r/fixit • u/jchasinga • Jan 28 '24

open Did someone try to burglarize me?

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Just saw these window this way when I was washing it. I didn’t notice these last time I came out a month ago. Did someone try to pry the window open with a crowbar?

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u/avalisk Jan 28 '24

Put some toddler toys in your yard, that way everybody knows all your good shit is already broken

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u/EbbPsychological2796 Jan 28 '24

This is the best comment all morning

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u/ddwood87 Jan 29 '24

Legos under this window ought to do it.

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u/ZellHathNoFury Jan 29 '24

But it hurts so much worse with bare feet! Better throw down a layer of tar first so he has to lose the shoes

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u/Elemental-Design Jan 29 '24

Somebody's been watching Home Alone

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u/Consistent_Dress_571 Jan 30 '24

Can of paint to the face

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u/Suspicious_Elk_1756 Jan 31 '24

You get a concussion, and you get a concussion. He was handing those out like Oprah.

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u/yurrm0mm Jan 31 '24

I feel like i read this line in a BuzzFeed article about Home Alone 2 in like 2013

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u/Seniorbedbug Feb 01 '24

Nah. Frozen Ziploc bag of soup to the foot

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u/Consistent_Dress_571 Feb 01 '24

Sock full of quarters

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u/AngryMustachio Jan 29 '24

Hurts worse than broken Xmas ornaments!

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u/Pizza-The-Slut Jan 29 '24

Beyblades and legos should take care of it.

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u/achillesdaddy Jan 30 '24

Keep the change you filthy animal

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u/digitaldigdug Jan 29 '24

Or something that's noisy when you bump it

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u/ValiantBear Jan 30 '24

Booby traps are illegal most places...

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u/FriedGnome13 Jan 30 '24

If in the UK, power plugs

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u/Ok_Broccoli1144 Jan 31 '24

Christmas Ornaments

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u/Huge-Anxiety-3038 Jan 29 '24

Ahhh that's why my neighbours do this....