Okay, have you heard of putting Fruit Loops on people's lawns before rain?

[JadenLayne]

My son told me about this. He said you go and buy boxes of Fruit Loops and then spread them all over someone's lawn. Then when it rains it will turn their lawn rainbow. Does this really work? I imagine you would need quite a few boxes.

Is this the new "forking"?

 

[PeterPansPixie]

I have never heard of this but we have been TP'd and forked this year by girls that my son goes to school with.

 

[Honu]

I've heard of salting a lawn, but not fruit looping. Wouldn't you have to separate the colors to get a rainbow?

 

[Blondie]

There's only one way to find out! Why not try it on your own lawn!

What is forking, or do I even really want to know?

 

[Karista]

Forking is sticking plastic forks into the ground - the more the better. My son and a bunch of his friends tp'd and forked the neighbors house two weeks ago and she is so mad at me she hasn't spoken in 2 weeks - go figure. Of course, it was okay a month or so ago when her son did it to someone else - go figure

The new big thing around here is jig saw puzzle pieces, the more the better. I've seen lawns just covered in puzzle pieces and I've been told they are a bugger to clean up.

I don't know - I think it's all good clean fun. I told my kids, no soap, shaving cream, wax, etc., - absolutely nothing destructive and if you get caught you are 100% going to clean it up - guess my neighbor has no sense of humor.

 

[SwedishMeatball]

Forking is sticking plastic forks into the ground - the more the better. My son and a bunch of his friends tp'd and forked the neighbors house two weeks ago and she is so mad at me she hasn't spoken in 2 weeks - go figure. Of course, it was okay a month or so ago when her son did it to someone else - go figure

The new big thing around here is jig saw puzzle pieces, the more the better. I've seen lawns just covered in puzzle pieces and I've been told they are a bugger to clean up.

I don't know - I think it's all good clean fun. I told my kids, no soap, shaving cream, wax, etc., - absolutely nothing destructive and if you get caught you are 100% going to clean it up - guess my neighbor has no sense of humor.

Yeah, I guess if I woke up on a Saturday morning and had nothing planned, then I can imagine myself spending a couple hours picking plastic forks or puzzle pieces up out of my yard and just LMAO as I was doing it.

 

[Becky2005]

That's a new one. I have never heard of it. I would think it would take a TON of cereal to do it though...I really can't imagine it working too well. I was wondering what "forking" was but I see it explained.

I've heard of TPing but that's about it and here that is done in a GOOD way -- the football players all get their houses TP'd before a big game. So if we see a house TP'd we just assume it's because a sports player lives there.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

No I haven't heard of it...interesting though.

Ahhh....one of the benefits to having 2 dogs. They would lose a kidney barking if people were in my front yard.

 

[Pugrpooh]

Forking is sticking plastic forks into the ground - the more the better. My son and a bunch of his friends tp'd and forked the neighbors house two weeks ago and she is so mad at me she hasn't spoken in 2 weeks - go figure. Of course, it was okay a month or so ago when her son did it to someone else - go figure

The new big thing around here is jig saw puzzle pieces, the more the better. I've seen lawns just covered in puzzle pieces and I've been told they are a bugger to clean up.

I don't know - I think it's all good clean fun. I told my kids, no soap, shaving cream, wax, etc., - absolutely nothing destructive and if you get caught you are 100% going to clean it up - guess my neighbor has no sense of humor.

Did your son clean this up, or did your neighbor have to? I guess if I found this on a cold morning (or warm or whatever) I wouldn't be laughing too much either. I think it's a matter of respecting other people's property.

 

[minnieandmickeymouse]

I've never heard of it. Wonder if it works

 

[dcgrumpy]

Forking is sticking plastic forks into the ground - the more the better. My son and a bunch of his friends tp'd and forked the neighbors house two weeks ago and she is so mad at me she hasn't spoken in 2 weeks - go figure. Of course, it was okay a month or so ago when her son did it to someone else - go figure

The new big thing around here is jig saw puzzle pieces, the more the better. I've seen lawns just covered in puzzle pieces and I've been told they are a bugger to clean up.

I don't know - I think it's all good clean fun. I told my kids, no soap, shaving cream, wax, etc., - absolutely nothing destructive and if you get caught you are 100% going to clean it up - guess my neighbor has no sense of humor.

So if he doesn't get caught the homeowner gets to spend their morning cleaning up the mess?

back to the original question, how would youe ever get the fruit loops cleaned up after their wet? Plus, can you imagine all the ants?

 

[disneysnowflake]

Forking is sticking plastic forks into the ground - the more the better. My son and a bunch of his friends tp'd and forked the neighbors house two weeks ago and she is so mad at me she hasn't spoken in 2 weeks - go figure. Of course, it was okay a month or so ago when her son did it to someone else - go figure

The new big thing around here is jig saw puzzle pieces, the more the better. I've seen lawns just covered in puzzle pieces and I've been told they are a bugger to clean up.

I don't know - I think it's all good clean fun. I told my kids, no soap, shaving cream, wax, etc., - absolutely nothing destructive and if you get caught you are 100% going to clean it up - guess my neighbor has no sense of humor.

It's good clean fun? For who? The person who has to pick up all the trash thrown on their property the following day? Wow. That sounds like fun.

If you get caught you are 100% going to clean it up?? So, do you tell your kids they shouldn't get caught?? Yeah, I could see myself telling my kids to throw a bunch of crap on someone else's property, but don't get caught or you'll have to clean it up.

I don't see the fun in anything that has to do with putting trash on someone else's property so they have to clean it up the next day.

 

[Free4Life11]

It may be good clean fun but I am a Type-A stiff and would not want to have to clean it up. The Froot Loops sounds totally obnoxious...forking is one thing because at least you can clean them up, but how do you clean up mushy Froot Loops.

 

[DisneyfeverTN]

It's good clean fun? For who? The person who has to pick up all the trash thrown on their property the following day? Wow. That sounds like fun.

If you get caught you are 100% going to clean it up?? So, do you tell your kids they shouldn't get caught?? Yeah, I could see myself telling my kids to throw a bunch of crap on someone else's property, but don't get caught or you'll have to clean it up.

I don't see the fun in anything that has to do with putting trash on someone else's property so they have to clean it up the next day.

ITA!! I wouldn't want trash on our lawn and I told my kids they aren't allowed to put trash on someone else's lawn. Maybe if my son played for a team and they all did it and the parents were ok with it, then that would be a different situation.

 

[Breezy_Carol]

I've never heard of forking or Fruit Looping. And I wouldn't be too thrilled to find either in my front yard.

 

[Daxx]

Did your son clean this up, or did your neighbor have to? I guess if I found this on a cold morning (or warm or whatever) I wouldn't be laughing too much either. I think it's a matter of respecting other people's property.

Yeah, I totally agree.

 

[Saffron]

The answer to the Fruit Loop question is no, it wouldn't work. My class strings Fruit Loops on yarn each year to decorate our classroom Christmas tree. After Christmas we hang the Fruit Loop garland on the trees out front and hopefully get to watch some birds feeding from the garland. If the birds find the Fruit Loops before the rain, the birds have a great Christmas too. If the rain gets the Fruit Loops first, we end up with either a colorful mush under our tree that eventually degrades into the ground or freezes before degrading into the ground. Or we find nothing, the rain pulverizes the Fruit Loops into dust and washes them away.

There would be no rainbow grass, lawn, yard, dirt, whatever. You'd have brightly colored mush all over your lawn and depending on where you live, that could turn to moldy mush in warmer climates or colorful, mushy ice in colder climates.

 

[PeterPanette]

Wait - forking? I'd never heard of this, so I'm hoping someone can answer this. From what Karista said, it's not just dumping plastic forks on someone's lawn, it's "sticking them into the ground". Does that mean sticking the handle end into the ground, leaving the forked end sticking straight up? Or vice versa? Either way, you've pretty much got a mine field you'd have to navigate in order to clean them up - where could you safely step? That seems especially malicious to me. I'd be very surprised if someone wouldn't press charges over something like that.

 

[KerriSue]

What does the salt do? Tell me it doesnt kill the grass?

 

[mantysk8coach]

I'd never heard of forking either. Or salting. I'm so out of the loop!

I would think that placing each fork into the ground, would actually be more of a pain than picking them up. So why bother?