<p>I was outside on our front steps this morning and noticed some yellow stuff at the bottom of the front door. I thought our male dog had decided that peeing on the house was a good idea (bad dog!) so I got a bucket of water and sloshed it over the yellow parts. Then I realized the yellow parts actually started way above the front door. (Even my brilliant dog couldn’t reach that high.) Turns out we were “egged.” I just spent a good hour (actually, a not-so-good hour) scrubbing egg yolk off the front of my house.</p>
<p>Is this some Cinco de Mayo tradition I’ve never heard of? Or perhaps we’ve become very unpopular among our neighbors.</p>
<p>That’s a new one on me. I think you should consider letting the police know, in case this is part of someone’s escalating pattern of pranking/vandalism.</p>
<p>I’ve been told that egging a car can really damage its finish.</p>
<p>We got egged a number of years back, after I told some fifth graders to stay out of my yard (they were skateboarding down my driveway, which was very steep–not safe at all. It is indeed annoying to remove! I’d asked your kids if they know what’s going on.</p>
<p>I agree about asking your kids if they know anything, my parents house was subject to this kind of prank a couple of times and it usually turned out to be my sister’s friends thinking they were being funny. I would let the police know just in case it happened to a bunch of houses in the area, which is likely. This was probably just bored kids being bratty, but eggs can be destructive and in my experience this kind of minor vandalism can graduate into letting themselves into unlocked cars to look for sunglasses, ipods, etc. I doubt it had anything to do with Cinco de Mayo, just bored spoiled kids.</p>
<p>Be sure to check your cars–egg on them can be bad for paint. Seems like a bad idea to me. We got egg on our car once when we parked at night beside a park where many homeless congregated. Never parked there again. </p>
<p>My house got egged by my neighbors once - they hated us. They also fired a paintball at my mailbox. Luckily we got home right after the egging as they were still dripping and were able to hose it off. My parents car was ruined years and years ago by my sister’s friends. They coated it with vegetable oil and then threw oatmeal on it. My sister, naturally, didn’t even try to wash it, just let it dry… it never came off after that. Sometimes kids have no reason to do things, they just do it becuase they’re bored, or mad because you told them to stop throwing their ball against the termite ridden fence, like I did. </p>
<p>Probably a middle school sleepover that spilled outside in the middle of the night Fri or Sat. Ask your neighbors if they got egged too.</p>
<p>We had late night doorbell ringers for awhile until they grew up a bit. I used to sic my two 15 yr. old golden retrievers on them ( geriatric guard dogs that would beat them silly with their wagging tails )…I knew I was just adding to the thrill…</p>
<p>doorbell = annoying. Eggs = not VeryHappy and action if it happens again</p>
<p>Cameras were a part of the new security system we got when we did our big reno a few years ago. Was happy to have them when there was some middle of the night vandalism done on our part of the street. We all knew whose teenager (and friends) it was because it was always that family’s kids whenever anything like this has happened for the past ten years. The cameras confirmed it. The police were happy to view the tapes.</p>
<p>Just a reminder to bring your mail in at night and take your trash out the morning of the pickup. We have had people going through both. There are many people out there who are desperate.</p>
<p>We once had someone shoot a pellet gun or something like that through a front window of the house from a car. (The house was very old–1790–one of those that is now quite close to the road.) I had just sat down on the sofa with a glass of wine and a book. I called the police and they came immediately and dispatched cars to see if they found anyone suspicious in the area–like a car full of teenage boys. To no avail. They took it seriously, since someone could have been hurt. </p>
<p>I think that you should let them know, even though you washed it off. Not that they need to investigate it, but that a pattern might emerge.</p>
<p>I agree that you should contact the police even though you washed the egg off the house. This is something the police need to know, especially if a pattern evolves.</p>
<p>Wow! I’ve been to VeryHappy’s house and it sits back aways from the road. Someone must have quite the arm! I think the idea of checking with the neighbors is a good idea, as is reporting it to the police. I’m glad you got it cleaned up. </p>