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bif

(25,552 posts)
Mon May 12, 2025, 01:50 PM May 12

Do you have any nicknames for your neighbors?

On the one side we have "E.T.", because he's sort of an alien. He can be working on his lawn and I'll go out to my car, within 5 feet of him and he's so totally out of it he won't even say "hi". Then we have "The Inspector". Another neighbor who's always slowly pacing up and down the block smoking a cigarette. He's always checking out everyone's house. Then my next door neighbor on the other side is "Shithead" because, well... he's an asshole.

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Marthe48

(20,683 posts)
3. Tree Killer
Mon May 12, 2025, 01:55 PM
May 12

the rest are unprintable

We were the young kids on the block when we moved here in the 80s. Now, I'm one of the oldest on the block.

hlthe2b

(109,895 posts)
5. My sister's former neighbor was sweet, but very nosy: Mrs. Kravitz... (See "Bewitched)
Mon May 12, 2025, 02:05 PM
May 12
My own are pretty nice but stick to themselves.

Freddie

(9,848 posts)
6. Garbage Man
Mon May 12, 2025, 02:11 PM
May 12

Our neighbor has a home-grown trash collection service (his back yard is full of trash cans) that is questionably legal. Every time we see him he tries to sell us his service, which is cheaper than the legitimate trash company we use. We try hard to avoid him but our houses are 10 feet apart.

1WorldHope

(1,250 posts)
7. Yes, Cat Girl, bc she brought me a cat that we did TNR on which ended up with the cat living on my porch for 15 years.
Mon May 12, 2025, 02:15 PM
May 12

She calls her neighbor Uncle Larry, so we do too. (He is always helping her). Because we can't remember anyone's name half the time, then we just describe them until the other one gets it.
I'm sure that my neighbors have a name for me. I have a big flag that says, Hate Won't Make Us Great, Black Lives Matter sign and Resist Persist and Repeat.
I wonder what they call me.

underpants

(190,796 posts)
9. Charlie's Mom is a well written character (as is the whole show)
Mon May 12, 2025, 02:43 PM
May 12

She looks like the most placid of housewives but as we get to know her character we find out she’s um morally casual let’s say….a lot.

Lynne Stewart played Bonnie. She passed away in February. I didn’t know that. She has quite the comedy chops going way back with Paul Reubens.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynne_Marie_Stewart

Wingus Dingus

(8,994 posts)
11. I saw that Stewart had passed away, that's a shame.
Mon May 12, 2025, 02:56 PM
May 12

My neighbor looks and sounds exactly like her. I did always think it was funny that Charlie's mom outwardly seemed a sweet/ditzy/wholesome character but then you learn that she's uh...she's pretty un-wholesome, LOL. Edit to add the episode where they got her to room with Mac's mom is one of my favorites.

underpants

(190,796 posts)
10. Multi-directional dog
Mon May 12, 2025, 02:45 PM
May 12

One of our neighbors has a dog that breaks out and runs wild every once in a while. Because of it fluffy coat and gangly running style he appears to go in several directions at the same time.

Maninacan

(133 posts)
12. The Rednecks
Mon May 12, 2025, 04:04 PM
May 12

Wooded rural area ,10 properties all more than 1/2 wooded. He is doing his best to cut down every tree on his 3acres.Teens ride ATVS and take everything down to bare dirt. Owns a100k plus skidsteer which is just a toy for constant grading and leveling. 4 big pickup trucks. a line of LED lights on workshed which also illuminate my front yard at night. I am trying to get evergreens growing between our places. I guess he's afraid of the dark. I can't see the stars as well now when i step out to look. Just lacks awareness of why people live out here.

Voltaire2

(15,376 posts)
13. Corner Nazi
Mon May 12, 2025, 04:16 PM
May 12

Because he decorated his corner lot with the worst fascist signs available.

He moved last year, so no more corner Nazi.

WhiteTara

(30,777 posts)
14. Our neighbor at the end of the road is
Mon May 12, 2025, 04:18 PM
May 12

the Resident Road Nazi

the ones across the street are the Trumpers

and the beginning of the road are The Gay Gu;ys (i love them so much)

Grim Chieftain

(173 posts)
16. Ours are bad
Mon May 12, 2025, 07:14 PM
May 12

One neighbor is Nurse Ratched because she asked us if we had DNRs the first time she met us. The other is The Hoser Family because one of their daughters engaged in wild antics with her boyfriend while parked outside their house.




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