yard sign theft

[enigami]

I was shocked this morning to find that my yard signs were stolen overnight. This has never happened to me before. Any suggestions, short of booby trapping the signs?

[Lefta Dissenter]

1. so far,

mine haven't been stolen since I smeared the edges with Crisco laced with cayenne! :D

[bluestateguy]

2. If you have the time, do a stakeout

Put the sign back up. You and a fellow resident, friend or neighbor could do a stake out and catch the bastard in the act. Then it's SHOWTIME!

[enigami]

6. I have a ball bat

I have a ball bat, I wish I had the time for a stakeout. I like the idea of the Crisco and Cayenne. My guy that mows my yard would have to be warned though, he always moves them then replaces them. I actually was thinking of getting some Pop Flares and stringing them to the signs

[enigami]

10. Chiefs SUCK!!!!!

OMG First the Royals now the Chiefs. They managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory yet again UUUUgh

[benddem]

3. It appears to be a national problem

n/t

[neomonkey]

4. No offense

but I'm kinda over these sign thefts, maybe it's time for a sticky.

[Divernan]

5. I bring mine in at dusk.

Scum sucking sign stealers - have forgotton that basic American
constitutional right to freedom of expression.

[jhain]

8. my flag, too

when they took my sign a few days ago- they also stole my American flag.

As if I have no right to fly one.

LOTS more signs and a HUGE flag out there now!

[janx]

11. They stole your flag too?!

Good grief!

I'm putting a Kerry yard sign in our yard today. Maybe I'll put the flag out too.

[madinmaryland]

7. Just put out a simple hand-written sign that says

"In 2000 they stole the election.
Now they have stolen my Kerry/Edwards sign"
:evilgrin:

[sbj405]

9. Yep, like this one

[sbj405]

20. fixed link

[TexasSissy]

12. Some are smearing them with stuff (Crisco w/hot pepper, etc.)

But if I were you, I wouldn't use anything like glue that might catch an animal like a squirrel or bird. That would be awful.

I am going to put a Repub sign in my yard, near (but not too near) my Dem. signs, to sort of throw them off. It's a sign for a family law judge that doesn't have a Dem. running against him, so it's not an important race, that one.

My neighbor just replaced his. He had a backup. I did that a couple of years ago. I found that they often don't hit the same place twice.

[johnfunk]

13. Two words: LAND MINES

Protects your signs, AND sends a message to your neighbors and FReepers that you support the Second Amendment.

[OutsourceBush]

14. Apply Petroleum Jelly LIBERALLY to the sign

This way, you actually want them to try to steal it. :-)

[caledesi]

15. Someone flattened my tire last night...yeah, I have a Kerry-Edwards

bumper sticker. This just makes me sick.

Hey, I have been tempted to take the Bush-Cheney yard signs, but I always think about the lst Amendment - freedom of speech.

[telex54]

16. This has been happening in my area...

Even reported in our local newspaper. My brother told me that some girls at his school have been going around stealing Kerry/Edwards signs and that they have a ton of them in their basement.

[eauclaireliberal]

17. RE: "yard sign theft"

Winchester Model 70 classic.

[proud patriot]

18. same thing happened to me yesterday

this is what I did

I used my son's big chalk board to write
"a republican stole this sign" I put it
on my son's easel where my sign used to be .
on the other side of the easel I made a cardboard
sign which reads "Thou Shalt not STEAL"

LOL I honestly think it is very telling about
how scared they are to be stealing signs :crazy:

[Vickers]

19. Super-Soaker water gun filled with vinegar

:)

[LifeDuringWartime]

21. somebody i know

has stolen over a dozen bush signs locally, and replaced them with big silver X's spraypainted across them. got the local repub paper in a fuss.

i showed him the freeway blogger website, and seems more enthusiastic about that.

[immoderate]

22. Video camcorder?

That would settle it. Especially in court.

--IMM