Did you hear about the Chicago man who videotaped his neighbor stealing his shovel?

Well, he also taped himself as he went out on the curbside with his snow blower and BURIED her car. More than 800,000 people have watched the Youtube video (below).

Priceless!

I know -- vengeance isn't mine to give, but sometimes it seems like the best answer. If one applied the snow blower rule to other situations, it could get really interesting.

Say a woman steals your man. Well, you take him and all his stuff over to her house and dump them. Seems like fair play to me. Even better if you also take the bills, the pets and his toenail clippings.

Now, how about your neighbor who lets his dog poop in your yard -- stealing your space? Wouldn't it be nice to cover his car with a load of crap then watch him try to dig outa that?

What about when telemarketers call as you try to relax after a long, busy day? They are stealing your time. I say try to sell them something you own. Really sell it! Try selling them a roll of toilet paper. Describe in full detail what it does for you. What it can do for them. Tell them the price and ask for their personal information to bill them for it. Tell them if they will buy yours, you will buy theirs.

I have heard of people, forced to pay bills they don't agree they owe, sending the money in pennies or writing the check on a piece of wood. Maybe sending the check wrapped in a dirty diaper.

I also remember an argument my husband and I had once over a bottle of wood glue. In short, I needed one. He claimed he already had one at home. I knew if he did have one it had cobwebs and bats in it, and I didn't want to have to come back to the store to get fresh one later on. It was only a few dollars, and so I bought it.

He said I embarrassed him in front of the Home Depot man. I said I was just tryin’ to get me some glue.

Cussin’ and fingerpointin’ commenced.

Later that evening, as he sulked in his corner and I sulked in mine, it dawned on me: "Hell, I work, too! If I want to buy me some glue (even if we already have some), well, by golly, I will."

So back to Home Depot I went, where I bought numerous tubes of carpenters glue, all the while mumbling under my breath, " ...tryin’ to tell me I can’t buy no glue. Who does he think he is?"

Then, while he pouted in the corner, I hid them everywhere I believed he would go. In his shoes, in the kitchen cabinets, in the refrigerator, under his pillow, in his shaving kit .....you get the picture.

Then I sat back to watch.

I heard him say, "What the H... " after finding the second tube of glue. By the time he found the 3, 4, 5, 6,.... we were both in stitches.

I don’t call what I did "vengeful." I call it justice.

So maybe it wasn’t revenge the Chicago man wanted. Maybe he just wanted to deliver a little slice of justice.

Maybe that’s what is meant by the phrase "Giving something back."

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D. Barbara McWhite grew up in York County and lives in Orange Park, Fla., with her husband and cat.

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