Malicious Compliance @lemmy.world pdxfed @lemmy.world 7mo ago

Man gets boat painted on fence meant to hide boat.

www.nbcnews.com Man gets realistic picture of his boat painted on fence intended to hide it

Etienne Constable was told to build a 6-foot fence to hide the boat from view of his neighbors — but he got an image of the boat painted onto the fence.

Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm' @real.lemmy.fan jordanlund @lemmy.world 7mo ago

Man gets realistic picture of his boat painted on fence intended to hide it

www.nbcnews.com /news/us-news/man-gets-realistic-picture-boat-painted-fence-designed-hide-rcna151928

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For Christ sake, I'd go nuts if I had to see a discreetly parked boat everyday when I drive by on my way to work.
Good thing the ~~homeowner association~~ town had some common sense here. /S

all boats are discretely parked otherwise.
- Interestingly this one was actually a town ordinance, not an HOA rule!
  
  Corrected, and that makes it even more crazy IMO.
- ... if I had to see a discretely parked boat...
  
  fyi: discreetly parked.
  
  all boats are discretely parked otherwise.
  
  I dunno, you "park" with enough velocity and you could definitely describe the location of the boat as a distribution.
  
  EDIT: When I wrote this comment I tried to imagine how one would do this. Perhaps against a rocky shore, or falling off a trailer on the highway? But then these guys came into my recommendation feed and said, "nah, like this": https://youtu.be/zlFH3aC7Z_c?t=741
- Etienne Constable, from Seaside, California, was told in July last year by local government officials that he had to build a 6-foot fence to hide the boat from view of his neighbors.
  
  Good thing the ~~homeowner association~~ local government had some common sense here. /S
  
  FTFY
  
  A town called "Seaside" wants boats out of sight, amazing.
  
  Yes I did actually read that, but it's so crazy I thought it was a typo, anyways I corrected it.
- all boats are discreetly parked otherwise
  
  Like what I see going between towns and there's just a random boat left in a field or on the side of the road sometimes? No trailer, just the boat?
  
  You are misquoting and responding to the wrong post.
- everyday
  
  'every day', here.
I would have liked to find out why this ordinance exists. It makes no sense to me.
- Retired neighbors with nothing better to do.
  
  The neighbors complained because they have nothing better to do, but why was the ordinance created in the first place?
- So the neighborhood doesn't look like a getto full of people too poor to keep their boats in the marina like decent fokes.
  
  Theres a newish neighbourhood near me with a high percentage of reasonably cashed up retired people... nice houses with 2 car garages on small blocks. Every other house has a caravan or a boat and they almost all park them on the street.
  
  Some of the streets have been effectively reduced to one lane in both directions, sure its legal but its a giant pain in the balls to get around.
- Probably local storage company owner lobbying. Ick.
- "To keep crime down" or something
  
  Damn boat thieves!
He's so proud of himself
- And he should be. Fighting dumb laws with logic is great.
  
  Fighting dumb laws by creatively observing them. Is brilliant.
That is a fantastic painting! The artist nailed it.
Land of the free!
- Home of the cheeky
  
  Den of the thicc.
C'est ne pas un boat.

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