with a bag full of rods which he screwed together and pushed up and screwed another one and pushed up and pushed up the drainpipe to the roof until suddenly he fell backwards and we were showered with the twiggy nests and feathers of all the birds in the neighbourhood.
we don't have drainpipes around here, "newer house" compared to the historic district, but i'm not complaining. it's just one less thing to worry about here on the plantation! (i'm catching up reading and writing. going out to the west coast sort of set me back.) xoxoxox
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In this case, would it be correct to say "up the spout?"*
ReplyDelete*Term heard in The Great Escape.
the birds might feel up the spout
DeleteAh, well, better a builder's thingy up the drain pipe than a Dynorod down the loo....
ReplyDeletewe probably need a bit of that too, unblocking the house seems never ending!
Deletewe don't have drainpipes around here, "newer house" compared to the historic district, but i'm not complaining. it's just one less thing to worry about here on the plantation! (i'm catching up reading and writing. going out to the west coast sort of set me back.) xoxoxox
ReplyDeleteIs that because it rains Champagne on your house Sav? xxx
DeleteOh! I feel the need to have a go at this. I would love to have some sort of control over all my pipework.
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wouldn't we all darlin' - wouldn't we all?
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