General Chat

The saga of Bob and the Builder

Twas a wonderful day in old Bob’s house Sun shining, the garden all green When the neighbour he started the building work, really he’s keen This neighbour on one side of Bob’s house Has bought the house on t’other side And now he has started improvements I think that I’m going to hide There’s digging and sawing and laughter The front garden’s gone to the tip On the hedge that once stood between us With a saw he has been letting rip When all of the work is completed He’s hoping that someone will buy it I’ve no doubt that he’ll make a profit I just hope the new owners are quiet My daughter says she will leave home Cos she can’t stay asleep after dawn My wife says the workers are thirsty They need cups of tea on the lawn It’s evening but there is no let up Though the sun she continues to shine I am not sure their work they will give up E’en though twill soon be home time The shadows grow longer and longer But still we can’t get any peace The roar of the digger grows louder You’d think they were ent’ring a race Ah! Peace, blessed peace has descended Again I can hear the birds sing I shall take my drink out in the garden Before the church bell starts to ring

Nice one Bob! I sypathise mate. Our neighbour decided to lay a patio and was at it all day with a brick cutter the other Sunday. And my Mum lives next to a builder who is renovating his house. She's now got cracks in her newly plastered lounge due to his banging. Such is life! Jeanette

Hi Bob Liked your poem I'll swop neighbours if you like but you will have to live in Lancashire 18 mths ago my nest door neighbour died and her eldest daughter and husband took over the house and planned lots of changes He is a builder by trade so you would think that things would be done quickly. WRONG! He has been working on the house ever since they moved in but as he never starts until about 4 o'clock(He doesn't go to work) and carries on till all hours banging, sawing using a cement mixer. that's when his wife is home Her job takes her abroad a lot then he does hardly anythng at all . Sometimes when he's been out with his mates he starts a midnight because she is due home in a couple of days Their back garden looks like a building site The only good thing that has come out of it is that they put up a new party fence that matched the rest of ours MY neighbour always refused to have a high fence there Bren