I think these are the same lot...
...who one night turned up in the field adjacent to my house near High Wycombe, then used my electricity to run their electric fence.

The lawyers told us that, not under any circumstances, were we to call them gypsies or any derogatory term because it was a human rights issue. The neighbourhood didn't yell and didn't shout, we kept our cool and the lawyers put up a sign:

farm1.static.flickr.com/216/512121572_ec792664b5_b.jpg

The gypsy camp didn't have any right to fight us on legal ground because we hadn't refused them their human rights, so they disappeared overnight.

The problem is, when this sort of thing happens, people go all red-faced and Daily Mail and then you're totally screwed. The best option, at least in my case, was to keep quiet.
(TheSnark oh, c'mon, like you didn't see me coming, Wed 7 Oct 2009, 11:33, 3 replies)

@ The Snark
I like your way of dealing with things mate, they really value their horses (although maybe not treat them very well!) and you got them by the short & curlies!!
(TAZ220 Not giving a toss since, Wed 7 Oct 2009, 11:36, closed)

...
We had them out in less than two weeks.

(OK, I have to admit, it was nice to open my window and see horses running around. However, it wasn't nice when people shat on my walk. Swings and roundabouts, eh?)
(TheSnark oh, c'mon, like you didn't see me coming, Wed 7 Oct 2009, 11:40, closed)

I'd be well pissed off
If people shat on my walk, swings and roundabouts.
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Wed 7 Oct 2009, 13:43, closed)

Thing is with gypsies
Horses are actually very expensive. It's how they hide their money.
(razakel, Wed 7 Oct 2009, 13:45, closed)

i doubt they's be able to fit much money inside a horse
but then again i'm not an expert
(NuffMuff fucks shrubbery, Wed 7 Oct 2009, 14:06, closed)

And
You clearly haven't watched the right kind of pr0n.
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Wed 7 Oct 2009, 14:43, closed)

Oh i've seen more than my fair share
But i don't happen to be rich so can't stuff money up a horse we had to make do with bits of plywood
(NuffMuff fucks shrubbery, Wed 7 Oct 2009, 14:49, closed)

Good answer
And going for the animals is a master stroke
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Wed 7 Oct 2009, 11:37, closed)

Sorry...
...but what does the picture show? I can't view it at work. Cheers.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Wed 7 Oct 2009, 11:50, closed)

It's a notice telling them that
according to the animal rights act 1971 the horses are trespassing and if they are not moved ion 14 days they will be seized and disposed of.
(NuffMuff fucks shrubbery, Wed 7 Oct 2009, 11:55, closed)

Ah!
Nice one!
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Wed 7 Oct 2009, 11:57, closed)

Of course
"Disposed of" means sold at a market or public auction, but it's still a nice incentive to fuck the fuck off.
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Wed 7 Oct 2009, 13:50, closed)

i hope
that the disposed of implies that they will cut up and burn all the horses
(NuffMuff fucks shrubbery, Wed 7 Oct 2009, 13:53, closed)