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Brits are Watch The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman Onlineraging after residents of Clifton, Bristol, fitted anti-bird spikes on trees in order to protect their cars from droppings.

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The spikes — which are sometimes fitted to buildings to prevent birds from nesting — have been nailed to two trees in the front garden of private properties in an affluent area of the city in south west England.

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Shocked Brits have flocked to Twitter to express their rage at the move.

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"The human race may have reached new lows with this... If the earth decided to swallow us all, it would probably be quite fair actually (and a bit overdue!)," tweeted one person.

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Some expressed their horror at the image, which they felt said spoke volumes about our society.

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Many wondered what it was that made the residents' cars so worthy of protection.

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Some felt that the move was akin to something a movie villain would do.

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And, others suggested exacting revenge on the people who fitted the spikes to the trees.

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SMDH.

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