Chickenfeed Charlie

Hi fellow Simmers!

I recently put "Chickenfeed Charlie Sculpture of Fun" into a backyard garden at the Jocque home in RHB. (I'm thinking that Chickenfeed Charlie came with the Seasons EP.) Anyhow, I thought he'd make a cute garden decoration. The Jocque daughter, Violet is going steady with a CAS teen Sim named Caleb Kestera. Caleb come over one day as an invited guest to see the "love of his life," and while Violet is busy in the bathroom, Caleb goes to the back yard with an evil menacing stance and sounds and I'm like (what is he up to?). And, he steals "Charlie!" And, I'm staring at the empty spot in the garden where Charlie was with my mouth hanging open. (I thought that Sims would only steal gnomes. Guess not.) Later that evening, Violet's mother, Sophia goes and steals "Charlie" back. I guess that Caleb is a "Charlie-a-holic" or a "Chickenaholic." (Thanks for the -"aholic" part, Tasia!) Might be time to send Violet and Caleb off to college.

Violet and Caleb had a "dream date" ealier and I'm so proud as it's the first time that I had a dream date without the couple doing WooHoo.

Lilly

Wow, I've never had that happen in my game. I would like to see that!

It was funny, CindaLove. I'm still surprised and when I think about it, my mouth hangs open. I put "Charlie" back in the garden, so I'll have to see if it happens again. The Jocque family doesn't have a gnome.

Lilly

Don't recall this one.

Welcome to the club Lilly! You should put a Gnome in the spot where the chicken was and see if he steals that, too. I would love to download Chickenfeed Charlie to see if Rhys will steal it, but I don't have any EPs.

Yup! That's "Chickenfeed Charlie," CindaLove. I thought he was cute.

And, Daisy, I think one of my Jocque Sims does have a gnome in their inventory--as they dug it up while treasure hunting. So, maybe I'll put "Charlie" in an inventory and put the gnome in the spot he had, invite Caleb over and see if he steal it.

I don't think of Caleb as a "grouchy neighbor;" however, maybe he was unhappy that Violet--his steady girlfriend--wasn't paying attention to him at the time.

Lilly

Rhys is far from being a grouchy neighbor. Now Kevin and Regan might have their indiviual reasons for stealing Claudia's gnome. The only other gnome Rhys use to steal was the one in Joyce's yard. I might put a gnome in everybody's yard, just to see what happens.

"A gnome in every yard." Now, that could be interesting.

Maybe EA changed it from "grouchy neighbor" to any SIm or to Sims with specific personalities. Maybe, it's grouchy Sims. (I'll have to check Caleb's personality.) I did read, on the BBS Forum I think, that sometimes changes were made after the manual's were printed and sometimes, EA changed things with later EPs (such as deleting the wedding limo coming after the ceremony when Sims were able to go on a honeymoon vacation with Bon Voyage).

Lilly

What you said about the wedding limo, reminded me that with the base game, if they have a "wedding party" the limo will come at the end. The honeymoon is only a ride around the block. I never do "the party" because it feels so rush, rush. I might figure out a way to use it in combination with the regular way I do my weddings.