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Old 16-05-2007, 02:37 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Theft of window boxes

On May 16, 2:29 pm, "Tom" wrote:
madgardener wrote:
I heard of
a woman who had a very impressive garden that was accessible to people
slipping into and stealing the crops. She stopped the thefts cold by
placing a very readable sign in the garden that stated simply that
there was ONE row of contaminated and poisoned plants growing


Which reminds me of an old joke about a pumpkin farmer who was suffering
similar thefts who left a sign saying "I have poisoned 5 of these pumpkins"
only to find the next day that the thief had left his own sign saying "and I
have poisoned 8"

Tom


Ooer! Now what would you do? Leave another sign saying "I have
poisoned the lot, help yourself"