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MAGICBULLET Donating Member (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 04:19 PM
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someone keeps stealing my doormat !
This is the THIRD one stolen! yo - every other apt. on my floor still has their doormat. What should I do ?
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 04:20 PM
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1. set a triggering device to set off a 12 gauge shotgun
whenever someone pulls the mat.
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MAGICBULLET Donating Member (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 04:27 PM
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2. hmmm, too bloody
I admit - for a minute I thought of starting a doormat war with my neighbors and stealing theirs, but I can't do it.
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mark414 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 04:28 PM
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3. it's probably those meddling kids
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MAGICBULLET Donating Member (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 04:31 PM
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5. there aren't even kids there!
if only I could catch them in the act :grr: :spank:
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 04:29 PM
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4. Glue it to the floor
Or put some of that fake dog shit on it.
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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 04:32 PM
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6. A communiqué
from the Doormat Liberation Front:

The DLF is proud to announce the liberation of another doormat. It has been released into its natural habitat, where it can die young and decay like nature intends.

This is to serve notice on all who would enslave matted straw pads for their own pleasure: You are not safe. Your doormats, your showermats - ALL your mat-like things - will one day be free. Gaia bless.

-DLF
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 04:33 PM
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7. Someone once left a six-pack of beer on my doormat.
'Twas a glorious day.
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Poll_Blind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 04:34 PM
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8. String, sleighbells (or other bell or whatever). Instructions:
1. Tie string (thicker string) to underside of doormat, not to the edge
2. Attack string to bell
3. Close door, with string running under door. Usually there's enough room for someting like string to move freely

  Person pulls on doormat, doormat is attached to string, string pulls bell or anything else you've got set and it should let you know when the person's taking it.

  It's likely they pick it up and walk away with it very quickly so as not to be seen. This should provide enough of a quick jerk to activate whatever warning device you have.

P.S. If you come out one morning and the mat is gone AND the string is cut: Move away immediately. Your antagonist is likely ex-special forces. :o

PB
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texas1928 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 04:36 PM
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9. Get this doormat and you will not have any problems.
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 04:39 PM
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10. I like that
My best friend has one that says "Go Away." I like that one, too.
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MAGICBULLET Donating Member (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 04:40 PM
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11. that would be stolen immediately
maybe I can do the tie-a-bell-to-a-string experiment with that one and set an aluminum bat next to the door.
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