52 Comments on “The Neighbors’ Mailboxes Vs. the Scalzi Riding Mower”

1. Yowza! How high did you have the deck set that you mowed off the post, halfway up? ;-P

2. You’re really taking @wilw’s success on TV poorly

3. I just imagine your reaction. Priceless..

4. Mailbox jousting again, John?

5. I’m happy there was no personal injury.

   I’m sure the mailbox started it.

6. I note you didn’t say it was an accident.

   I’m thinking you noted an increasing social interest in mailbox savagery and wanted more blog hits. ;)

7. Taking responsibility for your actions?!? What a novel concept. Someone should tell Congress…or at least about half of Congress.

8. ok… now which scalzi did it?

9. Have you been in Norway recently, John?

   http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/31527

10. I smell rookie driver on a lever-steered zero-turn. They’re a handful until you get the rhythm.

11. Did Felicia Day take you up on your offer?

12. Who was driving: you, Krissy, or Athena?

13. Self defense? It was coming right for you, correct?

14. Today the Mailbox, tomorrow the World!!!

15. Oy oy, isn’t this a bit of an overreaction to that whole “toilet-papered porch” thing!?

    All kidding aside, how the heck did you manage to do that?

16. I’m curious as well; who was driving?

17. @Lori – I was thinking the same thing! Hours after Felicia Day opines that she’d enjoy a riding mower and a big lawn and Scalzi offers his up, this happens. Coincidence?

18. You let Felicia Day drive the mower, didn’t you?

19. Pets in front of him distracting him while he takes the picture, Ghlaghghee sneaks behind while he’s admiring his work in the camera and steals the mower. Chaos ensues.

    This was predicted by: https://twitter.com/Ghlaghghee/status/489401540684156929

20. A receptacle for paper mail? They’ll never miss it. If you had run over their tablet with the mower THAT would have been a problem.

21. The headline makes it sound like the mower was driving itself, like in that Stephen King story in Night Shift.

22. Don’t lie, Scalzi – you HATED that mailbox, and always wanted it dead!

    Dead, you hear me? DEAD!

23. Are you sure you can’t blame it on the Ukrainian government? Obama?

24. In my day, we had to destroy our neighbor’s mailboxes with a PUSH mower. Needed to back all the way to the end of the street to get a good running start.

25. I know it was asking for it.

    Or did the squirrels put you up to it?

26. The essence of good lawn mowing is speed and secrecy.

    If you had followed those rules, you wouldn’t have to pay for repairs.

27. No contest :)

28. Looks like Athena’s first driving lesson didn’t go well.

29. Well that’s one way of grading their hate mail.

30. MRK was on the mower, but it was a puppet of John doing the driving.

31. Victory! The Scalzi’s shall conquer!!

32. I’d like to join the legion of people who want more details on how this happened.

33. Move over, Jenkins’ Ear.

34. Be careful with this stuff. In some jurisdictions any property damage involving any motorized vehicle or device requires a police report and a blood alcohol test. Fairly certain that it’s designed to catch people mowing their lawn while drinking!

35. Remember, folks, a riding mower is “easy mode” compared to people who use scythes, but that doesn’t negate your real problems when you drive it into something. :-)

36. Do I see a Whitman on the bottom one? My uncle lives in Ohio, but I’m pretty sure you don’t live *that* close to each other… or DO you?

37. Three residence with one crash. Perfect

38. I should share this with my landscaper. While I was at Detcon1, they broke a plum tree sapling I planted. When asked about it, they blamed bunnies (the broken off portion had been stuck in the ground next to the rooted portion). Eventually, they agreed to pay for a replacement, but are still blaming it on magical bunnies.

39. In Hoc Faenisex Vinces
    By this mower, you shall conquer.

40. Jousting again? Well, mailboxes are cheaper than windmills…

41. It’s like a live action version of the running joke in Tom Batiuk’s Crankshaft

42. ROFL.

    Near my wife’s mother’s place, there was a house with a sign:

    Beware of Wife Driving Lawnmower

    Saw it once, next time we visited it was gone. I’ve always wondered exactly what it meant. Now I might know :)

    Wayne

43. A very good thing that you don’t drink, indeed.

44. In the “Who was driving?” pool, I’ll take Daisy for $200.

45. anyone else find it ironic that the one time Scalzi mentions his lawnmower is when there is an ‘driving malfunction’. He routinely posts pictures of his perfect lawn. Does anyone really think John is mowing his own lawn? Not that I would ever accuse John of misleading the public, but its highly likely he pays people to mow his lawn without giving them credit for doing so.

46. @Guess, http://whatever.scalzi.com/2011/04/13/my-wifes-new-toy/

47. According this Lawn FAQ, our host has a “grass allergy” so either Krissy or his FIL mow the lawn.

48. Oops, apparently his FIL passed away a few years ago. Apologies, John.

49. Daughter get’s driver’s permit. Next week dad’s insurance premiums rise. Surprisingly unrelated.

50. Looks like the neighborhood mailboxes could use a harassment policy of their own!

51. Sounds like if Mr. Scalzi was driving he can blame it on the allergy meds.

    Some expletive deleted took out my mail box once and didn’t bother to tell me. I was royally pissed until I found a side mirror from the perpetrator’s car in the ditch next to the destruction.

52. “that’s what you do when something is your fault.”

    Jeez, John, you’ll clearly never make it to Congress with that kind of attitude.