Neighbor, why must you make me hate you?
I know it’s summer. I know it’s hot. You like to be outside, I like to have my windows open so I don’t boil to death in my apartment. But what baffles me is your insane need to break the sound barrior in your backyard!
if it’s not you doing construction at 8 am on a Saturday (finish your goddamn fence-shed-deck combo after 10 for the love of god!), sawing and hammering away like a neurotic beaver, it’s you putting your giant boombox on your newly constructed deck and blaring crappy country and hip hop (how do those even mix?) for all the neighborhood to hear.
this is not 1993. the boombox is dead.
if you were out there of an evening having a party? ok I’d cut you some slack. but it’s every freaking night- and when I stand at the window to glare and melt you with the power of my mind? THERE’S NO ONE OUTSIDE.
that’s right. your boombox is loudly seranading itself. all alone. pissing me off.
you suck. I hope your fence gets termites.
This article appears in Jul 31 – Aug 6, 2008.
Nobody is there? Jump the fence and smash it.
Fight back with loud classical jazz.
GhettoBlasters will never die!
unless you beat one with a stick. a lot.
yup, this city has more than its share of brain-dead, inconsiderate twats… i see/hear them everyday.of course, you could always go over and TALK to the obnoxious neighbour about your grievances, although these days, people seem to have lost civility, and an ability to communicate without getting into confrontation. btw, it is your RIGHT to expect peace and quiet when you’re in your own home; you shouldn’t have to tolerate noise pollution from a senseless, inconsiderate neighbour.i also like Sarah’s idea… blast the motherfucker right back with exceedingly loud elevator music or reasonable facsimile, although stooping to that level (ugh, his trashy hiphop and country crap, no less, yuck! i feel for you)… cut the cord on his boombox when he’s not looking (unplug it first, obviously).
bagpipe music
omg that’s brilliant, miranda, there’s nothing more obnoxious and irritating than the bagpipes!
Beach Balls are pretty irritating
I like bagpipes.
Nothing is more obnoxious than bagpipes… they are even worse than hip hop. Either that, or tuba practice.
I like bagpipes, too, but maybe the OP’s neighbour doesn’t… : )
“Country Roads” by John Denver will get your point across- irritatingly wholesome, yet infectious! You’ll give your neighbor an earworm which will last all day, reminding him how much you LOATHE him.
Well you know, bagpipes were not originally intended to be musical instruments as we understand the term. Their original purpose was to rally the troops for battle, and to strike terror into the hearts of the enemy with their unholy wailing. So bagpipe music would be particularly appropriate in this instance.
John Denver music, to a country fan, is like a lullaby. The OP’s ears will be bleeding milk and honey, they’ll look next door and the offender will be napping peacefully – fuck that!According to The Art of War, the best solution is metal. Most country and rap fans hate metal. Give Boombox a lil’ Judas Priest at 8 am, that oughta do it.
you cant kill the boombox. it has too much history!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it will live forever like the Transformers, and Green Day. no matter how many years have passed since they stopped making tapes, there seems to be more and more floating around. and just think, maybe the neighbor to the other side likes the music, and doesnt mind the banging and noise. this is the shit people deal with all the time and the shit you can NOT avoid living in a densely populated area. find a way to cope and shut the fuck up.(no offence meant by that)