"Stinker" Mailbox

"Stinker" Mailbox FARM HOME Miscellaneous 28-6-30 If your mailbox has ever been vandalized, then you'll understand why Ray Hauser came up with his "stinker" mailbox. It lets him get a bit of revenge in a way that might also lead to an arrest. Hauser was frustrated at seeing countless mailboxes vandalized near his Boulder, Colo., homestead. So he came up with the idea of attaching two tubes of "skunk oil" to the side of the box. When a mailbox is bashed, the tubes break, splashing "skunk oil" onto the perpetrator's bat or club. "He may not know that he's been skunked until he brings the club back into the vehicle, probably transferring some of the stink onto his hands, clothing and perhaps vehicle upholstery," he says. Hauser recommends warning neighbors about the skunk oil tubes so they're extra careful around your mailbox. And if your mailbox gets smashed, you should tell the authorities. "Then they can question guys they might see in the car wash at midnight trying to remove the stink," he says. Hauser hopes to have his "stinker" on the market in early December. The kit will cost between $20 and $25 plus S&H. He also has other mailbox vandal fighting tools including the "Bat Grabber" and "Squirter". Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Ray Hauser, The Netbrella Company, LLC, P.O. Box 17877, Boulder, Colo. 80301 (email: ray@mailboxer.us; website: www.mailboxer.us).

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