You don’t get to choose your neighbors. But every now and then we end up pleasantly surprised – or at the very least amused by the folks who live around us.
In fact, sometimes it’s not just the humans who live around us that keep us on our toes, but the pets and wildlife. It all depends on your neighborhood.
Just check out these 50 photos taken by people near their homes to see the kinds of kooky neighbors you could run into:
1. Not very neighborly
This article may POISON food!? Maybe it’s worth making your decorative plate out of something else you weird company! If you build it they will come, and if you make a plate someone will eat off of it, okay!? And that someone could potentially be an entire family on Christmas! Honestly, it’s just not worth the money.
My neighbor brought us a plate of Christmas cookies. After eating the whole plate, we found this on the bottom. from pics
2. Block party
This is actually kinda sweet? I know it’s a bit of a faux-pas to mention someone’s age after 30, but still, this looks like it took a lot of love and effort! But I can only imagine what the neighbors must have thought when they were out on their porches for morning coffees. Was all that yelling last night related?
3. The caring neighbor
This guy was looking out for his neighbor! “But I can assure you that will not happen.” Come on, that’s someone fighting for a complete stranger because he respects that the recipients are just trying to have fun! He obviously had some fun while writing the letter as well, you love to see it!
4. Mjolneighbor
Whoops. One of your neighbors might be a god of thunder! This is some seriously hilarious creative thinking. What else do you do when you have a small crater in your backyard? Impress your neighbors with a very lifelike replica of Thor’s hammer!
5. Jack Sparrow’s apartment
Some neighbors turned their balcony into a pirate ship! How cool is that? It must be a lot of fun for any kids that live or visit there! It gives a lot more character to an otherwise bland, brutalist-looking building.
6. Soccer hell
I guess someone got tired of replacing their windows? I’m guessing someone who worked on Hellraiser has a deep hatred of soccer balls? And wanted to create a soccer ball death effigy to scare away the other soccer balls? Yeah, that’s the most likely answer.
7. Macabre Mannequin
You gotta have a neighbor that keeps it spooky! But this might be taking it a little too far? This would be great in October, but literally any other time of the year and I am fully assuming that this guy is a murderer. Sorry, neighbor, but you kinda brought this one on yourself.
8. Just like you asked
Well, yeah, Bob, mind your own business! If you bother someone about their fence so much that they do this? You must have been really annoying about the fence! I would love to have a funny guy like this as a neighbor! Property values be damned!
9. Mezcal?
Maybe your neighbor is starting an illegal mezcal bar out of the back of his truck? Or he thinks it looks dope (he’s not wrong)? Who knows, it doesn’t really matter because you’ve just discovered you have a wacky neighbor that gets into shenanigans and adventures of potentially all sorts!
For the past two days, my neighbor has an Agave plant in his truck. He’s been watering it and everything… I haven’t had the courage to ask him why yet. from pics
10. Howdy neighbor
This dog was sick of waving at people through the fence, so he thought he’d climb up and chill out in the most comfortable position possible while giving his morning hellos! He looks pretty hilarious, I’d love to see him on my way to work every morning! Although I can’t imagine his owners love that they need a new fence…
11. Sponsored
I guess this adds… Some character? To the neighborhood? There’s nothing really… Tastefully done about this. Regardless, I’m not here to judge people. If this car pulled into my neighbor’s driveway every day I can’t say I wouldn’t notice but I certainly wouldn’t make a stink about it! Happy filming, neighbor!
12. Holy cow
I don’t understand who chose this. Was it the birthday boy? I don’t know too many 18-year-olds that are passionate about cows but hey, no judgment. They must have known that some neighbors would be asking questions after this, right?
13. MacNeighbor
I mean it functions literally the exact same way (if not better) so honestly, yeah. What’s the big deal? The only thing I don’t understand is why it appears to have power? You don’t want to microwave your new credit card by accident!
14. Make yourself at home
He either looks totally comfortable or totally stuck. I hope that the sister kept an eye on the little guy and helped him out if he needed it! He’s seriously so cute, why do raccoons have to lure me in with their big eyes? He looks like he wants a hug!
15. Was it worth it?
You might have been having a bad day but this little guy tops you. He has an entire package of paper towels in his mouth and he’s STILL upset! I have to know what happened to make the poor fella feel this way. I want to make him feel better!
16. The feud to reach space
This guy is trying to warn the aliens! Just in case any silver-suited, green-headed beings from beyond swoop down to Earth, they’ll know to avoid this neighbor! He might give them trouble about where they can and can’t park their spaceship or what an eyesore their communal, universal 4D printer is even though it can make literally anything.
17. Houston…
I don’t think ground control is answering any time soon, Major Tom… Seriously, the dedication and effort that went into this is seriously impressive! They are really doing this for all of their neighbors and the neighborhood kids, not themselves! Way to add some life and vibrancy to the neighborhood this spooky season!
18. Visible for me but not for thee
Oops. You need to read that packaging carefully! How they didn’t notice that they had put on the frosted glass backward makes little to no sense to me but I know that mistakes happen. It’s just extra bad when it turns out that mistake has been letting your neighbors see you naked every morning and evening!
My sister and her husband live in a small town, they came home to this note on their door. from funny
19. Aslan Neighbor
Okay, I can only imagine that this is bad for your sprinklers and yet I’m still drawn to the idea that I need to do this in my yard? It looks kind of incredible, you know? Who doesn’t want a Narnia yard? Not to mention it instantly gives the neighborhood a magical vibe where the powers of ice and fire collide!
Neighbors left their sprinklers on overnight. It dipped below freezing. Now they have a Narnia yard. from woahdude
20. Loungin’
This dog is sitting… Like a person. It’s maybe a little too well trained? Still, seeing the neighborhood dog lounging around on its back deck like it’s going to crack a beer at any moment is pretty hilarious. It looks so unnaturally natural!
21. Take a look
This is pretty clever honestly, you get to retain your windows and their function, while your nosy neighbor can’t see into your house! No, instead they are greeted with their own nosy noses. It would really make them confront what they’re doing!
My dad hates our neighbour so much that he’s installing one way mirrors facing his house. from funny
22. Memorabilia
Does this add to property value or take it away? I couldn’t possibly be mad about it, it adds so much flavor to the neighborhood! I wonder if the property owner worked on a Godzilla movie or something to snag such sweet swag? The house certainly lends some credence to that theory!
23. Get on the good side
Who could say no to such an offer? You get free jello shots and it’s someone’s birthday! This is a pretty clever way of ensuring your neighbors won’t be mad at you for any excessive noise, because who could take issue with this? If they do, you’ll likely find out a lot earlier than the party anyway!
24. Memes check
That’s beyond a doubt the cutest neighbor you could ever ask for! Thanks for checking in, Mimi! He looks like he’s eating well and staying healthy, and what more can you ask for? I would really love the whole story of how exactly Mimi came to be born on the deck only to eventually leave on his own path, but maybe it’s a story for another time?
He was born on our deck and never left. He likes to check up on us, like any good neighbor. His name is Mimi, but goes by Memes for short. from aww
25. Neighborhood Carter
Carter is a little badass, man! He’s got to be the coolest kid on the block, right? Just look at that style and demeanor! Casually strolling through the neighborhood using his cute factor to snag bananas from all the neighbors? Genius.
26. Stark
This is pretty hilarious to me. Neither apartment would know just how different their balconies look from each other! The guys would assume everyone puts in about as much effort as them while the girls would assume that everyone is going to be living their own bougie apartment lives. Extra points to Anna for naming her chair!
27. Darts
Hilarious justification for what is really a very reasonable request. My guess is they weren’t finding much luck with the original sign that probably just said that their cat eats the cigarette butts and no doubt gets fairly sick from that. So they used some comedy to their advantage and now it probably works better and even provides passersby with some good hearty laughter!
28. Good shot
This is hilarious and my absolute favorite yet! Something about this image is absolutely hilarious to me. I love the idea of someone’s turbine being so obnoxiously loud that Darryl from the Walking Dead decided he knew the perfect recipe for getting it to shut up. And that looks like a perfect shot to me! It fixes the problem and no one has to be the wiser.
My neighbor has a turbine with a bad bearing…it’s obnoxiously loud…He went to go check it out because it’s been real quiet lately… from funny
29. Weeds
What a hilarious response! It’s the best way to deal with nosy neighbors who think your lawn is any of their business! Meet some overt aggression with some passive-aggressive smiles! And judging from the photo, this ingenious strategy has weirdly worked!
When you receive a complaint from your neighbors, it’s important that you do your best to resolve it. from funny
30. Extra flair
This is a good neighbor right here. They’re willing to help and they have a great sense of humor too! I mean, I guess it’s not ideal to get your cats pregnant, but I guess it happens when you adopt a stray and some of the neighborhood cats have yet to get the snip!
31. Neighborhood pirates
Oh just out taking the parrots for a walk, are you? They must be well trained considering the one bird isn’t even in a cage! They certainly add some fun flair to the neighborhood, you can’t deny that! And honestly, this seems like pretty harmless fun, any neighbors that aren’t fans of birds can keep their distance!
32. Midsummer firefights
I can’t imagine how this could have possibly started. I could see it being funny once if you’re really good friends with your neighbor, but yearly is too much. This guy has the right idea. Fight fire with fire, and in this case, ice with ice.
My asshole neighbor freezes one snowball to throw at me in mid July. I say this summer, it’s game on. from funny
33. Time to move
Nope. I say the big N. O. to stilt-walking doll effigies. There are no laws prohibiting this (although maybe it’s time there is) so you can’t do much but move. And honestly, with a display like this I think that’s a completely valid option. This guy has some stuff he’s gotta work through.
34. The pot
Jeeeez, that first sign is really aggressive. So many layers to unpack here. The smiley face at the end is almost like a little salt in the wound. I’m glad it was returned in kind by some bold stoner out there! Yes, that is a tiny cannabis cigarette (we call that a joint!) taped to the second sign, and yes a certain someone needs to smoke it!
35. Close enough
I mean, hell yeah! The gesturing worked, and that probably works well enough as a scarecrow, don’t you think? Even better, it will be totally topical during the spookiest season! The rest of the year you might just look like a bit of a weirdo having a zombie in your garden.
I tried gesturing to my 93 year old non-english speaking neighbor to get a scarecrow, the next day he put this up! from pics
36. Phallacy
Christmas trees don’t work quite so well on a palm tree and I guess now we know why. I appreciate the internet so much because honestly I probably would have looked at this like any other tree and never thought about it again. Luckily we have a bunch of children on the internet who still see something phallic and laugh immediately and I appreciate them.
37. The angry drunk neighbor
Yeah, as it turns out, cats don’t have much better neighbors than we do! This is more or less exactly what my old neighbor used to do and I dealt with it about as well as the cat on the right is. I would simply stare with a bit of distaste. There isn’t much else to do in that situation.
My neighbor’s cat drops by every once in a while to stick his head through the window and scream at my cat from AnimalsBeingJerks
38. Pokemon whoa
A super cool neighbor with a great idea? He must win some kind of prize! That must be one of the coolest ways to catch pokemon I’ve ever seen! I would have loved this as a kid, although my mom probably would never have been comfortable enough to let me go onto a random neighbor’s tractor for extended rides around the neighborhood…
My neighbor is a tractor enthusiast. He drives kids around the neighborhood to catch pokemon and visit pokestops. from gaming
39. He’s always watching
Yes, you are absolutely going to hell for this. I can’t imagine the almighty is a fan of googly eyes disgracing it’s visage. Does it make for a pretty hilarious image though? Absolutely, that’s undeniable. Will I also be going to hell for laughing? Almost certainly. See ya there, neighbor!
40. New animal friends
This would make for a great album cover, don’t you think? I love the pure chaos felt in the picture. I can only imagine what it must have been like in person, animals bouncing around all over the place as fluffy blurs. The image probably couldn’t possibly do it justice!
41. Nice.
Oof, sorry buddy. Your house was unlucky number 69 at a time when the entire internet has collectively just hit puberty for the first time and now finds the weed and sex numbers hilarious again! Imagine how many people must have knocked on the door just to make a dumb joke. It was at least enough people that they felt they had to put up a giant NO sign on their door!
42. Rock solid security
Looking pretty scary there, Dwayne. This seems like it’s more for the random passerby but if it manages to scare off some would-be thieves then hey, two birds, one stone! The only way to make this better would be to attach a camera somewhere on him to capture people’s reactions!
43. Party ’til you’re dead
This is definitely for the fourth of July, which means these skellies have been hanging out outside the house for at least seven months. But honestly, I wouldn’t mind being the neighborhood bone collector! Being known as the guy with skeletons outside his house year-round is the kind of reputation I strive for!
My neighbors didn’t take down their Halloween decorations, but they’ve been adjusting them for each holiday… from funny
44. Extra special neighbors
We may know our own neighborhood rivalries but nothing can compare to a fire station and a police department being directly beside each other! These guys must get almost mean to each other at some points! Like sure it starts off innocently enough with some free donuts or nude calendars, but it devolves quickly.
45. Wild night
This is next level neighbor right here! This guy looks like he’s had a great time completely by himself! Don’t you want to wake up to a sight as regal as this every morning? Let’s hope it’s not every morning, anyway…
46. Who?
Is your neighbor an interdimensional time lord? Learn to see the signs! They include (but are not limited to):
- Mysterious English police telephone boxes appearing in strange places
- Low budget robots roaming your neighborhood muttering about eggs or something
- Screwdrivers you borrow work a little differently than you’re used to
47. Victory
Where do you even buy a sign like this? Is the neighbor actually named Karen or is this just cashing in on the memes? I have questions but honestly the answers don’t matter because this is hilarious. It’s the absolute best way to say goodbye to a neighbor exactly the way you want without having to actually talk to them!
I don’t know if this belongs here sorry if it doesn’t any way my family is moving and my mom decided this is how we’re saying good bye to our pain in the neck neighbor from funny
48. See ya later, space dogboy
A perfect fix for your dog always trying to jump the fence or barking at the slightest shadows passing by! And on top of that, it’s also hilarious for anyone walking by to see a little doggy astronaut! It looks to me like he’s still digging in an attempt to get under the fence though!
49. Complex terms
I think “eccentric” is putting it a little lightly, don’t you? This is the most insane door I’ve ever seen, and I’m not even sure if I would want it in my house. I should want it in my house! So why don’t I? Well because I don’t even know how to go about opening, shutting, or locking this thing!
50. New activities
How are there only three decent wifi names in this cluster!? What kind of bland apartment building is this!? That being said, the three neighbors who are hilarious are really hilarious. FBI_VAN is pretty clever, 3 White Dudes is honest in a weirdly funny way and of course, the winner won for a reason! I’m always a sucker for a good, bad joke.
Have you ever had a kooky neighborhood experience? Was it human-based or all about the animals?
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