Mischiveous revenge!!!!

“I need some frivilous advice here. All in fun of course.

We are living in a first floor apartment for the winter. This is my first time in an apartment, and SB's first time in 4-5 years.

Upstairs is a single mom, a very nice younger girl, mid 20's or so. She has her child most nights, other nights, he is obviously at his dad's place. How do we know this. That 19 month old little boy has never been taught to walk. His parents by passed walk for run. We know when he is home all night long.

The other night, we both had headaches, and "Junior" is stomping all over our heads. I start for upstairs, and SB stops me and asks what am I gonna say to her. I am glad I married her, she prevents me from getting in trouble in these areas.

Anyways, I head upstairs and inform her that we hear "Junior" all night every night we are home and we both have headaches tonight. Can you please calm him down a bit. She replies "He's 19 months old". I respond that I raised 5 kids, it's not that hard. She says she'll see what she can do. It is quieter that night, but only that night. Obviously, this girl does not know how to tell "Junior" to walk. She just lets him storm all over and thinks it is cute.

So.... with the Christmas season upon us, I was considering.... how best to get our revenge!!!! Smirk!!!! We could present "Junior" with a tamborine for christmas. Wouldn't that just drive her nuts. Perhaps some cymbals and a drum set, or those sticks that you clack together. At least it won't be directly on the ceiling over us and she would have to listen to it also.

What do you pranksters suggest that would accomplish our revenge???? Smirk!!!!”

“Drum sound carries very very well. There are lots of "educational" electric toys that make scads of noises. Try those.”

“It sucks living in a downstairs apt. I live upstairs with two kids, they are 9 and 12 and I'm glad, for my dwnstrs neighbors sake that they can listen when I ask them to slow down. 19 month olds don't generally listen so well.

If she's a single mom she's probably mega stressed and just keeping the little guy mostly under control takes up most of her energy.

I think you need to "grin and bear it" and just be glad your only going to be there short term.”

“nothing with batteries. it won't last long enough to make it worth the effort. musical instrument toys are good, but you might end up having to listen to it too.
we have the same problem in my apartment. usually i can deal with it by telling myself im not the only one who lives in the building and i have to be tolerant. other times i am forced to bang on the ceiling with a broom.”

“Buy her carpet, really thick cushy carpet.”

“Oh we expect to grin and bear it. It really isn't an issue, but it does provide for discussion some nights. "Kill the kid" is said very much tongue in cheek. However, I wanna have some fun with this.

Upon reflection, when I visited my grandparents as a child, I was immediately and often admonished at all ages if I ran in their apartment. Consideration towards heighbors was paramount. That consideration seems to be lacking these days, and it's unfortunate, but that seems to be the way it is. Oh well.

We are actually gone most weekends, and he does go to sleep by the time we do, so it's a minor annoyance at worse. Nothing to our knickers all bunched up about. Besides, in a few months, we'll be out of here.

I remember when our pastor came over, in a previous era of my life. I had 5 kids at home and never played the stereo, as there was just too much noise. Can you guess what they brought over for Christmas gifts for my kids???? I have already listed them in this thread. That's right, a drum set, tamborine, cymbals, those clacky sticks, and a horn. What could I say to the Pastor??? Thanks, alot. LOL

Just the same, I want my revenge!!!!”

“On the other side of the coin...over Thanksgiving my grandgirl kept telling me to "shhhh, the whole building will hear you" when I ran the food processor and stuff. I know their parents and other grammies try to keep them quiet since they all live in apartments, but it makes me feel bad. Sure, they go outside and to local parks to play and run and make noise, but still...

I explained to her that I live in a house and they can scream their guts out if they want.
=D

Think of it as sharing a lean-to with a bunch of snoring bears - get some earplugs maybe.

Anyway, I feel bad for you guys, but not too bad, cause your gonna have a house on a lake! Keep your eyes on the prize!
:p”

“LOL @ wolfsisterhood. Problem solved, everyone wins!”

“You need something subtle, get him some books so Mom will sit down and read to him. It'll send a subtle hint.”

“when my kids were small we had hardwood floors...and my brother-in-law bought my kids those " corn poppers"...ya know with the colored balls in it...OMG......I hid them eventually”

“How about buying the kid a plane ticket to Michael Jackon's house?

sorry, that was low, but I couldn't resist”

“omg...LOL....that was soo bad...”

“Micheal would voluntarily go to jail.”

“send my 3 boys up there.....they'll line that rugrat out fast...”

“a bumble ball...silent on carpeted floors...psychotic enough for little kids to love for hours...and the most annoying as CRAP whirring sound at 10 feet away...and it makes kids hold onto it and squeal and wet themselves...they have mini ones and jumbo ones....put the batteries in it before you give it to them..and make sure you have the lil kid turn it on before you leave...it will then be HOOKED like white trash on cheap crack in 5 seconds...it may be scared of it for around 2 minutes..but once it grabs it..HOLD ON!! Sweet sweet revenge..i liked it so much..i bought the company...lol”

“this is a true story....


when i was a kid, i was like 6 or 7. we always went to grandma's. anyways, i got this robot from santa. it was about a foot and a half tall. when we put batteries in it, i took it in the kitchen(linolium floor) and turned it on. well, this thing started walking(it had little wheels on it's feet) and it made mechanical sounds. it walked for like a minute, then stopped. this is where i should add that grandma's cat, nibsy, had taken great interest in the robot. well, the robot stopped, and these doors opened up on his chest and 3 machine guns popped out. the lit up and made a gawd-aweful machine gun sound.....really loud , and the guns lit up while they were firing. well....i guess nibsy was gettin old cuz it COMPLETELY freeked out and spazzed all over the kitchen, went into violent convulsions and died within a minute from an apparant hear attack! of corse, everyone was terribly disturbed by this, except my dad who couldn't stop laughing. i just thought it was so cool that my new robot could kill cats!we burried nibsy out back under the pecan tree. i'll never forget that Christmas. i got a new bike too but it was too icy to ride it.”

“i had one of those robots too!!!..but they were "retrotoys" by the time i got to them. Yours killed a cat...LOL..that's awesomely funny!!”

“lolz ope, it was a very cool robot. that was prolly around 1970. i was ROTFL while typing that post. it truely was a funny thing to recall.

oh yeah, i forgot, it spun around at the hips too!”

“ROFLMAO @ Stratdewd!!!! That is hilarious! Sounds straight out of a National Lampoon movie.”

“Give the kid a video of "The Wiggles".

Mom will want to kill you for being so nice. 8^)”

“No, no, no.


Barney.

That is the only appropriate revenge.”

“i'm trying not to laugh at that, Stratdewd!

do they not have carpets on the floors upstairs? in our building, the floors must be at least 80% covered by carpets...i think it's a law in MD. maybe you should tell on her! moo haa haa...”

“Somehow, get into their apartment and install a 'Clap on, Clap off' device for the lights. Then take a big speaker and point it at the ceiling. Listen for when Junior starts one of his across the floor sprints. At that exact time. Have a mike plugged in to the system and clap twice into it. The lights will shut, confusing the little tyke. After several seeks of this 'therapy', he will not tire of running into walls and the urge to walk will suddenly overtake him!

Fun? Perhaps.
Practical? No. But, at least we're thinking outside the box here...”

“stratdewd, that was friggin hilarious......”

“seeks = weeks”

“Cut the kid's legs off, then he'll just roll around - alot quieter.”

“the wiggles...he said all in fun..this is comparable to WMD...yea..send up 14 tapes of the wiggles...he'll grow up queer as a 3 dollar bill to boot!”

“I lived upstairs in an old house that had been divided into apts when I lived in the old part of Knoxville.
The couple downstairs would leave for a week all the time and leave their TV blasting to make crooks think someone was home. The sound carried VERY well up to us above thru the hardwood floor. 24 hours a day and night.
Complaining to the couple did no good and almost came to fighting.
What did the trick was me turning my giant advent speakers over face first on the floor and putting the stereo on a 24 hour country station, turning the bass to max and us leaving for a backpacking trip to the Smokies while the other couple was home.
They were much quieter after that. ;)”

“The last time I lived in an apartment we always knew when the couple upstairs where having an intimate moment in their bed on their living room floor or on their kitchen table. I sure don’t miss the apartment life.”

“Some kids learn to run before they learn to walk.


19 months???
Good luck getting a kid that age to "listen"......lol”

“stove...when my next door neighbor in the dorms would leave his on full blast CNN or BET...and then leave for his 7am class..i'd trip the breakers down the hall killing power to his room...after he did this enough i'd do it late at night to reset his alarm clock...after him being more so of an ass...i filled an accordian file folder with yeast ..and pumped it into his room before a long weekend..then poured water under the door....mmmmm growth!! Then we would La Douche him several times though out the year...55 gallon trash can full of water propped against an inward swinging door....knock knock....LA DOUCHE!!!!”

“And no, not like the ones with Jane Fonda...


Anyway, mine is the guy who moved in next door to me who used the apartment only as a party house for the first month. Every night, up 'til 3AM blasting the boogie. I complained to the manager, to the cops, to everybody. Every tenant in the block left except me, and I would have except I was still in my lease. Nothing was done until he assaulted the (female) apartment manager when she told him that he needed to pay his rent or be kicked out. Then he was finally evicted.”

“why not some soft fuzzy slippers / slipper socks with lots of padding got the little guy”

“sounds like you need to buy a house mr. monkeyboy. a person who has raised 5 rug rats should have enough money to buy a house by now. sounds like you need to manage your money better. otherwise put in ear plugs and play some good rap songs.”

“Chili lived on the 1st level of an apt. with a single mom upstairs and the young girl would set her alarm for 5:30 and it would play @full blast for an hour or so EVERY morning. We never really noticed the kid running around after the music that early.”

“cottonsocks - I'm so shocked. Shocked I say! ;)
What was a nice Southern girl like yourself doing in a single mans apt. at that hour? Hee Hee!”

“I had one of those robots too strat. Mine never killed a cat though. That's the coolest.

Can you imagine the howling if they tried to market one of them now? How about a vacu-form or creepy crawler setup?”

“cool breeze, you obviously know litle about the financial straits 5 booger eaters can place you in!!! I am still paying child support on the last two. The government has made it worse for me. Financially, I would have been far better off to stay married to the s1*t.

Info: Carpeting upstairs in some areas. Ankle biter is capable of pounding thru all of it.

I like the clap on clap off thing. Maybe a lot of bass.

Just good to know that we aren't the only ones so afflicted....”

“Cheap solution = a whistle.

I have a little boy not much older than that, and he just loves good old fashioned whisles, and they get annoying in the house really fast. Once the kid realizes what it does he will think it is the coolest thing in the world, and his mom will have to decide between listening to the whistle or listening to him cry about having it taken away.”

“i repeat...bumble ball....”

“Why is the AC/DC song Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap going through my head.”

“c bat, a whistle!!! I love it. That has got to be the most evil solution yet!!! I love it!!!! And I have an extra one around here, somewhere right now!!!

Excuse me a minute, "Junior" is stomping all over my head again!!!! LOL

This is great therapy, just chatting about it. I am laughing like crazy right now all alone. The neighbors are call those guys with the white suit again.....”

“Make sure it's more than one whistle. Mommy might be able to take one away.

Say, a ref's whistle, those annoying slide whistles and the toy whistles that are annoying. Just make sure the kid can't swallow it, you might get sued if it gets stuck in the kid's throat.”

“Opie, what's a bumble ball??? I am ashamed to say I don't know.”

“A kazoo!!! The kid couldn't choke on it like a whistle, and it won't have the base effect to work it's way through the floor, and it would certainly drive momma nuts!!!!

Hey!!!... heyyyyy, I'm turning red and I have these poity things coming out of my forehead....”

“You obviously don't know who The Wiggles are either.


Evil I tell ya! Pure evil.



Do it! I dare ya!”

“it's a plastic ball that has 10-12 soft plastic multicolored NUBS all over it...it has a rotating engine on the insde..on an offset axis...the engine and batteries weight cause it to bounce erratically and whirr lightly...the kid can try to hold it still...only causing it to shake badly...it's like shaking a baby without doing all the hard work...it will skip and bounce across the floor WHIRRING...driving any parent batty...but the bounces aren't loud on the floor, and it does go far...so the kid will sit in a 10 foot radius...and squeel and p!$$ itself till the batteries die..i recommend lithiums!”

“Such a short memory, my kids had one. But I didn't find it irritating. It was the most fun toy they had..... so they tell me.

Okay now, who are the wiggles???? Either I don't know, or Alheimers is already setting in,”

“4 gay guys singing and groping each other, ...also a brightly dressed pirate called feathersword something and talks about being blown constantly...yea...it's f'd up..how do i know...we won't go into that”