If you’re throwing a big bash, things can tend to get out of hand. Sometimes, someone might just act a fool, set afire the afghan nana knitted for your 10th birthday and your significant other can get*tricked* into mowing a half-pan of special brownies and throwing up all over the walls.
But is that any reason for the boys in blue to call it a night for everyone?
Let’s keep ‘em at bay.
1. Don’t call them! Sounds like common sense, but if you got an ex-couple swinging knives at each other, throw the other half pan of special brownies at them. That’ll get them laughing like old times.
2. Invite the neighbors – If there’s one thing that will get the party shut down early, it’s not inviting your neighbors. They may be lame, they may be 40, but extend the invite and write down the phone numbers of the people in the house so they can call YOU before the po-po.
3. Keep the windows closed – This one might be better said than done and reserved for the winter time. Closing the windows will keep down on noise leaking into the neighborhood.
4. Get a permit – If you’re going to have a band, buck up and let The MAN know. If they do come, they’re bound to cut you a little slack before sending everyone home.
5. Keep smokers off the front porch – Noise travels. Even when people insist their being quiet, drunken whispers soon turn into “huh?” “What did you say?” “WHAT?!!?!?” and then it’s all “blip, blip, blip.”
6. Black out the windows – Keep the laser light show in the party planetarium. Put up cardboard or dark curtains over the windows and keep from lighting up the streets.
7. Install a revolving door – Doors that constantly open and close can be treacherous in winter time and summer alike. For one, the heat escapes in winter, and in summer, it’s all about the noise. If you have a sliding doorwall out back, send people through there – that is until someone really goes through it. Then you might want to call an ambulance.
8. Keep the goats on a leash - Drop the dog off with your significant other’s computer lab partner. Remove the barks and you’ll significantly reduce your decibels.
9. Stick your neck out for your underage homies – The next to last thing you want occuring is one of your younger bud’s moms storming the front gate. Head her off at the pass by posing as a bible study leader and memorize Revelations so you can quote a few verses. It’s a pretty bitchin’ book.
10. INVITE THEM! - Remember that kid in high school who always read gun magazines in world studies class? He’s a cop now! Facebook him and get him to the party. If the fuzz show up, have him flash his shiny cracker jack medal and you’re back in business.