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deleeme
Senior Member

since 1999-10-09

Posts 1766
NEW ENGLAND, USA

0 posted 2002-06-20 08:15 PM

I woke up to another Spring,
And started to do my lawn mower thing
But from the start, things weren't well,
Did I wake up in Lawn Mower Hell?

Things were not right off the bat,
What made the tires on my mower go flat?
I aired them up-they went down,
The mowing deck left on the ground!

So new innertubes were installed,
A Jungle spring up while my mower I hauled.
Returned to me- not much improved,
The tires fixed--but the mower wouldn't move!

I made another service call,
I couldn't mow no grass at all
It seemed my mower was possessed,
Creating a piled up mess!

It's back once more- and so I mowed,
Too much this Spring for this thing I owed.
Still it was not in good health,
For soon the lawn mower belt I broke!

What caused it all one can only guess,
Don't feel I like deserved this mess.
Most of the time things go well,
Except when you're in lawn mower hell!

I can not believe all this stuff,
It has really made my Springtime rough!
This ain't no nightmare, I tell--
Must of died and gone to Lawn Mower Hell?

(If on the slim chance this is only
Lawn mower Purgatory--would someone
please pay or pray me out of it?)

[This message has been edited by deleeme (06-20-2002 08:37 PM).]

Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

1 posted 2002-06-20 08:34 PM

I will try to pray for you dear deLeeme, but I have my own woes. The person who mows my lawn deliberately waits until after a heavy rain and then complains she can't pick up the grass. So then she has to spend twice the gas and the time and it costs me twice as much. She talked me into getting a shreder blade for $100. and it still sits in the garage because she can't figure out how to put it on. Woe is me. Joyce

ellie LeJeune
Member Elite

since 2000-01-10

Posts 4156
King of Prussia, PA USA

2 posted 2002-06-20 09:04 PM

Well, my dear friend, you have got yourself in quite a pickle...Perhaps an exhorsist is called for??? I do have a better answer...why not, like me, mearly rent a townhouse, where the maintenance persons do ALL the lawn work!!! Good one, David...hugs to my pal, Ellie

A friend hears the song in my heart, and sings it to me when my memory fails.

[This message has been edited by ellie LeJeune (06-20-2002 09:09 PM).]

Poet deVine

Administrator

Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-26

Posts 22612
Hurricane Alley

3 posted 2002-06-20 09:23 PM

Rule number one: do not water the lawn. If it rains, that's fine, but don't help mother nature out!!

Rule number two: make your lawn a Southwestern desert scape..rocks and cactus.. then all you have to worry about is raking the rocks...

I enjoyed your poem!

pegasus111
Member Elite

since 2000-07-27

Posts 2219
ocala, fl, usa

4 posted 2002-06-21 08:34 AM

Good to see you again David. I have missed your wit. I to am having similar problems with the mower. Bought a new self propelled. Updates to follow....

the woods are lovely, dark, and deep, but I have promises to keep, and many miles to go before I sleep...Frost

2dalimit
Member Elite

since 2000-02-08

Posts 2228
Mississippi coast

5 posted 2002-06-22 09:55 AM

I feel your pain. My wife and I decided we had enough, as well. About three years ago, we gave up on those things. I have no yard... and loving it.

Thanks for the chuckle.
Melton

Trillium

Member Patricius

since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

6 posted 2002-06-22 05:23 PM

David; It doesn't sound like spring is much fun for you this year. Summer looms ahead too! Maybe if everyone who reads this says a prayer for you, your mower troubles will be over!

Betty Lou Hebert

laryalee2
Member

since 2002-05-22

Posts 96
British Columbia, Canada

7 posted 2002-07-06 02:01 PM

Oh I love this! A clever rendition of a gardener's woes....
maybe a goat would be less trouble, LOL!

Lary

Dennis L. White
Senior Member

since 2000-02-17

Posts 1463
Michigan, U.S.A.

8 posted 2002-07-18 11:53 AM

Brother, dear brother,
I feel your pain,
The mower is still down,
Here comes MORE rain.

Machette now sharpened,
Through the Jungle I hack,
Slip on a stone,
And throw out my back.

GOOD READ Bro, love, Dennis

Moonbeams radiate
When the veiling cloud has passed
Playful shadows dance

Dennis L. White :^)

paladin

Senior Member

since 2001-08-05

Posts 930
Pensacola,Fl.

9 posted 2002-07-19 08:39 PM

My solution.
1.Dig up the grass.
2.Pave the lawn with cement.
3.Paint it green.

paladin

BloomingRose
Member Elite

since 2000-08-09

Posts 3092
Florida

10 posted 2002-07-20 02:20 PM

lol sounds like our mower!
My only advice...
buy a cow.

Deb

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