Japan 'til I die!

It appears that my housemates and I have declared war on our backdoor neighbors over our garden fence (seen in the picture). It started when we hung a Japanese flag to counter their British one and things kind of escalated...

After a few air raids with a quadrocopter and paper airplanes, (and a brief waterfight) we began decorating our houses for the coming war. We left our mascot, Pat the Head, in our window as a lookout and they left their mascot, Wilson, on the fence between our gardens, which we then kidnapped!

WILSONNN!!! I'M SORRYYY!!!

We posted this ransom note through their door last night, knocked and ran off.

This was the envelope we used.

And their response was brilliant!!!

The tea-stained paper was a nice touch.

It reads:
"We, the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland, do hereby declare that this honourable kingdom shall not negotiate with terrorists, nor will we comply with the demands for a qualified ransom of 680,681,233 British Pounds Sterling for the hostage's return.

Furthermore, this government would like to point out that live cats are not legal tender; nor do we condone their use as delicious delicacies.

Consequently, if Wilson is not returned to us by midday (UK time) on Sunday the 3rd of May, in the year of our lord 2015, then hostilities will ensue and a state of war shall exist between our nations.

In the event of this undertaking, the enemy ought to be aware that our vengeance will be both swift and decisive.

We await Wilson's imminent return.

Sincerely and solemnly,
The United Kingdom"

Bring it on!

Cat tax

We don't have a cat (landlord won't let us :( ) so here's Jeff the raptor, our household pet.

If I get enough upvotes, updates will follow.
Thanks for reading :)

Update 1: They've started bombing us with waterballoons! our flag fell down so I went to put it back up but they started firing waterballoons at me! I think they have some sort of catapult, and I'm the only one at home right now! I've send a call to arms to my housemates, they should be here in 30 mins or so.

Update 2 - The Mysterious Skull

My housemates have arrived and a battle is ensuing, but by the time they got here the British had captured Nemo, so we killed the hostage and returned the dead remains of the with another note, If you can't read this one, it says:
"you didn't say he had to be alive!
Japan xoxo

PS: RIP Wilson"

RIP Wilson

Here's Dead Wilson where we left him for the British to find.

Update 3 - *Obligatory Front Page Edit*: Front Page y'all!! (downvote if you must.) Special thanks to Jeff the Raptor and water balloons!

Update 4: RIP Nemo

We recovered Nemo, but not before they ripped a hole in him trying to hang him out of their window, so he's burst and my housemate in the picture is clearly very sad (but he has a great beard, so he's got that going for him).

Update 5: Ambush!

We finally got the flag back up by running out there to repair it, then when they attacked we launched a counter-attack from the garden to their right (left on the picture) to hold them off while we fixed it. The neighbors were cool with us using their garden, and even said they'd try to get a flagpole and put up their German flag! Though they're currently flying a British flag and a German one, so I guess they're neutral right now?

We negotiated a ceasefire when we all got hungry, so I think that's it for tonight, but this is far from over! Since the death of Wilson, the British have replaced him with a new sentry: It appears to be a cardboard cut-out of Christian Grey (from 50 Shades)!

I'll send more updates tomorrow, when the war will continue!

Update 6: this post made it pretty high on reddit and one of the other neighbours saw it! Apparently It's Nic Cage, not Christian Grey which just makes this better! (But I'm trying not to read into the fact that my housemate's first thought was Christian Grey). Thanks Aabernathy!

Update 7: turns out Aabernathy was one of the brits, not a nearby neighbor. We have made contact with the enemy through Reddit!

Update 8: we've finished the planning meeting, and have big plans for the next few days (although the use of throwing knives and tunneling under the fence got vetoed)!

Update 9 is on a new post because we've been busy and there's lots of new photos! Part 2 here: http://imgur.com/gallery/RJhq5/new

TLDR; declared war on house behind our garden, captured wilson, about to have awesome water ballooon fight!