Sorry to tease, I'm talking about the fence around my house actually. Our neighbors built one a couple of weeks ago, and we're following suit with our own. Why are we doing this? Krauthammer knows.
Fences work. That's why people have them around their houses--not because homeowners are unwelcoming, but because they insist that those who wish to come into their domain knock at the front door.
Yeah, Charles gets it alright. My husband and I didn't say to each other "Hey, you know what? Let's put up a fence to keep those pesky neighbors from ever visiting us. Let's make sure they feel so unwelcome we never see or hear from them again! While we're at it, let's make sure the UPS, FedEx and USPS drivers run from our home crying like little girls from the sheer intimidation factor of our mighty barricade! Yeah, COOL!"
No, we decided to put one up because--frankly--we were sick and tired of the guy who lets his dog piss on our bushes, and we weren't too fond of the people who speed down our street like they're on their way to a fire despite the 25mph signs. We have small children, we're not interested in one or both of them becoming "accident" statistics.
Somehow we didn't figure a drone with a camera in it would solve these problems for our little plot of territory, which is why it's so hard for me to understand those Senators who think it will work for the whole country. If it takes a physical barrier to stop one dog from peeing on my plants, what do you think it's gonna take to stop millions of people from doing the same to our way of life?
Posted by insomnomaniac at June 16, 2007 2:06 AM | TrackBack