"MY NEIGHBOR'S A DOUCHEBAG"

James and Lisa Price of Farmer’s Branch, Texas, have a sign in their yard that says “House for sale by owner because my neighbor’s a douchebag.” The sign went up Aug. 7, after months of tension between the Prices and their next-door neighbors. Shortly after a retired couple moved into the rental house next door about two years ago, Price said the wife came over “a few times” to ask that the Prices keep their four dogs inside the house until 9 a.m. because the retirees like to sleep late. “We’re trying to keep them in until 8,” Price said. “I think the city ordinance says 7.” One Sunday morning a few weeks ago, the dogs “were going nuts” about something outside, and not long after that the Prices got a ticket from animal control officials. They’ve not paid it yet and have a court date for Thursday. They also object to security cameras next-door they say are trained on their yard and house. Since the Prices’ yard sign went up, local police and a city council member have come by to ask them to take it down. But the sign is not illegal, and James Price said he and his wife are waiting on the neighbors to make a move. “He just needs to back off a little bit about the dogs,” Price said of the man next door. “He’s being ridiculous. Now I’d like him to pay my $121 fine. All he had to do was come over (to talk to us), but he chose not to do that.”
* People always say that: “All they had to do was come over and talk.” Like that was going to work.
* Okay. Time to fill the neighbor’s chimney with fire ants.
* How about getting a throw-away cell phone and calling them up every morning at 6 a.m.?
* And right there, you have a microcosm of human life on planet Earth.
* Seriously, switch the dogs for camels, and it even sounds like the Middle East.
* I still don’t get the sign. They’re looking for house-buyers who WANT to live next to a douchebag?
* Shouldn’t the sign read, “I hate selling my house because my neighbors are just so nice, but I have to.”
* PHONE TOPIC: Is your neighbor a douchebag? Are you a douchebag neighbor? Shouldn’t these people control their four dogs?