Neighbors

by Bonachichi

I have a neighbor whom I've been slowly driving insane. His name is Lindy, and he's somewhere in his 70's. I think it started with the flamingos. Pink, yard-trash flamingos. Whilst he and his wife were on vacation, I bought these relics at a yard sale then installed them on his front lawn. Lindy is a staunch democrat, so I figured it would be fitting to add a "McCain/Palin" campaign poster, which I borrowed in the middle of the night from some street corner. I never did tell him it was me who did it.

Then we were talking about rats. Lindy hates his neighbor on the other side because he says they have rats.  A couple days later, I was up when the Sunday paper was delivered. It comes in little plastic bags. I'd found a golf ball the day before, which I thought was surely a sign. I put the golf ball in the bag with the paper and waited to see what happened. Lindy came out in his robe and slippers to get his paper. Apparently eager for news, he dumped it up-side-down and the golf ball came out, bouncing round his feet. He must have still had rats in mind, because he screamed and started dancing right there on the driveway. I never did tell him it was me who did it.

Lindy and his wife came home from an RV trip a couple weeks ago. I'd found one of those red flags that landscapers use to mark water lines and I put it in his front lawn. Just the one lonely flag. The next day, who do I see but Lindy. First, he went to the neighbor across the street. The two of them went over to look at the flag. Then Lindy got another neighbor from two doors down. The three of them were standing around the flag with puzzled expressions. I never did tell him it was me who did it.

The girls next door are the only ones who know. I didn't tell them, they figured it out. They tell me Lindy knows there's a joker in the neighborhood, but not who it is. They also tell me that once Lindy figures out he's been pranked, he gets a laugh. Do any of you prank your neighbors? Do they prank you?