Unless you live on a desert island, neighbors are something that we all have to put up with – and their pets and gardens to boot. Sometimes neighbors bring us hilarity and joy and other times they can be super annoying, which one you get is just luck of the draw. Either way, they bring personality to the neighborhoods they live in. This is our list of the neighbors who made life just a little more interesting for the people who live alongside them.
“Congrats on the new chandelier, neighbor”
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There are many parts of living downstairs from someone a nightmare, the indescribable noises that are sure to come raining down being one. But there are also some costs that come with being an upstairs neighbor, namely that of someone installing a new light fixture and having screws come up through your floor.
“Barkley Is Meeting The New neighbors For The First Time”
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Barkley seems excited to meet the neighbors and make some friends, at least we hope that’s what he’s excited about. And it looks like his new buddy is just as curious about him as he is about them, maybe even more so by the looks of the way this kitty is bending the blinds.
“Our Neighbors Were Feuding Whether The Tree Went On To The Other’s Property. Woke Up To This.”
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These two neighbors just couldn’t agree on whether the branches of the tree that went over the dividing line of the tree meant that it was theirs to remove. Well, at least they did in the past, since then one of the neighbors decided to take matters into their own hands and removed the branches of the tree that stretched over.
“My Neighbors Complained That It’s Too Cold For My Dog To Be Outside All Day During The Winter. I Sent Them This.”
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Usually, you couldn’t fault this neighbor for being worried about a dog out in the cold during winter, but in this particular case, it would have been okay to give it a pass. The doggy pictured is a husky, a breed that loves the cold weather and whose thick fur requires them to find a way to stay cool.
“My Neighbor Did Not Break Character The Entire Evening. Terrifying”
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We’re all for getting into the holiday spirit, but this is taking it a little too far, if just for the sake of saving your neighbor’s peace of mind. The worst part is you don’t want to get too scared or say anything in case you’re seen as a loon who’s afraid of a simple Halloween costume.
“Top Is My Apartment’s Balcony (2 Guys), The Bottom Is Our Neighbor’s Balcony (2 Girls)”
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If there’s one image that can express the differences between how single men and women live their lives, it’s this one. The priorities of the different groups are plain to see. The men prioritize their space for hangouts and barbeques and the woman prioritize their space of peace and quiet.
“My considerate neighbors Are The Best”
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Where some neighbors are obnoxious or nosey, others go out of their way to ensure that life is a little easier for those who they live alongside. Even though this couple would be entitled to two parking spots, they choose to share one so that somebody else could have a guest and have a parking spot for them.
“My neighbor has a turbine with a bad bearing And it’s obnoxiously loud, He went to go check it out because it’s been real quiet lately…”
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Whoops! Who knows, this act of archery-related vandalism could just have been an accident, in which case he’s lucky that it was just the turbine that got hit and nobody was hurt. If it was on purpose, we’re sure this has to be one of the easiest mysteries to solve, how many proficient archers could be living in this one suburb?
“I Learned The Hard Way That Being neighbors doesn’t Always mean being friends”
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As much as we’d love to say that all neighbors should be friends, we know that unfortunately, that isn’t always the reality. Some people just want to keep to themselves and mind their own business, but sometimes if that can be taken to extremes.
“My Neighbor Put Chastity Shorts On His Dog To Stop The Neighborhood Dogs From Trying To Impregnate Her”
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They say that necessity is the mother of invention and this is most certainly an inventive way to fix a necessary problem. This cute girl has got all the neighborhood dogs chasing after, so her owner thought of a creative solution to prevent her from getting pregnant, chastity shorts!
“Our Neighborhood Had A Blackout, Except One House. They Put Out A Plug For Everyone To Use”
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This is what being a good neighbor is all about, realizing when your community needs you to step up to take responsibility to help your fellow neighbor, and sharing what you have when they are short or in a predicament where they can’t help themselves.
“My Neighbor’s Party Got Pretty Wild Last Night”
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Sometimes neighborhood parties can get a little out of hand, it’s almost to be expected. What is a little bit less expected is waking up to find a trampoline caught in the branches of the tree in your front yard. We can only hope that at the very least they were also invited to this wild-looking shindig.
“I Saw My Neighbor, A Deaf Person, Building What I Thought Was A Snowman. Yesterday He Finished His Masterpiece”
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Snow art is one of our favorite winter pastimes, but even as snowman aficionados, as we often like to think of ourselves, we never would have expected a huge rock-on signaling snow hand. To make matters even more impressive, look at that detailing, it’s simply spectacular!
“My Neighbors Had A Huge Party Last Night. This Is What Was In Their Recycling Bin This Morning “
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Now that’s a lot of Nutella. With that amount of spreadable hazelnut goodness, there’s only one thing we can assume; this neighbor had a crepe party last night. It’s either that or someone confused the Nutella for paint and now there’s a particularly sweet-smelling room in their home.
“My Neighbor Has His Yearly Krampus Holiday Decorations Up, This Year He Really Outdid Himself”
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While some people love bringing in the holiday with Christmas cheer and lots of joyful lights, these neighbors have a different tradition. Every year they instead celebrate the holiday of Krampus, and love decorating their house specifically for the special season, tortured souls included.
“My Neighbor’s Tree Welcomed Us To The Neighborhood”
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These new neighbors’ tree was the first to truly give thus recently moved in a couple a memorable welcome, though an impolite one, as it came crashing through their upstairs living room. Not necessarily the most welcome surprise visitor we’ve ever seen, but a memorable one nonetheless.
“Our Neighbors Didn’t Appreciate Our Pride Flag, So We Thought Of a Loophole”
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This friendly couple had put out a small Pride flag on their front porch to show their support for LGBTQI rights. Unfortunately, their neighborhood homeowners association didn’t take too kindly to the flag and had to be taken down. Luckily, they figured out a loophole to keep on showing their true colors.
“My Cat Spends So Much Time At My Neighbors, They Built Him His OWn Home”
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We can’t blame this cat neighbor for having such a grumpy look on their face. Who needs strangers, or even friends for that matter, coming to give your nose a boop and your head a scratch at all hours of the night. It’s better to just leave that door closed Mr. neighbor cat and get some rest.
“My Neighbors Always Have The Best Halloween Decorations”
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We love the multi-leveled approach to this Halloween decoration; there are just so many levels to it. The first level is the representation of everyone’s favorite Halloween villains, the second is the sly nod to current internet pop culture and the third is the play on the infamous trope of teenagers in Halloween movies.
“Our Neighborhood Karen Strikes Again”
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Some neighbors bring you joy, and sometimes they bring you pain and this number seems to be more of the latter variety. This wandering neighbor took offense to the incessant sound of children’s laughter and decided to do something about it, getting the home owner’s association to back her up and shut those kids up.
“My Neighbor Had A Visitor This Morning!”
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Sometimes our neighbors are not just those who live in houses near to ours, many times they can be the denizens of the forests and stream that surround so many American homes. This lucky neighbor managed to score themselves a lucky visit from a local lynx.
“My Neighbors And I Have Very Different Taste When It Comes To LAwn Ornaments…”
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While we are big subscribers to the belief that it’s different strokes for different folks, this lawn decoration might just be taking it a step too far. We’re honestly not sure what these neighbors are even going for here; are these supposed to be lawn ornaments or some kind of creepy scarecrows.
“Just Moved Into The New House. I Got To Meet The Neighbor’s Dogs On My Afternoon Walk”
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Meeting the neighborhood dogs is easily one of the best parts of moving to a new place. This neighbor clearly understands that and has built a useful way to introduce his dogs to all the passersby, little dog windows perfectly sized to fit a happy pup face through.
“During College, We Had A Feud With Our Neighbors In Our Duplex, We Put Up A Wreath And They REsponded With this”
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Not everyone needs to get along with their neighbors and it’s not so uncommon to end up in a little neighborly feud, that being said these neighbors took it to a whole new level. All the one neighbor need to do was put up a simple wreath and their neighbors retaliated with a full-on galaxy of Christmas lights.
“One Of My Neighbors Sent Me An Angry Letter Asking To Take Down The ‘Ghetto Graffiti’ On My Garage Door”
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This neighbor clearly has a love for the night sky and the natural world and wanted to celebrate that love through a mural on her garage door. One of her neighbors decided that the painting was not up to her standards and that it belonged in the ‘hood’, angrily proclaiming that it took down the property value of the neighborhood.
“My Sister’s Neighbor Has An Interesting Sign, We Still Haven’t Gotten The Courage To Ask If It’s A Joke Or Not.”
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Ernie either has a great sense of humor or a very curious set of hobbies. Out gut feeling is that Ernie is probably just having some fun, but you never really know for sure. We’re also just very curious as to what exactly plumbing salvage entails and at this point we’re also too afraid to ask.
“Our Dog Isn’t As Respectful Of Our Neighbor’s Religion As We’d Like Him To Be”
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It’s not uncommon for Buddhists to leave out food as an offering to deities and hungry ghosts, the offering of food is seen as an unselfish act that reminds us to not be greedy. Somebody should probably teach this pooch some of those values as he clearly has a problem with not being greedy when it comes to finding food laying out.
“My Neighbor Is Clearly A Very Efficient Dude”
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Why work hard when you can work smart is clearly one of this neighbor’s personal mottos. When you have a big enough truck sometimes all you need to do is just clear a path to the front door to your automobile and the engine will do the rest of the work for you, we hope that this little hatchback has the same kind of can-do attitude.
“A Kid In The Neighborhood Put This Sign Up. Hundreds Of People Now Plan To Attend. We Hope To Blow His Mind.”
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There’s nothing better than when a community band together to support the people in it. We’re sure that this neighborhood will get a night he’ll remember forever and keep working on his music for decades to come, thanks in no small part to a community effort to come through and show their support.
“Neighbor Ordered Some Take-Out Last Night And I Ended Up With A Free Frozen Pizza This Morning.”
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If there’s one thing that’s better than pizza, it’s free pizza and that’s exactly what this forgetful neighbor gifted his next-door neighbor when he ordered a ‘contact-free’ delivery and promptly forget about it. An added bonus is that the freezing temperature meant that the pizza froze and is ready to be defrosted and devoured.
“Nori Aoki Used To Live In My Neighborhood. My Neighbor’ Son Was Celebrating His 10th birthday And Found This In His Mailbox”
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Nori Aoki is a baseball player that used to play for the Kansas City Royals and, it turns out, a really nice gut. The outfielder gifted his lucky neighbor tickets to come and watch the team play in his box as a super generous birthday present to his son. We only hope that he likes basketball!
“My Friend Is A Terrible Parker. The Neighborhood Kids Left Him A Message”
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The neighborhood kids left a mean, if not appropriate message, to this neighbor’s friend. In all fairness, he couldn’t have parked worse and it looks there were plenty of open spots for him to use instead. It’s also possible that he’s just remarkably pretty and they’re celebrating this by calling him a princess. Unlikely, but possible.
“Our Neighbor Also Owns The Parking Lot. Let This Be A Lesson To Everyone, Don’t Annoy Your Neighbors.”
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It should go without saying but, in general, it pays to be kind towards people and try to not get on anyone’s bad side. But in case you did need convincing just take a look at the pickle that this neighbor has managed to get himself into by feuding with his neighbor who happens to also own the adjacent parking lot.
“Our Neighbor Has A Giant Skeleton Sculpture In Their Frontyard. It’s September.”
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Some people just love the holidays like Christmas and thanksgiving, decorating their homes in the holiday spirit and excitedly awaiting the arrival of friends and family. Others though, have a preference for the spookier season of Halloween, getting their decorations out at least a month before the big day.
“Accidentally Ran Over A Ranch Dressing At The Supermarket. That’s My Neighbor’s Car”
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Some people are just extraordinarily unlucky, the case in point is this guy who managed to not only destroy the ranch dressing they had just bought but also by driving over it, exploding it all over the car beside them. On top of all that it’s their neighbor’s car, meaning there is no quick escape from this accident.
“We Have Some Very Passive Aggressive Neighbors”
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Some neighbors just come out and say it when they have a problem, others might take a more roundabout approach such as these trash-fire-hating neighbors. We can’t even blame them that much, burning trash is a pretty terrible thing to do on multiple levels. We just wonder where they got a spare car from for the sign.
“Our Neighbors Are Having A Barbecue Next Door. This Is How Our Cat Came Home”
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Cats are notorious for being some of the best hunters in the wild, and housecats are no exception from the lineage – well known to be able to hunt and decimate wildlife populations that are foolish enough to exist in the hunting range of the pets. The neighbors should have known better than to leave their sausages unguarded.
“Every Year For Thanksgiving I Make Pie For All My Neighbors. 8 Hours And 40 Pies Later”
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Some neighbors aren’t passive-aggressive, hilarious, or vindictive, instead choosing the route of kindness and neighborly friendship. This neighbor is a great example of this, connecting her entire neighborhood through her industrious baking of delicious pies for all the people of her community.
“My Neighbor’s Great Dane Bit My Golden Retriever, This Is How He Paid Me Back For The Vet Bills”
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This neighbor was in serious danger of being taken to the small claims court but managed to pay his neighbor back just before he was going to call the authorities. But he still managed to pay him back in the absolutely most petty way possible, using only pennies to settle the debt.
“My Neighbor’s Kids USe Our Pool In The Summer, To Thank Us He Painted Our Side Of The Fence Without Asking Us”
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This neighbor was just trying to be nice and thank his generous neighbors with a paint job, the only thing is they didn’t ask before doing so. While it may be the thought that counts, it’s always important to ask permission before deciding to alter someone else’s property.
“My Neighbors Are Obviously Fans Of Monty Python… And Are Very Bored”
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Nothing quite like boredom to get those creative juices flowing, and for love of old school British comedy to shine through. For those unfamiliar, this is a reference to an old skit by British comedy troupe ‘Monty Python’, in which there is an arm of the British Parliament responsible for all the silly walks in the UK.
“My Neighbor’s Ride Suggests They Might Be Star Wars Fans”
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This Star Wars mobile just screams superfan, after all, who else would drive such a nerdy ride. Not that we have anything against Star Wars fans or nerds for that matter, we just believe in the philosophy of calling a spade a spade and a nerd, like ourselves, a nerd.
“Came Home To Find My Neighbor’s Dog Like This… I Don’t Get It”
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We can only assume that this adorable and fire hydrant elevated dog saw a rather large mouse and felt that it needed to get away as possible from the little rodent. If you can think of a better explanation let us know, but until then we’re going with our original hypothesis.
“My Neighbor’s Sonny The Hedge Dog Topiary Sculpture”
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Some neighbors’ sense of humor is just simply superior to others, and when that sense of humor combines with awesome hedge art skills, the result is spectacular. A case in point is this incredible topiary sculpture that combines niche pop culture references with fantastic shrub-cutting skills.
“My Neighbors Love Halloween. Every Day My Neighbors Do Something A Little Different With Their Bone Family”
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Now, this is dedication to keeping the neighborhood entertained. Every day this couple gets up early in the morning to rearrange their little skeleton family into new entertaining poses, even including props to make the scenes of skeleton joy come to life.
“My Friend’s Neighbor Knows When To Accept Defeat”
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Knowing when to accept defeat is an admirable quality and a sign of humility and maturity. Though perhaps in this particular instance, maturity maybe isn’t the best way to explain the motivation behind these Christmas lights. Either way, we love the spirit of the move.
“Every Sunday I invite my neighbor and her girlfriends to enjoy my pool.”
Well, this sure sounds like a fun and very generous neighbor to have around! He invites his neighbor and all of her girlfriends to hang out in his pool every single Sunday! Don’t forget to put some sunscreen on!
“So This Year We Thought We’d Play A Prank On the Neighbors… We Bought A 20 Foot Christmas Tree And Cut It In Half So It Looks Like It Goes Through The Roof”
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These inventive pranksters found a way to inject some fun into their Christmas decorations with a harmless Christmas prank to fool their neighbors into thinking that they had bought a tree so large that it busted straight through their ceiling. All they needed to do was buy a big tree and cut off the top, placing it on the roof.
“I Sure Hope They Are”
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Some people are great at selling, and clearly, this real estate agent is exactly that, managing to spin living next door to a cemetery into a positive. We should hope that the neighbors are quiet, we’d hate to think of the implications should they prove to not be.
“You Can Make Out Where Everything Went Wrong When My Neighbor stepped out of his patio on some fresh snow”
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If you were wondering why these footprints look so strange, you can clearly make out where he bailed and ended up falling over – poor guy. You can see he had some trouble hobbling back to his home after what we hope wasn’t too bad of a fall after slipping in the fresh snow.
“How my dad deals with his Nosey neighbor who checks with the city whenever anyone does any work on their property”
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If there’s one thing worse than a rude or noisy neighbor, it’s a nosey neighbor who wants to make everything their business and get involved. A case in point is Larry over here who just has to go and check with the city if everything is up to code, whether it involves him or not.
“This Is Murphy, Whenever One Of My Neighbors Sees Murphy He Always Says “Don’t Eat Me, Killa, I Ain’t Nothin But A Little Snack!” And I Can’t Help But Chuckle Out Loud”
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It’s the little rituals that keep us sane and help give our daily lives meaning and joy. Our neighbors can be a huge part of those rituals, they are the people that surround us and fill our lives with daily meetings and run-ins. We also couldn’t help but chuckle when we heard this neighbor’s way of greeting Murphy.
“We set off fireworks in our cul-de-sac last year. It seems our neighbors didn’t like it”
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We completely understand the annoyance of having your neighbor should off fireworks into the sky, potentially frightening your pets and potentially damaging your property. That being said, we think a generally better approach is to talk to your neighbors instead of putting up a passive-aggressive sign.
“She Sits In That Window All Day Long So I Thought I Would Introduce Her To The Neighbors”
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Afi clearly has a soft spot for the window and likes to people watch all her neighbors and we’re sure that a few of her neighbors like to look at her too, so it only makes sense so that as neighbors she should be acquainted with the neighborhood. Her owner clearly thinks the same and made her an introductory sign.
“a neighbor’s plant has grown to cover the sidewalk. She Still Won’t Cut It”
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There are few things more indicative of the relationships between different neighbors and the sidewalk. The sidewalk operates as the dividing line between private property and public space and is the shared ground where neighbors meet. So to see this bust obstructing the sidewalk doesn’t bode well for their friendship.
“Man our neighbors are weird, Just So Many Questions”
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Weird neighbors are not so uncommon, but second-story deer most definitely is, we don’t care where you’re from. To make the appearance of this deer even more strange is that it clearly isn’t even just the head of the deer, but the full taxidermied body of the animal.
“My neighbor’s firework set up for the 4th Of July. He really likes explosions…”
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Now that is a little extreme, even for a bunch of firework fans such as ourselves. The sheer collection of explosives is enough to get our palms sweaty at the amount of force collected on this lawn. We just hope that he keeps his passion for fireworks relegated to the 4th of July and New Year’s Eve.
“My Neighbor Lines The town with bags like this for the winter”
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This neighbor has got a charitable way of sharing her love with her neighbors, even those who are unfortunate enough to not have a home to call their own. Every winter she puts out knitted winter wear attached to telephone poles to those who cannot afford to stay warm themselves.
“My Neighbor brings joy to the community With His Chalk Drawings”
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There’s nothing quite like art to uplift the spirit and bring everyone together, This awesome neighbor puts up chalk-drawings of seasonal, religious, and pop culture figures to entertain his neighbors. This particular Easter drawing just screams joy and festivity.
“Residents in alabama get a fright over ‘chucky’ roaming around the neighborhood”
Well, seems like the residents in Alabama have an interesting new neighbor in town. This real-life ‘Chucky’ is a five year old boy and he’s been seen on the side of the roads near peoples homes, and residents have been taking tons of pictures. They think this is both hilarious and scary. Looks like Halloween showed up early this year.
“my neighbor nursed a sick crow back to health. His name is Frank. He even sat on my shoulder and hung out”
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Frank is a legend. We’ve heard that crows are incredibly intelligent, capable of remembering faces on humans, and are even able to do simple mathematic problems. We’re glad that Frank was saved to live another day and hang out on even more shoulders in the future.
“My New Neighbor is the most interesting man in the world”
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This guy got super lucky with his neighbor, ending up with the most interesting man in the world. This neighbor sings sea chanties, collects artillery and ammunition from the civil war, and spends his free time building gorgeous model replicas by hand of some of the world’s most famous ships.
“Someone ran over my neighbor’s mailbox. This is how they fixed it”
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This is what we call taking a misfortune all in good stride, when an oblivious passerby accidentally knocked over their mailbox, they simply added a new mailbox that won’t be easily knocked over. That is unless a hapless jet plane happens to drive past and knock the extra mailbox over.
“My neighbor’s Christmas Decorations Look Like A Thrift Store Yard Sale”
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We would be terrified if we weren’t so curious as to exactly what the intent was behind this random assortment of decorations, from mannequins to fur coats there are just too many questions that need answering. We’re honestly just assuming these are Christmas decorations, there could be a whole litter of reasons for this explosion of randomness.