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Wednesday, 27 January 2010

pay cheque puns....building into a compo??


There was more than a whiff of spring in the air. The peacock displayed ( he really has managed to produce a hell of a tail from nowhere!), the peahen watched, indulgently, for a while and Little seemed suitably awed.
I got a lot done...always the case when the sun shines, however wanly.
Because we had had the builders in for so long, we suffered from workman invasion fatigue syndrome...plus our very engaging doing-it-for-'fun' painter lost interest..so we have been living with plaster on the walls... I think that contributed to the BG's sense that we were, once again, in only a semi-stable state. I decided to bite the bullet and get the decoration done. Nick, the new painter ( really a potter and a yoga instructor in real life) has made a huge impact ..the BG's room and bathroom are almost finished and the BG can see that the onerous and tedious decanting of the contents of his room and the decamping to the spare was well worth the effort. My turn to evacuate tomorrow night. What is alarming is the volume of DUST, never mind the vast quantities of stuff...
Upstairs will be transformed and it's great that all the niggly little unfinished bits downstairs are now tidied up, too. Maybe we will feel more anchored.
Posted by at 5:01 PM

17 comments:

  1. How much does a potter come yoga instructor urn ? (At full stretch)
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  2. Slightly more than a gardener rakes in, I'd say, E-K.
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  3. Oh my goodness! So much wit on a Thursday! Delightful! Keep it coming!
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  4. More than a stripper pulls down or a nursery teacher tots up....
    Any more?
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  5. It all adds up to less than a maths teacher, though there are quite a few coppers to be had in police work.
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  6. I gather surgeons take a decent cut and cheesemakers a sizeable wedge. There's a good salary to be had working down the salt mines, and you can make a mint at the B of E!
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  7. A sailor gets paid for old rope. The proctologist gets a pile but the poor old dustman's take is a load of rubbish.
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  8. A priapic dog generally gets spayed.
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  9. oh you and your priapisms, Alceste!!
    E-K...proctologist is a good one!
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  10. An illegal resident gets squat - apart from what's doled out to him.
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  11. Looks like E-K has this all sewn up...you have until Monday close of play to enter the fray!
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  12. I once had a job in a zoo, circumcising elephants. The basic rate of pay wasn't very good but the tips were enormous.
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  13. Really, Alceste! What are you like????
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  14. Bugger! Too late for this one. Prizes already given out.

    The fellow who cleans out the male donkey enclosure at the petting zoo gets jack shit.

    And the lads at Fox's factory make a mint.

    The pay at the fake Calvin Klein sweatshop in Guangdong is pants.
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  15. I'm late too Idle.

    Acupuncturists only make pin money.

    Train drivers should be chuffed with what they earn :-)

    Bakers make plenty of dough..
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  16. Excellent, Lilith...espec first two...
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  17. I'm late too, Lilith !

    (It's actually in my contract to be late)
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