My sister is a compulive lemon thief. Its the only thing I've ever seen her steal but if she sees a lemon tree she's fuckin stealing a lemon. Its so funny watching this grown ass woman creep up on some fancy house and steal a lemon like some kind of citrus goblin.
As someone who also has an over-producing lemon tree I actually don't mind people taking them. Like, what am I going to do with like 200 lemons? Leave them for the invasive possums to eat? They're absolutely feral.
Aww, sweet little babies. I love possums and their goofy little Tim Burtonesque faces. We have a resident possum who trundles around our property at night. I give them pancakes when I can.
Edit: here's the link to the full video of the baby possums in the GIF.
You might check out recipes for Indian lemon pickle. It's a way of salt fermenting them that results in a spicy delicious condiment that can last for ages.