Time's Up. by graemestevens

Time's Up.

For the last week, every day I have had to pick up pizza boxes, McDonalds wrappers and general refuse from the front lawn before leaving for work. This morning I went out and was utterly delighted to see that the perpetrator(s) had been thoughtful enough to break a couple of bottles on my car and to also scratch down one side of it. It may well be time to lie in wait and initiate a frank and open discussion.
You can tell how much time I spend frowning as I seem to have developed a rather large "face bum" between my eyebrows...on the other hand, if I don't frown I'll be going through life with a look of permanent surprise on my face and we all know that just won't work.
Do they know who they are dealing with? I would be afraid..... very afraid.
January 15th, 2016  
@motherjane They should be bloody terrified...
January 15th, 2016  
B- - t - - -s!!!!
January 15th, 2016  
I've gotten a bit of a bum line too. Makes me frown more.
January 15th, 2016  
Wow you look pissed off. I mean you've looked scary before but this is downright pissed off. Fantastic self portrait but good god I wouldn't want to be one of the idiots who did this to your car! Go get 'em - but don't get in too much trouble. We need you on this site!
January 15th, 2016  
The pavement outside our house has a resurrence in the issue we have with dog poo....its horrendous. What i would do if i knew who it was is unprintable.
January 15th, 2016  
Time for action methinks and you are the man. Go get em boy !!
January 15th, 2016  
brain dead oxygen thieves are a pain in the bum...can you set up an infra red camera and catch them in the act?...ditto Jane, Jocasta, and Caroline...interesting last tag btw...
January 15th, 2016  
Oh, man, that face bum is disturbing. I pity the slag wagons.
January 15th, 2016  
Lee
I'm surprised you've been so patient, the "face bum" made me smile so thanks for that, helps to smooth mine out.
January 15th, 2016  
Sorry about the vandals. Absolutely no fun!! Fabulous, intense pic!!
January 15th, 2016  
Time for the full Graeme Stevens treatment I think. That would send them running.
January 15th, 2016  
I wouldn't mess with you... Great portrait!
January 15th, 2016  
Great lighting and expression.
January 15th, 2016  
Sorry this shot had to be taken in these circumstances. Great one, though, possibly more human than the usual ones. Yet similarly high quality.
January 15th, 2016  
@kwind Thanks very much :)
@hiro Thanks very much - and for the record, I wouldn't mess with me either!
@deborah63 I may have to use a full array of sentence enhancers
@photographycrazy Thanks very much - revenge shall be mine.
@gamelee I am too...but enough is enough. And you're welcome.
@bill_fe Luckily the face bum is completely continent, which my mouth may not be when I catch them...
@maree_sanderson Thank you very much - I'm just going to lurk in the bushes...
@hermann Tonight's the night...
@newbank That's another one that irritates me immensely. I have 2 dogs and can manage to pick up after them (quite nice in winter actually) so why others can't I will never understand!
@kerosene Revenge shall be mine - I may even etch my initials in them and see how they like it
@amandal I actually like the bum line...I've frowned so much that it's even there when I'm not frowning
@jocasta Yes. Large ones.
January 15th, 2016  
@gazdi Thank you very much - I may have to rethink. I can't have people calling me 'human' ;)
January 15th, 2016  
I think it works better on men. An aging female is not so nice. Hate that aging finally started on me this year.
January 15th, 2016  
The lighting in this is fabulous. Nice to see you looking so happy
January 15th, 2016  
Give the cretins he'll, I came across an asshole depositing a bag of rubbish near our gaff recently, I am delighted to think he wakes in a cold sweat at night seeing my ugly enraged mug in his dreams. This is a great shot by the way.
January 15th, 2016  
As fierce as ever! Have you dug up that sheeps head yet?
January 15th, 2016  
Truly wish that you didn't have to waste such a great portrait on those skanky arsed gypsy slag wagons. That is so Shakespearean in tone-love it to pieces. Capture the slag wagons on video and post of social media to shame to he&& out of them.
January 15th, 2016  
Photo op! Seriously be careful, you never know which meth head might be ready to get violent on you.
January 15th, 2016  
Excellent work as ever.
January 15th, 2016  
I would be spitting fury - just like your expression! To get rid of that frown crease, try sticking celotape on either side on your forehead!
January 15th, 2016  
That look is very intimidating. a serious beating is in order...
January 15th, 2016  
@kt8ird With a big stick even...
@maggiemae I actually quite like the face bum look...
@spanner Thanks very much :)
@pandorasecho I shall take a large stick and a sharp axe...
@joysabin There's nothing quite like a good Shakespearian inspired cursing session to release the tension...
@happypat Not yet - the last time I kept digging them up and interrupting the process so I'm letting them be for know...2 pigs heads have joined the cemetery as well...
@jack4john Thank you sir - I'll be out there tonight waiting patiently to unleash the full force of my fury
@rachelwithey Thanks very much - I try to smile at least once a year
@amandal It started on me when I turned 20 and got my first grey...you get used to it
January 15th, 2016  
traps and snares....
January 15th, 2016  
Show this face before the scratching! Might work
January 15th, 2016  
@kali66 And some camouflage I think...
@mastermek That's what I'm counting on ;)
January 16th, 2016  
They must have a death wish! Hope you catch 'em!
January 16th, 2016  
@juliedduncan Oh I will. It has now become my personal mission. Traps have been set...
January 16th, 2016  
Just freakin 'shoot 'em-----I suggest in Auto mode,hA!:)
January 16th, 2016  
@joemuli I'm not sure that a shooting is appropriate....I may that the hung drawn and quartered option
January 16th, 2016  
It is the shame of the mouth that is priceless.
January 16th, 2016  
@yaorenliu I do what I can to express disdain and shame
January 16th, 2016  
top self portrait.....
January 16th, 2016  
Go get 'em! You look like you're ready to take on the world! Scary!
January 16th, 2016  
Oh man, that's brutal you have to deal with that. You are certainly channeling it all into this shot, intense.
January 16th, 2016  
Just show them this shot... it may do the trick. ;) Your lighting is excellent.
January 16th, 2016  
@rosiekerr Thank you very much - I should just put all my selfies in the car windows...
@kategoring Thanks very much - it's such a quiet neighbourhood, right on the town boundaries, that we don't often get hoods/idiots/knobs/dicks...
@barb_b I'm certainly ready to take on two teenaged hooligans...the world may have to wait
@cljs Thank you very much :)
January 16th, 2016  
I have to say that I prefer this more expressive mouth, even though it is pretty intense. So. Any luck with the hoodlums yet? I can just imagine how it goes. They, raptly focusing on their nefarious deeds, never notice the figure in the shadows, not crouching but rather lounging comfortably in a chair like an Audience of One. Then, a torch comes on like a spotlight on their shameful actions. The look on their faces is PRICELESS. I hope you get a picture.
January 16th, 2016  
I used to have a similar problem........... but since I started chasing them out of my garden with cutlasses, flintlocks and throwing live cannon charges at them. (mini dynamite sticks)......... nobody seems to bother me anymore. :)
January 16th, 2016  
@swillinbillyflynn Now there's an idea...
@ahleena No luck yet - I had to sleep at some point...maybe I should dig traps...
January 16th, 2016  
Just print some extra large prints of your more outrageous shots and put them up outside your house with an "I live here" message. That should be enough to scare them off.
January 16th, 2016  
@dh That should do the trick...
January 16th, 2016  
oh the thought of you out there scaring the shit out of anyone makes my day - go get 'em and make them pay! Would love to see the expression on their faces hahahahaha
January 16th, 2016  
@annied Alas, no sign of them last night...talking to our one an only neighbour and she said she'd called the police...party pooper
January 16th, 2016  
You're doing your Hannibal Lecter look again... very, very nice indeed!
January 17th, 2016  
@vignouse Thanks very much - it seems to be a look that I've mastered.
January 17th, 2016  
To deter such behaviour, why not place a huge print of this outside your house?
January 17th, 2016  
@yrhenwr That should do the trick
January 17th, 2016  
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