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a trolls guide to fence post warfare

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Jim Dalling
May 28, 2025
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I loves me a love story.

My favorite love story?

Shrek.

It’s kinda similar to that of me and my wife except for the fact that though Shrek and Fiona were ogres, me and my squeeze are both trolls.

Laura is a nasty, nasty troll of a woman with the deadliest of deapans. I never seem to catch on when she’s fucking with me.

In addition to being the sexiest woman I know, she’s pretty damn good at hiding it when she’s fucking with people.

Today is a perfect example.

We’ve lowered the hostility with our neighbour by several degrees. This means that she will occasionally acknowledge his existence by saying hello and I’ve stopped flipping him the bird whenever he fails to not look at me.

Progress is a wonderful thing eh?

It’s kinda like that with Canada and ‘Merica these days. We’ve stopped booing the Rockets Dead Bear song but we’re still not coming for dinner.

But back to our suburban border war.

Our neighbour is a classic ‘Nosey Parker’. He loves volunteering his input and observations BEFORE they a…

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