I made up a game, and I force my neighbor to unwittingly play it. See, my neighbor cares about their lawn, and I exploit that. I am great at predicting grass growth, and I use it to my advantage. My neighbor has no clue when it's opportune to mow, this idiot will mow right before a rainy day followed by sunny days, thus making more work for herself. I check the 10 day weather forecast, and plan my mowing based on that and when my neighbor mows. I make it so that my neighbor feels compelled to mow their lawn well before they really NEED to, and more times than they actually need to. My goal is to make them mow 3 times for every 1 time I do....so far, I'm right on track. I do this by creating a visible difference between their lawn and my lawn, making mine look better longer, with less work.
I thought of a way to win even more. I think I'll mow my lawn in stripes, that way, I'll only have to mow exactly half of it each time. I'll leave every other stripe longer, and just trade off the stripe that I mow each time I mow.
I even made up a score sheet for this year so I can keep track. I might even buy myself a trophy for when I win.
IIN?
I thought of a way to win even more. I think I'll mow my lawn in stripes, that way, I'll only have to mow exactly half of it each time. I'll leave every other stripe longer, and just trade off the stripe that I mow each time I mow.
I even made up a score sheet for this year so I can keep track. I might even buy myself a trophy for when I win.
IIN?
As I explained below it's like 5-10 minutes a week that I plan it out, which I'd be doing anyway at least with the weather aspect of it all. OK so there's an extra 2 minutes of planning and calculation involved due to factoring in my neighbor's mowing habits, but it's well worth it.
If I live long enough to retire and I have time on my hands, I can see myself doing things like this just to amuse myself. I don't do it any more but I used to send anonymous books to a friend with fake inscriptions. Like Nancy Reagan's autobiography signed, "I'll never forget the good times we had. Love, Nancy" and a book about tractor repair inscribed "Just in case you ever need it".
Actually, while I'm on the art thing, I saw something pretty interesting earlier today. Anti-graffiti. It's where people take dirty, soot-laden buildings and selectively wash off the dirt to produce a scene by subtraction rather than addition of colour. End result is the same but I was impressed by the concept.
Not all that normal but it seems too be giving yoo a sense of purpose in yoor free time at least! :L x
I do the same thing. Well not with the lawn, but I do enjoy being an asshole.