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Or you could have invited him over to spend time in your garden, planting, repairing, etc so as to appreciate that which others toil over. If he had a vested interest in your garden, he would be less likely to toss toys over the fence.
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Or you could just remember that he is a 5 year old kid and just toss the damned balls back over the yard.
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Exactly.
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I don't like kids and I don't like gardening, so that's probably the worst idea I've ever heard
My garden is only some grass though, and I'm not letting a 5-year old use an electric mower
He could clear out the weeds in my front lawn, which are currently about half a meter high and probably already the talk of the neighborhood
My next house will be one without a garden.
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Nah, I'll wait with the hard drugs until he's at least a few years older though
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You gotta be careful doing that kind of thing these days: somebody is going to ... umm ... assume the worst about your reasons ...
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Exactly.
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Or sue him for hurting the kid's feelings.
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No, no - you don't "hurt their feelings" you "cause him long-term psychological trauma" resulting in a need for "ongoing costs for the foreseeable future", and "massive payouts for the shysters ambulance chasers lawyers" involved.
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OriginalGriff wrote: assume the worst about your reasons Well, it's BBQ weather again...
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You can't BBQ a 5 year old!
It'll be burnt on the outside, and still raw in the middle.
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You had me in the first half, not gonna lie
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Can't you just throw your beer cans into his?
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You mean Everclear bottles, don't you? Sander is a one-man flame-throwing monster!
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Wait, what?
I drink mostly alcohol free
Anyway, my neighbor would be most grateful for such bottles
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...traumatized him ... ???
Ah, you must have omitted the braces around your one-liners!
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I'm not that cruel!
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It sounds to me that you have him by the balls.
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If you child proof your house, how do the kids still keep getting in?
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Mine kept sneaking in through the pet door.
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OriginalGriff wrote: how do the kids still keep getting in? They forget to close the barn door?
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Perhaps the problem is the child-proofing on the wife.
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Or the husband. Both just to be sure.
Scott
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