[lit-ideas] Re: Neighbors w/out so many commas and flowers
- From: "Veronica Caley" <molleo1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:04:58 -0400
David: eating the Queen's swans on a Sunday, or
some such thing.
I don't know where you get these, but please keep them coming. I have been
sharing and laughing my head off. Absolutely necessary in these times. I
thank you for them.
Veronica Caley
Milford, MI
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From: "David Ritchie" <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 1:20 AM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Neighbors w/out so many commas and flowers
On Jul 19, 2010, at 5:43 PM, Ursula Stange wrote:
How much are you asking for the secret neighbour replacement recipe?
some wine? a few plant cuttings? some poisoned entrails? some double
trouble?
how about some eye of newt and toe of frog? how long since you've had a
fenny snake?
Just asking...
Your tale of neighbors sped me back to law school and a case which Erin
will soon be able to cite. I can't remember the names of the parties.
The question at issue was, "When a tree I dislike overhangs the fence,
what redress do I have?" The correct answer, of course, is you go and
have a friendly chat with your neighbor, using the issue as an excuse to
improve relations and share beers. I once had such neighbors. They are
now apparently quite rare. The legal answer, however, is exactly what
your neighbors executed--they have a right not to have your tree invade
their property, but the branches belong to you. Had they kept them, you
could accuse them of conversion, or blasphemy or eating the Queen's swans
on a Sunday, or some such thing.
David Ritchie,
dun solcitin' in
Portland, Oregon
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