Pinellas County in Florida sent an "environmental specialist" to tell this guy to keep his BBQ smoke on his property...
I have one thing to say to my warm weather friends in the south: "Pull my finger!" :biggrin:
The saddest part about this video is that someone down the road from this guy actually called to complain about the smell of BBQ smoke entering their property. Another thing I'd like to point out is that the poor guy that had to come out to enforce this stupid rule was very professional about the whole thing.
That's just crazy.
In my backyard, there are way too many different smells, they wouldn't know which one to complain about. "Officer, it smells like a drunk skunk smoking a cigar while grilling a beaver steak over there" :biggrin:
I keep thinking that we can't get any more ridiculous than we already are..... then more bureaucrats come along and prove me wrong.
so all the restaurants keep the smell in too? that is some stupid a$$ sh!t right there....
If I were that guy, I'd round up my neighbors, and have a block party...with all the grills going! :biggrin:
Quotenirab - 7/28/2015 8:17 AM
If I were that guy, I'd round up my neighbors, and have a block party...with all the grills going! :biggrin:
And grab all the fans and point them at the a-hole neighbor.
And in Southern California the neighbors complained about the smell of the Sriracha plant. And in the San Francisco area neighbors complained about the smell of bacon (bacon!) coming from a restaurant.
It won't stop until everyone is happy that everyone else is living the way that other people think they should live. Not freedom. We all have to dictate to everyone else what they should eat, what they should drive, what they should think . . . .
Yep this is no surprise to me. I live in pasco county right next door to pinellas. Its the same crap. Home to some of the worlds most ignorant people.
I would fire up as many barrel smokers as I could afford.....ridiculous
Just stupid!.
I think it's time for a neighborhood wide bbq yall! :cigarman:
Quotesar127 - 7/28/2015 1:20 PM I think it's time for a neighborhood wide bbq yall! :cigarman:
Heck, I am thinking a national rib cook off!
Whats the world coming to :crazy:
Stories like this just enforce my plans for moving to a deserted island....society is just a place where good plans go to die.
Their neighbor is an a$$hole.
Time to host a whole hog cook-off.
That complaining neighbor wouldn't like me...
I feel sorry for the bureaucrat, actually. You know he knows this is nuts.
Furthermore, if I were the guys that were complained about, I'd spend a little time researching the various "deed restrictions" on the complainer's property. Even if you don't live in a hi-fallutin' gated community, I'm sure there are plenty that apply to her property. Here in Duval County, any complaints to the City about code violations are anonymous. And you'd be surprised what a few pounds of epsom salt will do to a well-manicured lawn when judiciously and covertly applied. Properly distributed using a small plastic grocery bag with a corner cut out like a make-shift pastry bag, you can even write a message on the lawn. Not that I would know anything about such things... :-0 :shades:
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Dumbest thing I have ever seen and I love the smell of a BBQ nothing beats it except the stink of my neighbor smoking pot thats when cigars come out. :-0 How does a person complain about BBQ's don't get it. So its like if you fart how do you keep that in your backyard! :biggrin:
Sometimes neighbors are just @$$holes. Way back living on base my neighbor shoveled his snow into my parking spot, I had a Jeep with big tires but still. So I shoveled all that s**t right back into his spot while he was at work, then sprinkled it with the hose so I would freeze up. Didn't take long in AK, boy was he pissy when he got home :biggrin:
What a crock of S#!t, smoke can't leave youre property.
I guess that all restaurants with exhaust fans are in violation. It's more than smoke that got the neighbors panties in a bunch.
I just heard today that the same thing is going on in Austin texas. The neighbors are trying to make the restaurants keep their smoke on their property. It may come to where they have to buy the surrounding land or put in very expensive giant smoke eaters to stay in business. Its sad.
Society has become second hand smoke conscious. Now it has transcended to cooked foods. Next, if someone has an older car with an exhaust system that can be seen or smelled, some official somebody will be knocking at their door. If you go to a state fair, or the ocean boardwalk, or some similar setting, food vendors depend on their exhaust fans to draw you in as a customer. Eventually, someone will make a case that they have a right to be there and not be exposed to all of those delicious aromas.
The downward spiral continues...........
That is the dumbest thing I've heard today. If I had a neighbor complaining like that, Id do the ol shyte in a bag and light it on his steps. Probably wont complain about the smell of a few burgers cooking anymore.
It would be funny if the callers home happened to get some of those new special super stink bombs applied to it and all the neighbors called and complained about them not keeping the smell to themselves.
Something like this https://www.selfdefenseproducts.com/product/special-ingredients-nasal-nausea
Quotebigjohn20081983 - 7/29/2015 11:54 AM
It would be funny if the callers home happened to get some of those new special super stink bombs applied to it and all the neighbors called and complained about them not keeping the smell to themselves.
Something like this https://www.selfdefenseproducts.com/product/special-ingredients-nasal-nausea
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One of my coworkers developed a product called Cock-Block. It was a spray that basically smelled like shyt. Don't know if it is still available. A bottle of that stuff would work well in this situation.
QuoteJackal - 7/29/2015 5:19 PM Quotebigjohn20081983 - 7/29/2015 11:54 AM It would be funny if the callers home happened to get some of those new special super stink bombs applied to it and all the neighbors called and complained about them not keeping the smell to themselves. Something like this https://www.selfdefenseproducts.com/product/special-ingredients-nasal-nausea
One of my coworkers developed a product called Cock-Block. It was a spray that basically smelled like shyt. Don't know if it is still available. A bottle of that stuff would work well in this situation.[/QUOTE]
Never heard of that one I will have to look it up. I have heard of one called liquid arse could that be it marketed under a different name?
QuoteDonM - 7/28/2015 7:09 PM
Sometimes neighbors are just @$$holes. Way back living on base my neighbor shoveled his snow into my parking spot, I had a Jeep with big tires but still. So I shoveled all that s**t right back into his spot while he was at work, then sprinkled it with the hose so I would freeze up. Didn't take long in AK, boy was he pissy when he got home :biggrin:
Although this law is clearly stupid, what you say here makes me wonder if maybe these BBQing innocents where deserving of retaliation? Maybe they did something to this lady to make her want to get them back. I just cant see a person calling the cops on a BBQ. There must be more here.
Quotedanb6177 - 7/29/2015 5:29 PM
QuoteDonM - 7/28/2015 7:09 PM
Sometimes neighbors are just @$$holes. Way back living on base my neighbor shoveled his snow into my parking spot, I had a Jeep with big tires but still. So I shoveled all that s**t right back into his spot while he was at work, then sprinkled it with the hose so I would freeze up. Didn't take long in AK, boy was he pissy when he got home :biggrin:
Although this law is clearly stupid, what you say here makes me wonder if maybe these BBQing innocents where deserving of retaliation? Maybe they did something to this lady to make her want to get them back. I just cant see a person calling the cops on a BBQ. There must be more here.
She's a turd. :moon: