Idiot neighbors: what would you do?

Alternate title: Ivy really needs to move

So, there are these kids in my neighborhood who like to play baseball. Normally, that would be fine, but they are doing it in a freaking intersection I have to drive through if I want to get anywhere. Here's my crappily drawn rendition of what's going on:

Now, one might think, oh, it's just kids. No big deal. Except it's NOT just kids, there's an adult out there playing baseball with them. Now, one also  might think that since there's an adult there, the kids might scatter whenever a car is coming, because an adult would have the good sense to make them move. Right. Oh, heck no.

No, the adult and the kids just stand there when you're trying to get through.  You have to very carefully navigate around them, and if you're lucky, they won't "accidentally" hit your car with their ball. Note the picture at the very top of the post. That's what it looked like outside when I came through just now. 

Now, anyone that knows me, knows when I've had enough,  I'm gonna speak up. So, I said to the adult, "You really think it's safe to be playing ball when it's dark in an intersection?" The adult's response was a hearty "F*** you." Eh. 

So, now I'm thinking about how I should  deal with this. It's driving me crazy, so I thought I'd come here to ask the fabulous Curbliers how they'd handle it. Some things I have thought of doing:

• Put little heads of baseball players on stakes at all 4 corners of the intersection.
•  Drive quickly through the intersection whether they move or not. Hopefully hit the adult.
  
• Call 911! For playing baseball. At an intersection.
  

June 21, 2007

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