A Jester that's not funny?

**Edwina's Secretary** · 10-21-2008, 04:30 PM

Just imagine what might have happened to her if she had taken down a political sign??????

**lvpets2002** · 10-21-2008, 04:34 PM

Originally Posted by Edwina's Secretary

Just imagine what might have happened to her if she had taken down a political sign??????

No Joke.. I would say she has told those kids not to have their footballs in her garden.. They prob was not listening & so she is teaching them a lesson.. Now I can not think of the sight of a 89 yr old women being arrested.. Whats this world coming too??

**lizbud** · 10-21-2008, 04:59 PM

Originally Posted by Edwina's Secretary

Just imagine what might have happened to her if she had taken down a political sign??????

LOL

I watched a filmed interview with the old lady & the boy & mom of the
kid who owned the ball. I just think they didn't care how much it bothered
this old woman to have to go outside & return the ball. (over & over)

She seems to be just a sweet old lady who had had enough.

The parents should have told the kids to play elsewhere if they couldn't
keep the ball out of her yard.

**blue** · 10-21-2008, 08:14 PM

Originally Posted by Edwina's Secretary

Just imagine what might have happened to her if she had taken down a political sign??????

From her own yard? One somebody else put there, or was she forced to put one up?

**sparks19** · 10-21-2008, 08:22 PM

yeah I love how the mother says "she has taken balls from my kids before" Sorry... having a ball kicked into her yard over and over and her refusing to return them is not TAKING a ball from your kids. maybe you should teach your kids to KNOCK IT OFF.

I know accidents happen. I have certainly accidently hit a ball over my neighbors fence during my childhood... but I had to go to the door and politely ask if I may retrieve my ball and if they said no it would be tough tooty for me (not that any of my neighbors said no but still... my mom would have said "Oh well... should have been more careful")

**DJFyrewolf36** · 10-22-2008, 06:00 PM

Indeed. I could understand the parents being upset if the kid had only lost that one ball over the fence and the old lady was just being mean but from the sounds of it the kids had been pestering her garden for quite a while.
Buy another ball and go play somplace else I say. Besides what is a kid who is old enough to have a job doing playing around another persons yard anyway?

**lizbud** · 10-23-2008, 01:13 PM

They finally dropped the charges on this lady. It shouldn't have even
come to that if police had used good judgement in the first place.IMO.

Anyhoo, seems she's become a hero of sorts.

http://www.wlwt.com/cnn-news/17782609/detail.html