Our neighbor has a new rooster.

[hunter]

Just like this in the middle of the night:

Hah, now our neighbor has even less reason to complain whenever our dogs (and not our dogs alone) sing along with the police sirens at all hours.

And I gotta wonder, why do the police turn on their sirens in the middle of the night? Are they any different than our neighbor's new rooster?

[Doodley]

1. We have a farm at the back of our yard, and the farmer has a huge cock that sometimes

comes in our yard. Makes a hell of a noise.

[TreasonousBastard]

2. Ummm...

[consider_this]

3. OMG

LOL, as hell.

[Blue Owl]

4. ...at the stroke of midnight?

[Rabrrrrrr]

7. that must be the biggest cock in the world to come into your yard,

unless you meant come in the other sense, in which case he must have the world's largest range.

[Doodley]

9. The farm has goats, sheep and a cow - they have all been in our yard as there's only a

low fence between. One time the cow went straight through our back and front yard and started walking along our street! But my wife always has a shock when she sees the farmer's cock.

[sarge43]

8. Your post is useless without a video. n/t

[red dog 1]

5. Are you sure those are police sirens?

Most sirens around here are ambulances, or fire engines.

In the middle of the night, police are likely not to use sirens, as they are often responding to crimes in progress and prefer that the would-be criminals not know that they are approaching
At night they often only have their flashing lights on when responding to a call, except in big cities, where they need the sirens to get through traffic.

[hunter]

13. I'd say the police are responding to crimes and accidents that have already happened.

The shots have been fired and the bad guys are already running, whether they hear the sirens or not.

And there's always traffic, Wal-Mart and the supermarkets are open 24 hours, and many people are doing shift work.

It's amazing really. As a kid I remember Sundays when all the shops were closed and parking lots empty. Hardly anybody did shift work except at the hospital and other emergency services, or at Denny's. My brother worked at a fast food place that was open until 11 and that was considered unusual. The others closed at 9. The same place now has a 24 hour 7 days a week drive-up window.

[Submariner]

6. A shotgun blast would be appropriate after that cock sounded off

Imagine living in your dream home and having that piece of crap wake you up each morning at zero dark thirty. It would be rotisserie time in my neighborhood!

[Rabrrrrrr]

10. No rotisserie - coq au vin!

That's what you do with cocks and their tough meat.

[Iggo]

11. I'm so sorry.

[womanofthehills]

12. I have a huge rooster and I love his crowing

Unless they hear a noise, most roosters will not begin crowing till it's almost dawn. if my rooster crows at night, I know he is hearing something or something is in my yard.