Eccentrics.

It's hard to know whether I would have found Lord Berners amusing or just plain irritating! I remember reading about the signs he liked to put up around his Faringdon House estate. My favourite was:

"Please do not throw stones at this sign".

Also, I believe that he convinced some local residents that his folly tower was going to be used as an inland lighthouse and would also be fitted with a fog horn when visibility was poor.