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When you get agitated with the kids this is like absolute gold-dust to them. This is what they want.
Snowball Etiquette
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Doesn't sound like it has anythign to do with snow OP and the snow is just being used cos its there to harass you, when its not snowin etc do they still bother you?
At my uni house last year these scallies threw a brick through my window, tried nickin my housemates laptop and whenever we went out (in the snow) would chuck massive rocks of ice at us, 2 were really dainty girls as well and they almost targeted them. We phoned the police and that just made it worse, seriously the only thing to do is ignore it, its just entertainment for them and when they get bored they'll move on to the next poor bleeder that does what you should be allowed to do, which is go and shout at them to say the least.
Thing is though however many years ago, lads upto the age of 16 or whatever you could bollock them and drag them back to their dad who'd really do them in and they just wouldn't do it over 16. Now you say summat to them they'll jump on you and cave your face in.
At my uni house last year these scallies threw a brick through my window, tried nickin my housemates laptop and whenever we went out (in the snow) would chuck massive rocks of ice at us, 2 were really dainty girls as well and they almost targeted them. We phoned the police and that just made it worse, seriously the only thing to do is ignore it, its just entertainment for them and when they get bored they'll move on to the next poor bleeder that does what you should be allowed to do, which is go and shout at them to say the least.
Thing is though however many years ago, lads upto the age of 16 or whatever you could bollock them and drag them back to their dad who'd really do them in and they just wouldn't do it over 16. Now you say summat to them they'll jump on you and cave your face in.
I'm a teacher and it's been an interesting couple of years - last Feb and this week. Last year we closed for one day (it was much worse last year round here at least) and the kids were mental, though I escaped any pelting at least. I did have a cracking snowball fight outside of school near where I live with some of the kids and they were sensible enough to be careful if my then 3 year old was near me.
This year we had them in on Weds when it was at its worst (!) around here and they were more relaxed about it having experienced it last year in general - though ironically I was hit on the back on the way into school. My response - "you throw like a girl". Their response? A whole load more! It was all taken in jest, it was out of school and we had a bit of banter in school even though I didn't retaliate. I could have easily had them isolated for it but there'd be no mileage in it.
It's different however, when a group of ex-pupils pelted teacher's cars on the way out of school. Some felt very intimidated by it - especially as some covered their faces. We're in an awkward position where we feel it'd be more trouble than it's worth to just throw one back and maybe diffuse it with a bit of fun.
This year we had them in on Weds when it was at its worst (!) around here and they were more relaxed about it having experienced it last year in general - though ironically I was hit on the back on the way into school. My response - "you throw like a girl". Their response? A whole load more! It was all taken in jest, it was out of school and we had a bit of banter in school even though I didn't retaliate. I could have easily had them isolated for it but there'd be no mileage in it.
It's different however, when a group of ex-pupils pelted teacher's cars on the way out of school. Some felt very intimidated by it - especially as some covered their faces. We're in an awkward position where we feel it'd be more trouble than it's worth to just throw one back and maybe diffuse it with a bit of fun.
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Is moving house an option?
I know it's not something anyone should have to do in this situation, but when the law can't/won't help, maybe it would make your quality of life better. 3 years is a long time to put up with anti-social behaviour and moving sounds like a better option than jail time.
I know it's not something anyone should have to do in this situation, but when the law can't/won't help, maybe it would make your quality of life better. 3 years is a long time to put up with anti-social behaviour and moving sounds like a better option than jail time.
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You are French. Bloody foreigners!
I'm guessing your short but that ok, don't feel offended and I don't recall saying anything about it being scary, it's merely slightly more intimidating than the two 5ft kids he was having a go at! LOL!
I am a foreign pigmy that is true. I think you're being unfair to those that are vertically challenged, so very un-PC!
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Don't paint everyone with the same brush, snowball fights between freinds give a lot of innocent people a lot of fun.
A few chavvy scumbags ruin it, well go outside and run at them with a cricket bat.
A few chavvy scumbags ruin it, well go outside and run at them with a cricket bat.
I don't mind having snowballs thrown at me by strangers, as long as they do not throw it at any part of my head or at a moving car, oh and as long as it's not been packed so hard it's a ball of ice rather than a snowball.
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There are different ways of throwing snowballs.
It's possible to actually be in a snowball fight with friends and be out of order. I mean there's no way compacting snow so hard it turns to ice and then proceding to try and throw this iceball through the sound barrier straight into your friends mush could be seen as fun really??
It's also possible to make a very light snowball, throw it softly in an upwards arc in the general direction of even an uptight stranger and it be ok... all depends how you react when they turn around to see who threw it. If you're obviously in high spirits and doing it in jest then where's the harm??
It's possible to actually be in a snowball fight with friends and be out of order. I mean there's no way compacting snow so hard it turns to ice and then proceding to try and throw this iceball through the sound barrier straight into your friends mush could be seen as fun really??
It's also possible to make a very light snowball, throw it softly in an upwards arc in the general direction of even an uptight stranger and it be ok... all depends how you react when they turn around to see who threw it. If you're obviously in high spirits and doing it in jest then where's the harm??
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The last thing I'd want if i was on my way to work, would be a bombardment of snowballs covering me, causing me to spend the next few hours trying to thaw out my drenched clothes.
However, if someone can see that i am out for a walk, in normal clothes, maybe walking the dog, i wouldn't mind as much as long as it was a friendly one .
However, if someone can see that i am out for a walk, in normal clothes, maybe walking the dog, i wouldn't mind as much as long as it was a friendly one .
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Am I the only one who thinks that Simon Fanshawe is a ridiculously out of touch idiot?
While in the past, gentlemen may have responded to a snowball knocking their hats off with a comical shaking of the fist, that would have been the end of it.
Instead, today a response results in a ridiculous bombardment by socially retarded idiot children/teenagers who simply don't know when enough is enough.
"Etiquette changes depending on where you are and who you are with."
Oh...right, so it's fine to act like a thug as long as you are surrounded by thugs. I never thought of it like that.
Part of the reason I ask this is that, for the last two weeks, my wife (mainly, as I'm at work during the day/early evening), has had to put up with the local scrotes wailing snow/ice-balls at our windows, front door, and her own head repeatedly on a daily basis.
In fact, we spent our Christmas dinner to the magnificent soundtrack of snowballs threatening to implode our windows and the dog barking incessantly - despite me opening the door to have a word with said miscreants.
The police have been repeatedly informed but don't seem to give two hoots. I just wonder what'll happen if I decide to go out with some kevlar-lined biking gloves and knock seven shades of **** out of the little *******. Don't get me wrong, these aren't 10-year-olds we're talking about. It's just another episode in a more than 3-year long saga that's seeing my patience come to an end.
They don't listen to reason - "one's enough" I told them at Christmas -- of course, that's never enough, because it's not just fun, something that privileged idiots like Fanshawe have never had to endure.
I've been waiting for the opportunity to be out the front with the wife when they decide to throw one at her. You see, they never do it when I'm visible. I know that I could try to play nice, throw one back in jest, but that would just result in the expected bombardment/ton of snow dumped over the head by 10 cackling youths. They just don't understand where to draw the line.
I mean, in all honesty, to have the only strong memory you have of Christmas Day being youths throwing objects at your windows seems pretty ******* abnormal to me. Am I right?
I almost feel like I should put the kevlar gloves on, walk outside, and knock the utter living hell out of the first teenager I see simply so I can get put away, lose this terrible hell-hole of a house (not a bad thing to me), and have the time to write a book about the complete failure of the British judicial system in protecting decent people like ourselves from this kind of treatment. More than three years of this. It's really wearing on my mind.
Petrol through the leterbox and burn the house down or petrol bomb them to burn them out. Best done at 5am or so, as they will be home by that time, and none of the tards wake up early anyway, they'll lounge/loaf later in the day. Best to do 3 or 4 houses on one night, it'll get the bulk of them gone, and the raise your estate's non-chav factor dramatically in one easy process. Wheelybin up against the back door and set that alight first, so they can't escape that way before petrol thru the front door.
it is possible to make a rather icy snowball chavs have mastered the art but it takes some time you have to rub the snowball with your hands and melt the outside layer of snow then let it refreeze which is rather quick in these tempratures.
do this multiple times for about 30minutes and you have a fairly hard snowball that will sting if it hits you on bare skin
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Can I hire you?
Moving isn't an option financially at all, though to be quite honest I did consider simply refusing to pay the mortgage until the bank repossessed the place. As it stands, we're on a 4-year plan to get rid of debts, then save for moving so we've got at least another 5 years here.
To put it all in perspective, when it isn't snowing they throw stones instead. Our rear lean-to is covered with broken panes at the moment as we're waiting for contractors to fix them. We've had three actual house windows broken or cracked over 3 years, and countless eggs thrown. They aren't looking for a bit of fun with "the man from the house".
My wife is constantly subjected to taunts and jibes from them. A few nights ago she was pelted with an ice ball while getting the car out. They hit her on the chest so she jokingly said "That could be sexual harassment, you know."
They were a little taken aback at that, but exclaimed "No, we didn't mean that, we were aiming for your head!".
After putting up with all sorts of **** for so long, I just feel like I'm going to explode.
What REALLY mugs me off is when im driving through town minding my own business completely unaware that the next second im gonna receive a deafening thud to my window next to my ear which nearly makes me crash as a snowball cracks against the glass.
Snow balls and cars = not good. Seriously can catch you unawares as you either think youve hit something and brake suddenly(which in the snow will cause you to probably skid into something) or swerve just because you were so suddenly shocked.
Im no old man myself, 22 just out of uni, like getting drunk and going out just like the next man, but snow balls and cars is just god dam dangerous!
Snow balls and cars = not good. Seriously can catch you unawares as you either think youve hit something and brake suddenly(which in the snow will cause you to probably skid into something) or swerve just because you were so suddenly shocked.
Im no old man myself, 22 just out of uni, like getting drunk and going out just like the next man, but snow balls and cars is just god dam dangerous!
Some people are just out to ruin the fun for others...
Last feb there was about 50 of us hurling snowballs at each other, having lots of fun. Someone decided it would be a good idea to let a firework off with everyone in close proximity, luckily it got stuck in the snow and no one was hurt.
Last feb there was about 50 of us hurling snowballs at each other, having lots of fun. Someone decided it would be a good idea to let a firework off with everyone in close proximity, luckily it got stuck in the snow and no one was hurt.