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Man gets boat painted on fence meant to hide boat. (www.nbcnews.com)

submitted 7 months ago by pdxfed to c/maliciouscompliance

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[–] Buffalox 147 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (5 children)

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.

[–] jqubed 64 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Interestingly this one was actually a town ordinance, not an HOA rule!

[–] Buffalox 42 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Corrected, and that makes it even more crazy IMO.

[–] RealFknNito 24 points 7 months ago

When HOA Karens actually move up in the world only to fuck it up for a larger area.

[–] ohwhatfollyisman 20 points 7 months ago (1 children)

... if I had to see a discretely parked boat...

fyi: discreetly parked.

all boats are discretely parked otherwise.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

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

[–] ccunning 10 points 7 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 46 points 7 months ago (1 children)

A town called "Seaside" wants boats out of sight, amazing.

[–] laughterlaughter 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Right? It's like the Town of Swastika, Ontario. Hardly any swastikas visible anywhere!

[–] Buffalox 9 points 7 months ago

Yes I did actually read that, but it's so crazy I thought it was a typo, anyways I corrected it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

everyday

'every day', here.