I've been fig-jacked!!!!

[GOPisEvil]

I went out to check on the progress of my first fig, and it's GONE!!! :cry: Who would steal a FIG?!?!? :cry::cry::cry:

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. Now there's a double entendre if I ever did see one

in fact..it's a TRIPLE entendre

:wow:

[miss_kitty]

2. vermin

a rat, raccon or a possum?

Sorry. :cry:

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. could an animal

have run through the yard and knocked it down? I'm so sorry you had to lose it. Hope you have others ripening.

[GOPisEvil]

5. That was the lone fig.

:( Oh well, it's just a baby fig tree, there will be more, but there will never be a first fig again. x(

[CatWoman]

4. I've got it,

and if you want it back, fork over 50 bucks!!!

:hi:

[GOPisEvil]

6. FIG FIEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:hi:

[Maddy McCall]

7. I did it.

I love figs. ;-)

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

8. I FOUND IT!!!! (I think he only meant to steal the leaf!)

[GOPisEvil]

10. Hahahaha!!!

I have plenty of leaves, dammit, but only one fig.

Oh well, I also have castor bean plants, so if I ever find out who it was, I'll spray 'em with homemade ricin! :P

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

11. I think if you lift the leaf, you'll find the fig

[GOPisEvil]

13. Where's sundog when I need him?

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

17. Over in progmom's thread

maybe we should cross post :shrug:

[GOPisEvil]

18. Of course I'd probably just end up with two naked men in the back yard.

I probably couldn't even blackmail sundog with the pictures.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

21. prolly not ;)

[LaurenG]

9. Oh NOOO

A squirrel or a racoon or a bird or... your neighbor? Can you grow another? I feel your pain, I can barely grow grass, ...Moles...

[GOPisEvil]

12. The tree itself is doing well.

It's only been planted since October. There will be more figs, but this was my first. :(

[LaurenG]

23. That is sad, I hope the rest are delicious. nt

[nytemare]

14. Did they take a leaf as well?

Those jerks!

on edit: see this is what happens when you don't read other posts in the thread.

[GOPisEvil]

16. I hope whatever vermin took it is eating well.

It was ripening nicely, too. Sigh...maybe I should have picked it. :shrug:

[tridim]

15. Probably a bird or squirrel

I made the mistake of telling a few neighbors they could take some of my strawberries. I hardly have any for myself now. :(

[Kali]

19. You did look on the ground right?

I feel your pain! my fig is in its third year - I got about 20 so far and about 10 more are almost ready!

[GOPisEvil]

20. I think it probably fell on its own, and an animal made off with it.

The tree is only 3-4 feet tall, so the fruit is pretty easy to grab for any animal.

[JimmyJazz]

22. I hear there's been a rash of fig-jackings in your area. What a shame!

There are no safe neighborhoods any more :(

[GOPisEvil]

32. No copies of "On The Road" at 1/2 price books.

:(

[Obamarama]

24. I heard it might be that Newton guy...

[In_The_Wind]

25. perhaps

it was a bunny got any fuzzy bunnies hoppin round your place

[greatauntoftriplets]

26. I had a cornstalk growing in the alley behind my garage last year...

I didn't plant it, think it was the result of a bird drop. But I watched it grow to about 5 feet tall and starting to develop a single ear of corn.

One day I went out with the garbage and someone had driven over the plant and pulverized it. In your case, I suspect some kind of critter.

So that's how figs grow. I never knew.

[matcom]

27. its YOUR FAULT!

silly Texans growing testicles out in the open :eyes:

[GOPisEvil]

31. If Mrs.Matcom "forgets" to give yours back, call me.

You won't be so quick to mock then. :P

[matcom]

33. she gave me an I.O.U.

x(

[Darth_Kitten]

28. bastards.

:mad:

So sorry, friend. :hug:

that's low. very low. :(

[sakabatou]

29. Those damned squirlles always steal our figs!

[SOteric]

30. Damn. Squirrels, I'll bet.

It's enough to hack a person off.

[GOPisEvil]

34. Rats with bushy tails!

:mad:

[Generic Other]

35. I heard Crazy Larry was out fig hunting

I have a tree like that in my sid eyard. I kwwp trying to wack it down. Are the figs really worth eating? I kind of envisioned FIG NEWTON clusters on my tree, and since that did not sound at all tempting...SNIP SNIP....

But I did NOT molest yours. Honest.

[maveric]

36. I had a Fig tree in my yard in East San Diego.

And street traffic would routinely jump my 4 ft fence to take figs. When I would confront them they acted all insulted saying "I only wanted some figs for my kids". Well ask me next time!
I put up a sign stating that stealing figs on private property is against the law. Ask first. I made the sign in english, spanish and vietnamese.
Sometimes at night I would have to rush outside and chase off fig stealers. Then I got the dog!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

37. That was a smart move!

Hopefully, he doesn't like figs!

:pals: