All that rain has brought out the worst in some. Above from Takoma Park. Below from Navy Yard:
Notes from your neighbor
“Dear PoPville,
To be clear, I parallel parked like normal, and went into Church only to come out to find this. I may have tapped the car behind me, and to be honest, my bumper isn’t the mess this note suggests. I went over to the police department to see if anything had been filed. Nothing.
Does anyone else find it odd this person typed this up? Is it possible others have received these and this is just a scare tactic?”
“Guess you are Scott Pruitt Above the Law Or You couldn’t see Fire Hydrants! Really???”
A reader reports:
“Seen Saturday on Johnson Ave. This particular car has parked in this spot frequently, and seems to have finally pissed off one our neighbors.”
Ed. Note: Maryland plates.
Yikes. Thanks to J for sending:
“Spotted in Eckington. The punctuation, the penmanship, the misspelled, it’s all just golden.”
Thanks to Adam for sending: “This is a gem from the New Hill East Facebook group!”
God bless my neighbor for sending this from the North Cleveland Park Nextdoor message board.
The accompanying text said:
“Did any of you leave a potato in the garden of my apartment building? Why would someone do this?”
Yes, why? WHY would someone do this indeed. And with this a new bar has been set. So keep your flower thief messages on hold but keep your eyes peeled for more potatoes please.
Thanks to Marci for sending from 16th and Spring Road, NW.
“Dear PoPville,
I found the attached note on a car2go I picked up this morning in front of a row home at 2nd Street NE and Uhland Terrace NE in Eckington. I checked the area, and there aren’t any no parking, restricted parking, or handicap parking signs. Apparently this is just how Trump administration staffers are now using their Official Government Intimidation Stationery. I was very tempted to write at the bottom “This isn’t how public sidewalks and streets work – get out of our city if you want a private driveway” and tack it to their tree.”
Period. hahaha. Thanks to Cameron Austin for sending from Adams Morgan/Kalorama.
But maybe we should take this opportunity to solve the whole dog poop refuse problem. What if the District deployed some dog poop only public receptacles. Can we follow in the footsteps of our neighbors to the north: “Waterloo will soon be the home of a pilot program that will turn dog waste into energy, using a process called anaerobic digestion that happens when organic waste breaks down in an environment without oxygen.”
Thanks to Julie for sending from Logan:
“At 15th and R Streets in a tree box, a sign newly nailed to a tree:
My Garden I fret
Is at times beset
With waste foul and wet
Please curb your pet
A rejoinder on cardboard:
This tree box you claim as “your garden”
Is public right of way
So I do beg your pardon
The pups shall poop where they may.”