Every blessed commercial break during the Big Bash cricket was for funeral plans. Don't get me wrong, l am all for being prepared, but every one ! I am particularly annoyed by the one where the next door neighbour brings round the wrongly delivered post. "Oh yes", he says cheerily "My funeral protection plan". If l was the neighbour, l'd be thinking "Yes, but what was in that other envelope with the foreign stamps ? Or the one marked "HM Prison ? And aren't you going to offer me a cup of tea, you miserable so and so ?"
Every blessed commercial break during the Big Bash cricket was for funeral plans. Don't get me wrong, l am all for being prepared, but every one ! I am particularly annoyed by the one where the next door neighbour brings round the wrongly delivered post. "Oh yes", he says cheerily "My funeral protection plan". If l was the neighbour, l'd be thinking "Yes, but what was in that other envelope with the foreign stamps ? Or the one marked "HM Prison ? And aren't you going to offer me a cup of tea, you miserable so and so ?"
aren't you tempted by the free pen, or whatever enticements they're offering?
Every blessed commercial break during the Big Bash cricket was for funeral plans. Don't get me wrong, l am all for being prepared, but every one ! I am particularly annoyed by the one where the next door neighbour brings round the wrongly delivered post. "Oh yes", he says cheerily "My funeral protection plan". If l was the neighbour, l'd be thinking "Yes, but what was in that other envelope with the foreign stamps ? Or the one marked "HM Prison ? And aren't you going to offer me a cup of tea, you miserable so and so ?"
The wording in that ad has changed. She used to say "The one with Parky", now it's "The one on the telly". Maybe they weren't paying high enough repeat fees to Parky.
There's been a lot of fly tipping going on around here recently. The sad fact of living on a half finished building estate is that the empty ground attracts litter and all kinds of dumped rubbish. It seems to have ramped up in the last few months though with mattresses and car parts getting thrown down the banks and people burning all kinds of stuff around the place. On the bright side if you have a bit of a tendancy to Womble then there is quite a lot of useful stuff lying about that's free for the taking. Today I salvaged a load of concrete patio slabs that are perfect for flooring the greenhouse and several scaffolding planks that will be great for raised beds. I also found a few nice early 1900s bricks that are worth saving for a future project. If I had more space I'd be getting some of this stuff tidied up and listed on freecycle.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
There's been a lot of fly tipping going on around here recently. The sad fact of living on a half finished building estate is that the empty ground attracts litter and all kinds of dumped rubbish. It seems to have ramped up in the last few months though with mattresses and car parts getting thrown down the banks and people burning all kinds of stuff around the place. On the bright side if you have a bit of a tendancy to Womble then there is quite a lot of useful stuff lying about that's free for the taking. Today I salvaged a load of concrete patio slabs that are perfect for flooring the greenhouse and several scaffolding planks that will be great for raised beds. I also found a few nice early 1900s bricks that are worth saving for a future project. If I had more space I'd be getting some of this stuff tidied up and listed on freecycle.
Put gloves on and take a sharp knife to the mattresses. They often contain layers of coconut fibre and wool shoddy that can be put to many uses in the garden.
There's been a lot of fly tipping going on around here recently. The sad fact of living on a half finished building estate is that the empty ground attracts litter and all kinds of dumped rubbish. It seems to have ramped up in the last few months though with mattresses and car parts getting thrown down the banks and people burning all kinds of stuff around the place. On the bright side if you have a bit of a tendancy to Womble then there is quite a lot of useful stuff lying about that's free for the taking. Today I salvaged a load of concrete patio slabs that are perfect for flooring the greenhouse and several scaffolding planks that will be great for raised beds. I also found a few nice early 1900s bricks that are worth saving for a future project. If I had more space I'd be getting some of this stuff tidied up and listed on freecycle.
Put gloves on and take a sharp knife to the mattresses. They often contain layers of coconut fibre and wool shoddy that can be put to many uses in the garden.
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I am particularly annoyed by the one where the next door neighbour brings round the wrongly delivered post. "Oh yes", he says cheerily "My funeral protection plan". If l was the neighbour, l'd be thinking "Yes, but what was in that other envelope with the foreign stamps ? Or the one marked "HM Prison ? And aren't you going to offer me a cup of tea, you miserable so and so ?"
And why does the bloke sat funerrrrraal?
I don't disagree, simply pointing out why it ain't gonna happen.
The wording in that ad has changed. She used to say "The one with Parky", now it's "The one on the telly". Maybe they weren't paying high enough repeat fees to Parky.