Man wraps neighbour's car in plastic after they stole his parking space

By??Paige HollandShowbiz Audience Writer

12:04, 19 AUG 2020

When a woman stole Tobe Bailey's car parking space he came up with an incredible way to make sure she wouldn't make the same mistake again - and luckily she found the prank?funny

Wrap /r?p/ vt. 包；纏繞；隱藏；掩護vi. 包起來；纏繞；穿外衣；<非正式>完成拍攝，殺青；n. 外套；圍巾

1.?~ sth (up) (in sth)包，裹（禮物等）

2. ~ A (up) in B /~ B round/around A 用…包裹（或包扎、覆蓋等）

3. ~ sth around/round sth/sb用…纏繞（或圍緊）

4. ~ (sth) (around/round)（使文字）換行

5. be ?wrapped ?up in sb/sth：專心致志于；全神貫注于；完全沉浸于

6.?wrap ?up?wrap it ?up： 住口；閉嘴；別再搗亂

7.?wrap ?up?wrap sb/yourself ?up：（使）穿得暖和 ?She told them to wrap up warm/warmly . 她叫他們穿暖和點。

8.?wrap sth←→?up： 圓滿完成，順利結(jié)束（協(xié)議或會議等） ?That just about wraps it up for today. 這就差不多給今天畫了個圓滿的句號

prank n. ?/pr??k/ ?：a trick that is played on sb as a joke 玩笑；惡作劇

A man whose parking space was stolen by a neighbour came up with an incredible way to teach them a lesson.

Tobe Bailey, 49, had grown tired of people parking outside his house, so when a blue Vauxhall Corsa blocked his drive he went to extreme measures to get his point across.

At first the dad of seven attached a note to the windscreen of the car, but when it was still there a day and a half later he wrapped the entire car in black cellophane.

Cellophane n. /?sel?fe?n/ 用于包裝的玻璃紙

Bricklayer?and handyman Tobe said: "I live in a street with 26 houses and 24 parking spaces.

bricklayer n. /?br?kle??(r)/ ?砌磚工；瓦工

"Me and the Mrs spent about ￡2,000 putting a dropped?curb?in last year and clear signs telling people not to park there but people still do all the time.

Dropped?curb ?/k??b/緣石坡道 ，curb單獨使用有抑制、控制的意思

At least two or three times a week, we?get some idiot blocking us in."

we get some idiot blocking us in：block in-阻止進入 我們遇見了一些傻瓜堵路。

He explained that when he got home from work one night he saw a car parked there.

Not only could he not park in his space, but his daughter was also blocked in.

He said: "I wrote a note and stuck it on the windscreen, telling the owner to move it.

stuck it on the windscreen：貼在擋風(fēng)玻璃上

"I opened a can of beer and sat on the balcony and waited".

balcony n. ?/?b?lk?ni/ n. 陽臺；包廂；戲院樓廳

But nothing happened - the car was still there the next day, so he decided to get revenge.

"I'd just had a load of pallet wrap delivered and I thought 'right' and wrapped it across the car. The owner soon came out after that.

"It was a young girl who had just moved in next door but one.

"She was very apologetic.

"She said "very funny" and said she won't park there again."

Tobe explained that he likes to get his point across in a funny and harmless way, and that he's not doing it to be?malicious?at all.

malicious adj. /m??l???s/ ?having or showing hatred and a desire to harm sb or hurt their feelings 懷有惡意的；惡毒的?? malicious gossip/lies/rumours 惡毒的流言飛語╱謊言╱謠言

"It only took her a few minutes to take the wrap off and her car was cleaner after because of it" he added.

Tobe said his wife Amanda and the four children of his that live with him in Margate, Kent, found the stunt?hilarious.

stunt ?/st?nt/ ?

1.（尤指電影中的）特技表演??a stunt pilot 特技飛行員

2. 意在引人注意的花招；噱頭?a publicity stunt 宣傳噱頭

3.愚蠢行為；危險舉動??I've had enough of her childish stunts. 她那些幼稚的愚蠢行為我受夠了。

4. 阻礙生長；妨礙發(fā)展；遏制?The constant winds had stunted the growth of plants and bushes. 老是刮風(fēng)，花草、灌木長不大。 ?His illness had not stunted his creativity. 疾病沒有扼殺他的創(chuàng)造力。

hilarious adj. ??/h??le?ri?s/ ?extremely funny 極其滑稽的

But this isn't the first prank Tobe has pulled on a person who parked in his place.

"Another time, a man parked a car across my driveway and when I told him he couldn't park there, he told me he was a child of God and could park where he likes.

"I told him I am also a child of God and had the right not to have my driveway blocked.

"He didn't listen and just walked away, so I used a car jack?to hoist it up.

car jack汽車千斤頂；[機] 車輛起重器

hoist /h??st/ ?[ usually + adv./prep. ] 吊起；提升；拉高??to hoist a flag/sail 升旗╱帆

be hoist/hoisted by/with your own petard：?害人反害己；自食其果

"When he came back, he got in the car and started it but of course, couldn't drive anywhere.

"He had to knock on my door and eventually apologised.

"He never parked there again."

Tobe shared a picture of the car on?Facebook?and received over 100 comments from friends who found his?prank hilarious

One wrote: "Love to see their face when they turn up...priceless!"

Another commented: "Lmao, well done mate."

Lmao笑死我了，是 laughing my ass off 的網(wǎng)絡(luò)縮略語

A third also added: "This is too funny, I can't think of anyone else who would do this."

Others called Tobe a "legend" and "brilliant".

原文鏈接：https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/man-wraps-neighbours-car-brutal-22544682