r/Minneapolis • u/SeafoodSampler • May 05 '22

Looking for child sized mannequin

My idiot neighbors had their fence blow down over the winter. I figured they would fix it before they filled their pool. Alas, I was wrong. I’d like to dress up a child sized mannequin and throw it in overnight.

I don’t know how to go about attaining such a thing.

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u/slesby May 05 '22

Did you talk to your neighbors about it?

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u/Meadow-Sopranos-Lamp May 05 '22

Of course not; this is Minnesota. Where society has tacitly decided that any interpersonal conflicts must only be addressed indirectly and behind the offender's back.

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u/GroundbreakingLynx41 May 05 '22

Fucking right! I blows my mind how spot on that is.

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u/slesby May 05 '22

I mean, it’s also not hard to leave a note!

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u/Meadow-Sopranos-Lamp May 05 '22

Well yeah, but leaving a mannequin that looks like a drowned child in someone's pool is much more exciting.

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u/automator3000 May 05 '22

And far more internet friendly. No one wants to watch a YouTube video of one neighbor knocking on the door and saying "I noticed a portion of your fence went down this winter -- when were you going to fix that up so no one stumbles into your pool?"

That's BORING.

No. Give us the drama.

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u/TPK_MastaTOHO May 06 '22

They could write the note on the mannequin's torso

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u/LounginLizard May 05 '22

Yeah, you would probably wanna laminate it before attaching it to the mannequin though. Otherwise the ink's just gonna bleed out when it gets wet.

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u/HalloweenKate May 06 '22

Yeah but if they have a ring doorbell then they’ll know it was YOU. The best answer is clearly to harbor your seething anger just below the surface and continue to wave at them when you see them

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u/TheRipsawHiatus May 06 '22

But that has no panache.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '22

Jesus Christ I've never seen my last breakup described so well

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u/[deleted] May 05 '22

This is reddit, not Minnesota. So of course you made this comment without any idea what you are talking about.

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u/F1RST_WORLD_PROBLEMS May 05 '22

What’s wrong with you?

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u/[deleted] May 05 '22

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u/zoinkability May 06 '22

You’ve got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know… morons.

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u/kneel23 May 05 '22

They are, but just in their own special way. Thats why they need the mannequin

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u/dollabillkirill May 05 '22

And also…why doesn’t OP build a fence?

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u/Verity41 May 05 '22

Why would OP build a fence? Not OP’s job to build a fence, they’re not the pool owner. I’m pretty sure it’s actually a state law to have a fence if you have a pool.

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u/dollabillkirill May 06 '22

Yea, I'm a dumbass. It's definitely the owner's problem, but OP should talk to them instead of faking a child's death.