How do you prevent someone from taking your yard signs?

[usregimechange]

Someone keeps taking my stem cell amendment sign in this, the red-est county in Missouri.

[tblue]

1. Post a sign that says 'THIS PROPERTY UNDER VIDEO SURVEILLANCE'

They are born chickens. They won't bother you anymore.

[Zybelline]

5. show picture of huge dogs peeing on the signs eeeew

[Epiphany4z]

2. move your

pet pit bulls leash over by it???...lol I put mine as close to my house as I can and still have them seen..or in a window.

[williesgirl]

3. Others coating back of sign with vaseline, grease, oil etc

[tblue]

24. Or just spray some PAM on it

[texasleo]

4. Keep an NRA sign nearby

[misternormal]

6. Add a sign... "Video surveillance by Diebold"... n/t

[Raine]

7. Take a hot pepper

and run it around the edges of the sign and on the stick, they'll learn real fast about taking signs. Be sure and wear gloves to do this.

[keepCAblue]

11. But god forbid...

If some school kids walking by your yard should chance to touch your yard sign...

Could be a lawsuit just waiting to happen. Remember, you are financially responsible for any injuries incurred by people who come upon your property. A surveillance camera would be a safer route with zero chance of risking getting sued.

[Raine]

27. Good thought

guess it's not such a great idea after all. :blush:

[williesgirl]

8. My daughter's sign - My Pit Bull Has AIDS - next to her Webb sign

[liberal N proud]

9. Shotgun works

:sarcasm:

[Homer Wells]

10. Coat the sign with Cayenne Pepper or pepper sauce

This can cause some interesting sensations, especially if they rub their faces or perhaps make a trip to the rest room. Should make a believer out of the thief post-haste.

:popcorn:

[silverweb]

12. (1) Sit up all night with a peashooter handy.

(2) Sit up all night with a spotlight, megaphone, siren, and camera handy.

(3) Install motion-detector lights, siren, and camera.

(4) Electrify the sign enough to give a good jolt to anyone who touches it.

(4) Employ any of the excellent suggestions given by others in this thread. (I'm especially fond of the hot pepper one.)

Good luck!

[havocmom]

Go to a farm & ranch supply store, get an electric hot fence charger

and some wire. Put the charger in your back yard and run wires to and around the edges of signs and sticks they are on. They howling of the vandals with alert you to trouble. DO get a couple of those bright yellow 'warning! Electric fence' signs at the supply store. Don't want to be accused of not waring the trespassing thieves they were gonna get a shock
:evilgrin:

[bbinacan]

14. That's what I'm

talking about. I had the same idea.

[ornotna]

13. Put hot pepper extract on the sign

They might get the next one, but I bet they won't come back again.

http://www.hotsauceworld.com/1milscovpepe.html

[Eric J in MN]

15. Booby traps are illegal.

But you could buy a camera surveillence system.

[lonestarnot]

23. Not if no one gets hurt. Spray paint on clothes isn't going to hurt anyone.

Tee hee. Besides they had to trespass to steal the sign and the theft is a misdemeanor crime.

[Generic Brad]

34. There goes my bear trap suggestion. n/t

[The Straight Story]

16. Put this sign next to it: "thou shall not steal"

And see what happens...

[Epiphany4z]

18. lol that will

draw republicans to it

[MichiganVote]

17. skunk scent or deer piss

[lonestarnot]

19. Boobie trap it for the boobs with a prosecution warning attached,

and make sure you paint a small part of it with an unusual color as it is a misdemeanor crime for theft of political signs.

[cboy4]

20. Just call up Rush Limbaugh and tell him to stay the hell off of your

property.

And then check his trunk. :eyes:

[karlrschneider]

21. Buy a gun.

I'm "deadly" serious.

[Jcrowley]

22. Hook 'em up

to electric charge. That's easy. The signs I mean.

:evilgrin:

[kerry-is-my-prez]

25. Put a sign saying "Warning: High Voltage" next to them.

Don't really have any voltage attached to it - you could get sued up the wazoo. If they think it's only coated with pepper spray or something - they can use gloves.

[bigwillq]

26. I've never had any problems

with my yard signs. No one has stolen them or damaged them.

I live in a very blue part of CT! :bounce:

[undergroundpanther]

28. Get a skin irritant

Spray it with it. Like Capcasin pepper spray or lemon juice,. Let the fucker obliviously rub an eyeball after they grab your sign...Bwahahaha..

Heh thinking of that.. Ancient egyptians used to cover certain sacred valuable object with anthrax, to heep people from messing with the sacred things..Republicans need to remember not to take what isn't THIERS...

[RB TexLa]

29. broken glass around it works well

just make sure it's large enough pieces to go through a shoe.

[nicknameless]

30. Here's a link to a great DU thread with several suggestions:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2858121

:)

[Justice Is Comin]

31. Psy ops.

On the back of the sign write:

Smile ! I have waited to catch you. I have just videotaped you with my camcorder and the film is being turned over to the police.

[silverweb]

33. LMAO!

I love your idea! Would love to see the looks on the thieves' faces as they read it.

[Berserker]

32. Put them

on the inside of your windows like I do. People will notice them.

[Atman]

35. Connect them to your dog's invisible fence.

ZAP!