Preening. and The Gas Man!

I went to the farm to buy some chicken for tea.
This one had a lucky escape! Not your turn yet! ( actually these are the egg layers)

A much better day today.
The man came from British Gas to service the boiler, and everything was OK!

It reminded me of this song by Flanders and Swan ( most of you are too young to remember!!)

THE GAS MAN COMETH

'Twas on a Monday morning
The Gas-Man came to call;
The gas tap wouldn't turn - I wasn't getting gas at all.
He tore out all the skirting boards
To try and find the main,
And I had to call a Carpenter to put them back again.
Oh, it all makes work for the working man to do!

'Twas on a Tuesday morning
The Carpenter came round;
He hammered and he chiselled and he said "Look what I've found!
Your joists are full of dry-rot
But I'll put it all to rights."
Then he nailed right through a cable and out went all the lights.
Oh it all makes wotk for the working man to do!

'Twas on a Wednesday morning
The Electrician came;
He called me "Mr Sanderson" (which isn't quite my name)
He couldn't reach the fuse box
Without standing on the bin
And his foot went through a window - so I called the Glazier in.
Oh, it all makes work for the working man to do!

'Twas on a Thursday morning
The Glazier came along,
With his blow-torch and his putty and his merry Glazier's song;
He put another pane in-
It took no time at all-
But I had to get a Painter in to come and paint the wall.
Oh, it all makes work for the working man to do!

'Twas on a Friday morning
The Painter made a start;
With undercoats and overcoats he painted every part,
Every nook and every cranny,
But I found when he was gone
He'd painted over the gas tap and I couldn't turn it on!
Oh, it all makes work for the working man to do!

On Saturday and Sunday they do no work at all:
So 'twas on a Monday morning that the Gas-Man came to call!!!!
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These two were favourites of my Mum and Dad probably back in the 1950's
Still makes me smile.
Hope you smile too!!