Thread: My neighbourhood goes crazy in the spring

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It's true.
Every year at this time, they just lose their minds.
Last year we watched with interest as the folks next door got busted for doing a grow op.
Lots of dogs and guys going in, lots of plants and neat gizmos going out.
We live just up the street from the guy who had the alligator Barbarella told you about. (Or was it a croc?? I can't recall...one or the other..)
You'll remember the sweet old lady who called the cops when she saw me bust into my own place? Asked the cops if I was running a crack den?..
The neighbours 2 doors down with the gramma who smacked my props and muttered 'sin' when the blew over to her property?
This year, it's a murder one street over.
I could walk over and chat to the patrolman parked out front inside of three mintues.
He thinks folks IN THE WHOLE CITY lose their minds this time of year.
The short version is that the whole thing was a family feud that went WAY over the top.
The cops were out front with the place sealed off for 3 days or so. Forensic wagon right up on the lawn.
The only bad thing was the first morning. Folks called in and TOLD the cops that it was a SCHOOL BUS ZONE in front. The kids would be GETTING ON A BUS at 0830. The body had been there A WHILE, it was NOT necessary for them to bring it out for the kids to see before getting on the bus.
You guessed it. Body wheeled out at 0825.
At least the officiers didn't wave at the kids as they loaded it.
Since everything that could go wrong LAST year did, I'm pretty much starting from scratch this year, pulling the decorations now, making sure they are in good repair, figuring out where the props can go for the best effect, that sort of thing.
What this has to do with murder is this: last year I wanted to put sheets over everything in living room and have a chalk out line on the carpet. I have some real DO NOT PASS, POLICE LINE tape for across the door, and I thought some blood on the sheets would look good...CSI chic, right?
So now, I'm pretty sure that staging a murder scene would NOT be in good taste...but at least I have a few weeks to figure out SOMETHING else...

If I were you, I would go with something old style, classic, as far removed from modern death (Michael Myers, et al) as possible.
Go with Frankenstein, Mummies, maybe even Zombies. Vampires are a hot ticket item right now, lots of stuff available for that theme.
Or do a total spider theme, those are great for phobias!

I feel your pain uncletor, I have a similar situation. I have to watch what I put out. I want to put a a guy hanging from a noose in the tree out front. Trouble is, I live on the edge of the 'hood. I'll be labeled a racist and run through the wringer on that one.

Sure doesn't sound boring where you live, at least, uncletor...

Murder in the neighborhood is always fun, we had one when I was in 4th grade about 3 houses down. Saw the body before it was considered dead, luckily it never really messed with my head(I think). Funny thing about that is one of my friends moved into the house next door to the murder house. The second day living there, they were playing CSI and made body outlines in chalk. Half the neighborhood was going crazy over it.

aintnohusker, THAT'S why I went for the hanging cage. Middle ages sort of feel. AND I put a nice, decomposing non racial skeleton in it...I always hung skeletons..usually modified buckys until they started to fall apart and then built the cage so they could retire in...
Ishwitch, I'm thinking in term of a lab at the back with my usual stunts and signs...but very old school, very E.C comics...
Biggie and Garthgoyle...the ironic thing is, that the richer neighbourhoods are only SUPPOSED to be safer. Friend of mine was telling me how his pal got a house in the richest, most happening part of town. Guy on the street opened the door and took a gun blast to the chest.
Whatever happened to Welcome Wagon?
But even MORE fun then the murder was the little friend of the kid who USED to live in the place. They walked right through the backyard and into the house a good 15-20 feet. Just like they did EVERY DAY when their pal lived there.
I watched the whole thing from my living room.
Walks in the back yard, opens the back doors, walks in.
Not noticing ANYTHING.
She suddenly sort of clued in and I said;"Can I HELP you??"
The kid stares at me slack jawed and LOOKS around and then says;"Oh..."
And leaves.

London Ontario??? Things must have changed alot since I used to party at UWO (early 90's). I used to think it was "dangerous" to wear my U of G varsity lacrosse jacket because of our rivalry. Leaves you to rethink "dangerous". Maybe you should move to TO for a safer lifestyle.

Yeah, London Ontario.
And it's not so much DANGEROUS as ECCENTRIC.
I mean, this morning there is a black bear sighting in the west of the city (first one in a 100 years) and city council is debating if they should allow chickens to be kept in the back yard. (The answer is going to be 'no'..but some folks didn't KNOW it was illegal in the FIRST place...see where I'm coming from???) We get 6 murders a year, so our numbers are spot on, it just happened in front of me, is all.
And if I moved to T.O. I'd miss driving to St. T to pick up the kid and look at the giant statue of Jumbo the elephant on the way in (won't the aliens have fun figuring THAT one out???)

Sounds like an interesting spring to say the least. Here in Tennessee (in my town at least) we have maybe 3 murders a year. One just happened last week. the biggest thing that happens here is all the meth labs getting busted.....or blowing up.

Originally Posted by Baldzillabill

Sounds like an interesting spring to say the least. Here in Tennessee (in my town at least) we have maybe 3 murders a year. One just happened last week. the biggest thing that happens here is all the meth labs getting busted.....or blowing up.

Ha. We must live in the same town.