He reminds me of the cranky old neighbor who chases children away from standing in from of his lawn.

To those, add musicians with thin walls or cranky neighbors.

Walt's cranky neighbor, who drove an old car that started with a crank long after everyone else had bought a car with a starter.

"Nobody dast blame this man," says a cranky neighbor at Willy's graveside, and who dast disagree?

Buurman Baasje, a cranky neighbour from the Maanzaadstraat (Poppy Seed Street), hating being disturbed by the people (and especially the Muppets) of Sesamstraat.

Though there's the occasional cranky neighbor, adults are generally as enchanted as their children, and the rewards - some more tangible than others - are in those reactions.

But they also say they feel exasperated, adding that many of the complaints have been exaggerated or distorted by a small band of cranky neighbors who have opposed the hotel from Day 1.

His cranky neighbor Squidward complains that "it smells like something crawled in your brain and died," to which Patrick replies proudly, "That's the creative process at work."

There were cranky neighbors involved and city officials, and what went right and what went wrong is, as is often the case, opaque and very much a matter of perspective.

Although the game might get you in a bit of trouble if you happen to incite the ire of a cranky neighbor, it's mostly a harmless joke on par with a prank phone call.