A homegrown vegetable or a fruit is literally like a baby you have conceived and are ready to give birth to the baby. In order for a smooth pregnancy, you have to work so hard and do specific things to make sure the baby remains healthy inside. The same is the case with fruits and vegetables, you have to be very consistent in following the process that results in their ideal growth. Now you can imagine how much pain a parent feels when someone harms his/her child. The same is the case with homegrown fruits and vegetables, it is irresistibly aggravating and painful.
Something similar happened in the case of Reddit user KatiaV. OP had grown tomatoes and jalapenos in their house hard because they absolutely enjoy the all-natural salsa sauce that gets created from the homegrown produce. Unfortunately, though, they did not have the best of neighbors. The neighbors would report OP and her family for literally everything, and would always complain about their way of living life. OP was absolutely normal with it and chose to ignore it all until one day the neighbors poisoned her tomato and jalapeno plants. She thought this was it and now the neighbors would meet nuclear revenge.
So OP decided to make ice cubes of sugar syrup and started throwing them at the neighbors’ house. Knowing that the house was built on an ant hill, she was sure ants would get attracted to the sugar syrup, and it happened. The house got invaded by ants for months and the neighbors could do nothing but scream and feel disgusted.
Scroll down below to read how it all went down!
1. It is a tale of revenge that involves neighbors. I am so ready!
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2. Is there anything left that the Marine couple didn’t report OP for? OP and her family decided to ignore everything but there was this one thing that they couldn’t resist but to respond to…Let’s see what that was.
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3. The Marines decided to poison OP’s homegrown tomatoes and peppers…and she did not like that at all…She decided there and then to punish them for this ultimate crime.
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4. Ants…Looks like OP’s plan is going to have something to do with ants.
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5. OP decided to make ice cubes with sweet syrup and would through them, with her friends, towards the Marine couple’s house which made a crazy amount of ants crawl and fly into their house. The Marines went away on a vacation but OP and company continued with their mission.
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6. The happy ants called more ants. Things turned into a mega party at the Marine house as OP had served them 15 whole pounds of sugar.
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7. When the couple returned, they were greeted by ants everywhere in the house. And they greeted the ants by screaming at the top of their lungs…loud enough to let OP and her family know the Marines have returned.

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8. The ants maintained the hold on the Marine house for months. The Marines after multiple attempts, finally surrendered.
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9. Don’t leave us on a cliffhanger, OP.

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And that is why folks, you never poison someone’s homegrown tomatoes and peppers. OP, before I get to petty revenge, the way you told the story was absolutely amazing. This style of writing deserves an award. It literally kept me engaged till the last full stop.
This revenge was fully deserved. I am sure the Marines will never mess with anyone ever again on any issue whatsoever. Kudos to OP for creating and executing this master plan.
Here are some of the comments shared on the story:
10. The hilarity was at its peak in this story.
Via Mitzi_811, ninepatchmedicine
11. You can mess with a Texan but you are not allowed to mess with their homegrown foods.

Via FishSn0rt
12. The writing style made everyone happy.
Via Valenshyne
13. Everyone’s reaction after reading the story.

Via Waifer2016
14. It was always going to be nuclear.
15. The Marines declared war they weren’t ready to fight. And yes, we all cannot wait for the raccoon story.

Via peachy_sam
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