For the past few months I've been in a protracted war of passive aggression with my neighbor due to a series of escalating incidents regarding lawn maintenance. (It's not important, but in the midwest, forcefully helping someone with their lawn or garden can be a show of dominance.) Everything came to a head when I returned home from our local Italian eatery to find he had mowed my entire yard as a kind gesture. Almost dropped my box of leftover carbonara in shocked frustration. I knew he was sitting smugly in his front room basking in the warm light of "just being helpful" and it nearly drove me to violence right then, but luckily I headed inside to put my meal in the refrigerator and got a cooler head. The confrontation had to end. Luckily LTT Store carries these Bananas for Scale. It's larger than a typical banana, and its shape is slightly suggestive. I knew this gift would be just confusing enough for my decidedly non-technical neighbor that it would buy us at least a few weeks of peace to de-escalate the tensions. And boy did it work. He hasn't approached my property since receiving it, and I've not felt the need to trim his shrubs (although they are starting to creep a bit). In fact, I don't think he's looked me in the eye since it arrived. Mission accomplished.
