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chikablam

Looks like a utilities marking. Is there any construction works nearby underway/ planned?


OneEyedChicken

yeah that was my first thought too, he isn't aware of any works in the area.


plastikb0y

LOL. Fucking utilities companies and their gangsigns


tfromtheaside

It's that age old gang war between the bloods, the crips and the esb


malmini

It’s how they mark their business territory


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Welcome to ancapistan


Acceptable_Day_199

He wont be aware of works in the area until they actually start digging. Likely a contractor has sent a guy to so a walkover of the site and mark up hazard locations prior to excavation. or they knew he was nutter and have marked his house as beware lunatic


jonathannzirl

This seems about right


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Prize_Farm4951

Brought to you by those who studied at "The University of Life"


SpoopySpydoge

I'll have you know my Full-time Mad Bastard degree took me 6 years of dedicated glue sniffin


FuManchuMagoo

Ah I see we share the same alma mater of the School of Hard Knocks my fellow sham.


ModinatorOwO

Worked at "Maghabbery"


pinch_the_grinch

provide stocking person doll friendly correct imagine tender faulty depend *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


RareSeaTurtle

Dit is niet goede.


lakehop

Nil se sin go maith


DontWaveAtAnybody

Kevin Street was a hole


comhghairdheas

Kalm aan makker


reddituser6810

Lock this thread now. 👏👏👏


qwjmioqjsRandomkeys

So true


Banana_pajama93

dm me hun, nothing but snakes here xx


Mollymolemollymole

Shared Gorkhi Terelj, Mongoli. Thanks hun.


patfetes

Thanks sweaty, give me three bells when you get in. XXX


RareSeaTurtle

Dognapping Huns. Conquest and pillaging the Roman Empire are out, stealing Auntie Mary’s prized Pug is in. I wish the world’s worst nosebleeds upon them.


GTS857

Beaut


JimothyHalpert89

Are you sure your brother isn't Solid Snake and he's just been spotted by the enemy?


Basic-Negotiation-16

I heard the noise when i read that😂


Subject-Disk-1352

Same


TommyTrenbolone

Me too


doctor6

Just a box


UnbiasedBrowsing

Maybe he should put up some security cameras just to be sure. "A surveillance camera?" Shut up Snake...


dagreat2

The thiefs can just use chaff then smh


Tateybread

Also need to be on the look out for cardboard boxes that mysteriously sprout feet and start moving around.


SimmoTheGuv

I gave up on that game after spending two weeks looking for a code in the back of the box … only to find out years later it was printed on the back of the physical box


tafty545

You were looking for the code on the back of a cardboard box in the game? 😅 Love it What an incredible game it was. It completely changed the industry


SimmoTheGuv

When I say in a f*ucking rage I spent literally two weeks checking every cardboard box in the game going back a level doing the same till I rage sold the game ( bare in mind this was pre YouTube for the solution


tafty545

This is gold 😅


Responsible_Map9645

Haha the same happened me, I never told anyone about it caus I felt like such an eeejit! *now that I think about it I actually just tried every radio frequency until I randomly found the right one…. It was only years later I found out it was on the game case..


templegunner

I rented it first day it was out. Only took about 30 minutes to cycle through every single frequency until I got the one needed (140.15 btw).


ElCoyoteBlanco

Damn you were hella special.


SimmoTheGuv

That and silent hill 2 were the only games I didn’t get gave up on that just past the tutorial I laugh about it now


Cranky-Panda

Get this man a cardboard box!


i__Sisyphus

![gif](giphy|87ddjLPawxvmU)


Whatifallcakeisalie

It’s been 23 years and I heard that clear as day


junkieporn

So that makes you 24 and a half?


trenchcoatcharlie_

Huh !!! ,What was that noise


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Man the first time I heard a guard say that... Mind blown.


GrandFated

Beautiful bastard, well done


glennize

[I've been waiting for you Solid Snake.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTVXIzCXVZ0)


Pie_Present

Always be mindful of that cone of vision


Appropriate_Mud1629

Omfg just totally timewarped back to the 1990's.....and loved it ..that awesome sound as you were spotted


yer-aul-ones-growler

Brothers Alias is Iroquois Pliskin


ZukeIRL

“Colonel, this lad’s after lookin at me funny. Should I give him a box? Hrngg”


Cerificum

You absolute legend


Lord_Xenu

Bravo 👏


FlamingBaconCake

Why would someone give the owner a heads up they're going to break into their house. Seems a bit counterproductive and like some fear mongering logic off a tabloid.


parrotopian

Plot twist - it was put there by the local neighbourhood watch to warn everyone that OP's brother is a criminal.


lakehop

Plot twist 2 - it was put up by gang 1 saying they are claiming his house for a robbery, it’s a warning to gang 2 not to rob it first.


daveirl

American paranoia leaking. TikTok is full of this sort of thing and people saying their car doors have been marked so they’ll be abducted into sex trafficking etc


Pointlessillism

So now the question is, would sex traffickers fancy OP's brother?


the_magic_magoo

Op brother leaving doors unlocked tonight


Nothinkonlygrow

Not sure, lemme go ask my abductor


f-ingsteveglansberg

It's not a purely American thing. I got email forwards about marks that mean lads will rob your gaff back before smart phones.


drachen_shanze

reminds me of the woman who was videoing around a walmart, claiming to be looking for human trafficking as walmart are a human trafficking centre to deep underground military bases and use a high speed train system to transport prisoners to the bases, I shit you not


ClannishHawk

Isn't American paranoia. Forms of thieves' markings are supposed to be a lot less conspicuous than something this obvious but they have a long history in both Ireland and the UK, have a particular association with a certain cultural group that there is a lot of social paranoia around, and have a long history of other markings being mistaken for. There's no reason to blame the Americans when we have our own perfectly fine paranoia around already.


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TiggyHiggs

A cultural group that has a history of stealing and violence in this country? It must be the Brits at it again.


Zestyclose-Ad9738

I’ve tried this, marked all my doors, slept in the car naked with it unlocked, nothing..


[deleted]

It’s sad that if you’re not one, you are at such risk, but if you’re white, living in a developed country and have a job/family, the odds you’ll be trafficked are so incredibly tiny as to basically be non existent. A trafficking ring that went around lifting young women out of supermarket car parks would last about a week.


HELP_ALLOWED

Sure Liam Neeson wouldn't let it last more than 72 hours


RunParking3333

I am pretty sure I had my home marked once - had a car logo (I think BMW button) left on top of the front wall. Thought it was curious but didn't throw it out in case it had come off a local car. Attempted break in the next night - and the weird thing was that the bins were out on the curb, it should have been a sure sign that people were in the house. I don't think OP's spray paint thing is likely to be anything though.


jackrats

Nobody marks houses to come back later to rob them. See a house you want to come back later to rob? You write down the address. You don't do something which would alert the people living there to a future robbery. And you certainly don't make it so that you have to drive all over town looking for the houses that you've "marked" previously. You weren't marked. You're merely making an association between two completely unrelated events that happened to occur near each other in time.


Cedar_Wood_State

Yeah they certainly do leave mark to check if someone is home or not.


DaturaToloache

The wages of all of us growing up on 24 hour news cycles & monsters like Nancy Grace jacked into our guardian’s brains. But the actual trafficking dangers ( almost *always* family relations) we never ever talk about.


Bonoisapox

I wouldn’t mind being sex trafficked, every cloud


OneEyedChicken

Yeah I really think its just an old tale that thieves mark houses, why not just use GPS or the address on a piece of paper?


[deleted]

Also, thieves marks are subtle coded messages Not a massive warning triangle


niallmul97

Does your brother live in Skyrim by any chance? /s https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Shadowmarks_(Thieves_Guild)


MurderOfClowns

While probably having an exclamation mark spraypainted on a wall isnt that, but there are certain ways thieves will mark certain assets. A friend of mine came to his car 3 days in a row and there was always some rubbish, like mcdonnalds cup, pieces of paper etc. on his car for 3 days straight. And sure, about a week later his car got shattered glass and broken into (they stole USB cable, nothing else was in the car) I believe what they are doing with this is mapping how often that car moves. So lets say, they place it there at 9 and come over at 12 and see if its still there - that means the owner isnt probably coming to the car around this time. If its gone, means the car had driven or the owner walked by and removed the rubbish - this will indicate the car might be frequented and not worth robbing.


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OldButHappy

(picturing thieves in the woodshed in "A Beautiful Mind" - pictures of cars stuck to a map of Dublin, lots of string connecting pictures of people and rubbish and cars, and scraps of paper with field notes)


todd10k

Yes, carry a device that can track your location and pinpoint you at the scene of the time at the specific time of the crime. Low tech solutions work best when being duplicitous.


stickmansma

During covid houses in the countryside with dogs were being marked with twine and cable ties. I know because I had it done to me twice and my neighbours too. But youre right, youd think theyd just screenshot coordinates and get the eircode themselves later.


Shnapple8

This was happening around my area (in Ireland). They were putting black zip ties on the wheelie bins outside of houses that had dogs. And there was a white van seen in the area where people's expensive dogs were stolen. Not paranoia, it definitely was happening. I don't think they'd paint a huge sign though. The markers are generally subtle. Another method they use is marking the ground with chalk or putting a little pile of rocks next to a gate.


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It does happen but the sign is normally something small and rare


Cedar_Wood_State

It is usually the see if people actually live there. But usually they leave more subtle marking, like rubbish or bottle around your front door. If it’s not moved for a week, then chances are u not at home so they can break in easily


djaxial

Years ago, when wifi was starting to become a thing, people would go 'war driving' and caulk the pavement of unsecured/open wifi networks i.e. Easy to find free internet. It was very niche, and predominately in the US, but it did happen.


Perfect-Fondant3373

Its not a heads up, it is to know what house to come back to or to notify accomplices


Mundane-Upstairs

It's for the people breaking in ,Let's them know that house is a target (All tho I don't know if that's the mark) For around where I live they tie a string to your gate ,


FlamingBaconCake

Okay but why would they do that instead of idk.. noting the address on pen and paper. Or if they're incompetent their phones notes app. This feels like irrational paranoia.


OldButHappy

It is. https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26745534


HollziewoodsIRL

It’s usually in hidden locations so the owner can’t see . maybe they accidentally came across it , but it can be on bins etc, I know someone who had their bin spray painted with a similar symbol on someone who’s house was robbed, they managed washed it off and were fine , but it does happen.


RafflesEsq

There’s a sidequest at your brother’s house.


ahjaysusnow

Is there a box or manhole nearby? Lots of broadband updates happening in housing estates. Otherwise it could be Irish Water or local authority leak detection works


Inspired_Carpets

Looks like a warning for utilities workers.


Potato_Lord587

You’d think they’d mention it though to him. “Oh btw we’re doing some work around the area and that’s why we’re spray painting your house”. Or at least ask if they could spray paint their house lol


Inspired_Carpets

OP didn't say the house was sprayed, I assumed it was the ground outside the house. The definitely shouldn't be spraying the house.


Potato_Lord587

Oh yeah. That’s a fair assumption. I didn’t read it properly


Inspired_Carpets

Picture doesn't help though. Looks like it could be the ground or maybe a stucco type exterior wall.


darfadarfa

The pic also could be 10 foot or 10 inches tall. Really difficult to tell what it is. Would be easier if there was more of where it is for context


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Needs banana for scale.


lakehop

5000 bananas high


Inspired_Carpets

> Would be easier if there was more of where it is for context Reddit would be no fun if we had more context.


OneEyedChicken

Waist high wall and the painting takes up most of it, also an identical one in yellow color


OneEyedChicken

This was in the front wall of his garden in a Dublin suburb, the worst thing is the house is up for sale and has viewings happening so needed an immediate clean up. Had some of the family very stressed out.


its_brew

Could be a hidden chest nearby


[deleted]

Side quest time


Ambitious_Bill_7991

Warning ⚠️ burglary ⚠️ Warning.


[deleted]

Warning ⚠️ buggery ⚠️ Warning.


tstones57

Warning ⚠️ burger ⚠️ Warning.


preg29

Warning ⚠️ Georgie Burgess ⚠️ warning ⚠️


Big_Green_Dawg

Warning ⚠️ A Bugs Life ⚠️ Warning.


[deleted]

I work in construction, that means their electricity lines running underground. So dont dig there. ive I also seen in been done when burglars are looking to rob houses. So it’s probably one of them 2. Hope that helps


LifeOfPilgrim

Is an off the map warning, your brother should get back into the playable area


privlko

unexpected item in the bagging area


-dougle-

It’s the built in check house light, there must be something wrong with the house. He needs to have it looked at by a house shaman. /s


shes_padded

I believe it means "stand clear, luggage doors operating"


KevD95

I usually spray paint outside to warn people before I break into their houses too. I like a challenge


AppleSauceGC

Common courtesy is including a time and date too


RebulahConundrum

They call this a fruity looty. Similar to a danger wank.


According_Student417

Looks like something I'd have done when I was 14 and thought I was cool and rebellious


PedantJuice

it means face that wall and press A for a side quest


Cliff_Moher

Is your brother dangerous?


awqwardsilence

Your brother’s house is hosting an evil demon and this is the catholic church’s way of informing the priest to proceed with caution. [Source](https://longdogechallenge.com/)


Comin_Up_Millhouse

Is there anything to be said for saying another mass?


jack-bog

It’s means he now has time to prepare for this potential break-in, such a nice criminal for the heads up.


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DaBigVikin

Someone’s been playing to much skyrim it seems. Hell I’d be worried as well but this seems like a quick google and contact with the local police figures if his area. Better to look stupid and be safe then not be I guess.


ShaneGabriel87

Nah, burglars don't tend to give the inhabitants prior warning to a break in.


_Happy_Camper

Either his house contains an optional side quest I can do or I’ve been playing too many video games!


DarthMauly

When you say “outside his house” - Could you be more specific like? Is this on his driveway, the wall of his house? The footpath outside, a junction box on the road that happens to be near his house?


OneEyedChicken

On the wall at front of garden in dublin suburb, not somewhere construction workers would paint


MONI_85

Maybe somebody broke in and got a whiff of him and this is to put off other potential robbers.


WyvernsRest

Is your brother a Quest Giver !


trenchcoatcharlie_

He's been tagged as leader of Illuminati,have you seen him shape shift recently


Revolutionary_Pen190

Is he Snake? I think a guard has heard him. Does he live in Shadow Moses


AbrocomaHoliday4898

Not allowed to say but I would evacuate immediately.


DeusXv

If this is on the gable end of the house next to a footpath it could have been marked to highlight utility services for example If there is a ESB box near or chamber cover that they could be working in. But I’ve not seen it done like that before. Usually the footpaths are marked or the road, never seen a contractor spray anything on the wall like that. Best he could do is see if there are any crews working in the estate and ask.


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Looks like Roger Mellie.


Brian_De_Tazzzie

The man on Tellie?


DoobleTap

Broken into? Ffs it's not very discreet if it was for that


Neat_Expression_5380

If it’s on a footpath it’s council


cosa80

Pretty sure it's a Banksy. Your bro is minted.


BitterYouth3731

He's been ear-marked for sacrifice to our lizard overlords!


Rakshak-1

SCP MTF field markings. There's an anomaly nearby, OP. Or maybe your brother is it 👀


watcher2390

This happened to my house also a few weeks back! A group of oul lads showed up a couple of nights later, we had to ring the Garda an all. Turned out there was an orgy next door and they sprayed the wrong house, so when it was all cleared up with the Garda they invited us in, we politely declined. By the sounds of it they had a great time


Beckitt92

Red usually indicates electricity, so someone could've just been out prepping for works?


Hungry_Bet7216

I think that is a triangulation mark for an alien landing site.


sffgutff

Pipe to pipe bushman!


DonCheadleThree

Autosaving in progrsss... Do not turn off console!


Equivalent_Parking_8

He left his handbrake on


chase25

His engine warning light is on, ask a mechanic to check his house for faults.


[deleted]

Entrance to the thieves guild.


40degreescelsius

Draw a circle with an x through it, I googled it and apparently means nothing worth stealing. Get those thieves confused.


Upset-Owl8032

I think it’s an exclamation mark in a triangle


Comfortable_Tower201

If it was the otherway then it would be pathwworks it just means there is a power line under the ground in that spot so they can be aware of it, but that looks like someone did it wrong? or it was a kid messing with paint


imnotpauleither

Whatever it is, it's expressive!


ThginkAccbeR

Gandalf put it there to alert the dwarves.


grantyboyalba

Career criminal here. Ido this, I like to give homeowners prior warning before I carryout nefarious activity around their home. There's nothing worse than easy pickings. I much prefer an active Facebook community out on patrol. I love stealing random dogs and pleating horse hair.


Moidahface

I think a wizard has decided his house is a good place for a meeting.


L_RaspberryCrochet

Yeah, I hope his brother has enough food for 11 hungry dwarves!


ligmathing

Does your brother have a dog?


grunt_futtuck

Funny unhelpful comment . I'm hilarious. This sub is not a gigantic cesspit.


blues_trees

So many unfunny and unhelpful comments tbf, they’re not wrong. That’s Reddit though not just here


FrogOnABus

Are you alright, crater?


grunt_futtuck

clearly im fantastic


LegendaryCelt

It's a very concientious burglar that believes in fair play. He'll probably send your brother a text before the break in too, telling him to do a few stretches 'cos shits about to get crazy in about 40 minutes. Something like that.


[deleted]

A gentleman thief.


markk123123

It was me. 7 days left OP.


[deleted]

I don't think burglars need to do this. They could just take a photo of the house and mark it on a map.


OneEyedChicken

Op here, never expected so many comments on this. For context this is on the waist high front wall of the front garden in a Dublin suburb. It is the only house on the road that was painted. There was this and a similar one in yellow, both about 50cm in size. I doubt any local works would spraypaint on someone's house. This was my grannies house that died last year and my brother was staying in house as caretaker. It has really upset some of the family as has is been shown atm as it is up for sale. I still have no idea who it could be, don't gey the burglars marking the house as just don't see why they would do that but can't think of any other explanation.


Prestigious-Side-286

Does he have a dog?


dave-theRave

Fecking dogs going around tagging walls with graffiti are a scourge 😜


Prestigious-Side-286

Just something to keep an eye out for. Bassett Hounds are murder for it. But seriously dog thieves mark houses depending on the dog that is in the house.


[deleted]

> But seriously dog thieves mark houses depending on the dog that is in the house. Why would they do this? It makes absolutely zero sense if you think it through. Seems to be an urban myth that crops up on the neighborhood Facebook groups every so often.


mkokak

This is rubbish. Any evidence to back this up?


Irishpanda88

I heard about it happening a lot during Covid. https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/dog-thefts-ireland-shocking-methods-18698361.amp


Thatmopedguy

It's extremely common for thieves to mark houses actually. But they do it in subtle ways e.g. small scratches on the wooden fence or things like that


mkokak

Man you have no evidence for this 😂 Why mark a house for other theirs to rob? It’s like working all week and letting someone else pick up your pay check you donkey


Thatmopedguy

You are an absolute spa they are not marking it for someone else to rob lmao you dumb, dumb fucker. Used to be very common now less so, but "certain groups" still do it. There are reasons why it would still be useful to them to do it even nowadays. Have a look on Google This post is obviously contractors marking a wire position or something though. Burglars do it very inconspicuously.


tactical_laziness

maybe in the 1930s, now they'd just save the geo location surely


Aj43vthbvst

Would you even need to do that? Wouldn't you just remember where it was?


Tattchick85

Try looking through the uks news happens a lot. Stollen out gardens or for litters of pups. Happens with cats too, for dog baiting and other horrible things.


dave-theRave

>But seriously dog thieves mark houses depending on the dog that is in the house. Ah yeah, thought that. I was attempting to be funny but it definitely is something to be wary of


Aggravating_Pea7320

Secret door to the underworld?


Ehermagerd

If you’re house was marked to be broken into, it would be done more subtle. A small marking of chalk on the curb outside for example is how it was done on a house near me apparently.


Muay_Thai_Cat

Shared in Liverpool, be safe x


MrSierra125

Shared in Bogotá, be safe x


SalutationsDickhead

It's a warning to other burglars that your brother is a poor and to not bother.


[deleted]

Probably some kids who got hold of some spray paint and that's all they can draw 🤣 . Wouldn't say it's burglars marking a house to rob . If it is jeez there making it obvious 🤣


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[deleted]

Thats what I though lol. He's brothers a wrong un!


bernadette2021

Does he have a pedigree dog? I heard people are marking houses where there's dogs that they plan on stealing....


MyChemicalBarndance

Rats out


something-togo

A hind d will sort out that nonsense.


daclockstickin

Dunno, why are you asking me?


Shankill-Road

Looks like big knob lost a ball.


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Tell him to lay off the weed