank episodes of Trading Spaces? __________________ traguna macoities tracorum satis de
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sleepyjeff Go Hawks Go! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parkrose Posts: 2,632	I once beat a chair senseless so it would fit into the can easier; maybe he didn't need the full set and that chair was being prepared for removal __________________ River Guardian-less
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03-02-2006, 09:34 PM	#10
wendybeth Nevermind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,847	I often hit things to fix them- you know, smack the tv set, etc. Never works, but I feel better. Perhaps the chair was broken and he was just trying to fix it? Maybe something was wrong with the bat... __________________
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