quiltedbrain
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Post by quiltedbrain on Oct 19, 2018 19:25:15 GMT
I've been out of town since Wednesday, and my husband picked me up at the airport with the news that someone had painted our mailbox pink either overnight or this morning. Whoever painted it, painted it thoroughly but poorly. It's hard to see that it was ever a black mailbox, but when you get close to it, you see runs from where they were using spray paint. We just moved to this town and house in September. Our house sits well back from the road and our mailbox is at the road by our driveway. It's just a metal mailbox on a metal pole, with only the house numbers on it. We are renters--apparently the house sat empty for a long time after it's longtime owner passed away. The family finally sold the house to our landlord, whose intention was always to rent it. We are the first tenants. We have not yet met any of our neighbors yet, just a wave as we drive by and they're outside. We have not had any issues previous to this. I cannot figure out why a vandal would paint our mailbox pink of all things?!? No dirty words, no damage...just pink. Would kids do something like this? It had to have taken a good while to cover the box so completely, which seems a big risk. Also, does it ruin the prank if I kinda like it and am thinking about keeping it pink?  |
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Oct 19, 2018 19:27:15 GMT
breast cancer awareness?? lol. and yeah, it does ruin the prank if you like it pink- so I'd leave it, if you like it!
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Post by 950nancy on Oct 19, 2018 19:27:39 GMT
I might put a curly tail on it and call it good. That is a really weird prank. Thankfully you kind of like it.
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Post by tiffanyr on Oct 19, 2018 19:30:50 GMT
I would bling it out!! LOL!
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Post by stampbooker on Oct 19, 2018 19:35:00 GMT
That is not vandalizing, just decorating! I love pink!
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Oct 19, 2018 22:01:58 GMT
What an unusual prank. If you like the pink, then keep it and turn it into a flamingo! There are lots of great examples here |
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chendra
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Post by chendra on Oct 19, 2018 22:19:36 GMT
Are you sure the landlord didn't do it?
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Post by jeremysgirl on Oct 19, 2018 22:22:35 GMT
I would totally think one of my teenagers did it. They know I love pink and DH would never go for it. So I could see them doing this on the sly. Any Merry Pranksters in your house?
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quiltedbrain
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Post by quiltedbrain on Oct 19, 2018 22:25:35 GMT
What an unusual prank. If you like the pink, then keep it and turn it into a flamingo! There are lots of great examples hereI like this idea!! Are you sure the landlord didn't do it? Maybe...but everything else they've done to the property we've been notified about ahead of time.  breast cancer awareness?? lol. and yeah, it does ruin the prank if you like it pink- so I'd leave it, if you like it! I did have the thought that maybe we were mistakenly chosen for a breast cancer awareness stunt, but if so, it's a new one on me. |
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quiltedbrain
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Post by quiltedbrain on Oct 19, 2018 22:30:36 GMT
I would totally think one of my teenagers did it. They know I love pink and DH would never go for it. So I could see them doing this on the sly. Any Merry Pranksters in your house? Just me and DH. DD is 10 hours away at school and we've moved 45 minutes away from her high school friends. DH is too pissed about it to be the culprit--he's having a bad day and this is just another insult to him today. DH is wanting to paint it back pronto, while I'm advocating we keep it! (But give it more coats so it will look better.) |
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PaperAngel
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Post by PaperAngel on Oct 19, 2018 22:35:36 GMT
I'd report it to the landlord & let him/her/the company decide whether to leave it as is or repaint.
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JustTricia
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Post by JustTricia on Oct 19, 2018 22:42:25 GMT
Can you imagine that text message conversation?
Friend A: Have you figured it out yet? Heeheehee!
Friend B: Figured what out? 🤷🏼♀️
Friend A: I know you’ve always wanted to paint your mailbox pink, so since it’s October I decided it was time! Have you not gone outside yet? Heeheehee!
Friend B: Uh. Our mailbox isn’t pink. But the neighbor’s down the street is!
Friend A: 😳😳😳
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quiltedbrain
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Post by quiltedbrain on Oct 19, 2018 23:22:50 GMT
Can you imagine that text message conversation? Friend A: Have you figured it out yet? Heeheehee! Friend B: Figured what out? 🤷🏼♀️ Friend A: I know you’ve always wanted to paint your mailbox pink, so since it’s October I decided it was time! Have you not gone outside yet? Heeheehee! Friend B: Uh. Our mailbox isn’t pink. But the neighbor’s down the street is! Friend A: 😳😳😳 I really hope this is what happened!!  |
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chendra
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Post by chendra on Oct 20, 2018 0:01:50 GMT
Can you imagine that text message conversation? Friend A: Have you figured it out yet? Heeheehee! Friend B: Figured what out? 🤷🏼♀️ Friend A: I know you’ve always wanted to paint your mailbox pink, so since it’s October I decided it was time! Have you not gone outside yet? Heeheehee! Friend B: Uh. Our mailbox isn’t pink. But the neighbor’s down the street is! Friend A: 😳😳😳 This reminds me of something that happened in my friend's neighborhood. One owner's half of a duplex was mistakenly painted instead of the neighbors. They came home from work and posted an inquiry on Next Door: "Does anyone know who painted our house green?" |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2018 0:13:16 GMT
All you need is a few wooden cutouts   |
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Post by berty on Oct 20, 2018 2:52:22 GMT
That sounds like some kids who wanted to do a prank but were too straight laced to really destroy any property.  |
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Post by crazy4scraps on Oct 20, 2018 3:02:02 GMT
Is it weird that I’ve actually considered painting my mailbox pink on purpose? It’s my favorite color!  DH probably wouldn’t be too keen on it though because he said he thinks it would make our mailbox a target for vandals. We have a new mailbox now and we’d kind of like to keep it undented and in one piece. Apparently years ago, there was a rash of mailbox vandalism where kids were driving around smacking them with baseball bats and they took out our neighbor’s mailbox about a week after they had just replaced the ratty old one with a brand new one.   |
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Post by Lovebug2867 on Oct 21, 2018 20:08:26 GMT
I painted my mailbox pink on purpose lol I put cake and cookie decals all over it too. But mine was for a purpose it's easier to direct people to your house if you say look for the pink mailbox lol
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