On Sun, 27 Dec 2020 19:46:56 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> I heard a funny story from my thesis advisor, who was not one to lie
>or exaggerate. He said a friend had put up a fence on the property line
>between his property and the nei1ghbour's. The neighbour waited until
>the fence was finished and then complained to the city that the fence
>was 6" over the property line. The city came to check and made him take
>it down and move it 6". He did better than that. He moved it a foot.
>
>About a year later the neighbour rebuilt his house and based the
>location of the property line on the fence. The professor's friend
>waited until the house was finished and went to the city to report that
>the house was 6" too close to the property lawn. The city made the guy
>tear down the new house.

Where is the Christmas spirit in this story?