Only asked for a loan of his jump leads!!
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Bill wanted to mow his lawn because it was growing so fast that it would be major task if he didn't catch it now. Unfortunately, his mower was being serviced and wasn't due back for another week. "I know" thought Bill, "I'll ask Jim next door if I can borrow his!"
Jim lived a good ten minutes walk away but it wasn't a problem because his mower had wheels that Bill could roll it along the road on, and he'd never asked Jim for the loan of anything since he moved in ten years ago. He was sure Jim wouldn't mind. Would he... Well Bill hadn't been close mates with Jim or anything but they always exchanged hellos when they met in the town. Bill walked on towards Jim's house. Jim was a very private bloke and had declined to buy raffle tickets from Bill's wife when she had asked. Maybe Jim would rather not have to lend his mower to Bill whom he knew only slightly. Bill walked on. By the time Bill had reached Jim's house he had pretty well convinced himself that Jim would not lend him his mower and might be tetchy about being asked when Bill hadn't had anything much to do with him before.
Bill walked up Jim's path, rang the bell, and heard footsteps coming along the hallway. As the door opened and Jim stood there still chewing his breakfast, Bill shouted at him...
"And you can stuff your bloody mower!" and stormed off...
Jim lived a good ten minutes walk away but it wasn't a problem because his mower had wheels that Bill could roll it along the road on, and he'd never asked Jim for the loan of anything since he moved in ten years ago. He was sure Jim wouldn't mind. Would he... Well Bill hadn't been close mates with Jim or anything but they always exchanged hellos when they met in the town. Bill walked on towards Jim's house. Jim was a very private bloke and had declined to buy raffle tickets from Bill's wife when she had asked. Maybe Jim would rather not have to lend his mower to Bill whom he knew only slightly. Bill walked on. By the time Bill had reached Jim's house he had pretty well convinced himself that Jim would not lend him his mower and might be tetchy about being asked when Bill hadn't had anything much to do with him before.
Bill walked up Jim's path, rang the bell, and heard footsteps coming along the hallway. As the door opened and Jim stood there still chewing his breakfast, Bill shouted at him...
"And you can stuff your bloody mower!" and stormed off...
I would buy a pack of beer and take it round to say, 'that's for helping me out, here is the returned favour.'
Then talk about how nature favours an altruistic society and we have evolved thru this to where we are now, and it is good to have such a pleasant neighbour keeping it alive.
Then just leave and later 'stork' his Facebook for an update.
Then talk about how nature favours an altruistic society and we have evolved thru this to where we are now, and it is good to have such a pleasant neighbour keeping it alive.
Then just leave and later 'stork' his Facebook for an update.
He probably hadn't even thought about you when he posted that. Lessons learned:
1. Don't think everything is about you
2. Don't do Facebook its crap
And on no 2, the FB post says more about your neighbor than this fking jump lead thing. It also answers whether FB is utterly crap or not.
What do his mates etc think of him for posting such a miserable hand wringing nasty melancholy pathetic pro-onanistic miserly non life-enhancing negative and suicide-provoking piece of fking st?
Exactly. So if he meant you then you've already got your own back without doing anything. See? No losers.
Oh, apart from him.
1. Don't think everything is about you
2. Don't do Facebook its crap
And on no 2, the FB post says more about your neighbor than this fking jump lead thing. It also answers whether FB is utterly crap or not.
What do his mates etc think of him for posting such a miserable hand wringing nasty melancholy pathetic pro-onanistic miserly non life-enhancing negative and suicide-provoking piece of fking st?
Exactly. So if he meant you then you've already got your own back without doing anything. See? No losers.
Oh, apart from him.
BigsimonY said:
Galsia said:
Unlikely but he might be on about somebody else...
this was what i was thinking. Hopefully he wasEdit in view of OP's post below.
That's good news OP.
Edited by g3org3y on Wednesday 25th November 21:04
I seen he was a Budweiser drinker, so just passed on a 4 pack of the stuff and thanked him for "being an absolute life save this morning". The guy was great about it, even said he had a older set in the hut he never uses and will pass them over this weekend!This seems like a totally different guy to his FB post. Caught him on a bad day perhaps?
It's probably not about you, but I must say I know how he feels, there are some people who seem to take more than they give.
He's probably gone to the trouble of buying himself some jump leads and thinks you should have planned your life better. The Facebook post sounds a bit strong if it's genuinely the first favour you've ever asked of him.
He's probably gone to the trouble of buying himself some jump leads and thinks you should have planned your life better. The Facebook post sounds a bit strong if it's genuinely the first favour you've ever asked of him.
motco said:
Bill wanted to mow his lawn because it was growing so fast that it would be major task if he didn't catch it now. Unfortunately, his mower was being serviced and wasn't due back for another week. "I know" thought Bill, "I'll ask Jim next door if I can borrow his!"
Jim lived a good ten minutes walk away but it wasn't a problem because his mower had wheels that Bill could roll it along the road on, and he'd never asked Jim for the loan of anything since he moved in ten years ago. He was sure Jim wouldn't mind. Would he... Well Bill hadn't been close mates with Jim or anything but they always exchanged hellos when they met in the town. Bill walked on towards Jim's house. Jim was a very private bloke and had declined to buy raffle tickets from Bill's wife when she had asked. Maybe Jim would rather not have to lend his mower to Bill whom he knew only slightly. Bill walked on. By the time Bill had reached Jim's house he had pretty well convinced himself that Jim would not lend him his mower and might be tetchy about being asked when Bill hadn't had anything much to do with him before.
Bill walked up Jim's path, rang the bell, and heard footsteps coming along the hallway. As the door opened and Jim stood there still chewing his breakfast, Bill shouted at him...
"And you can stuff your bloody mower!" and stormed off...
Jim lived a good ten minutes walk away but it wasn't a problem because his mower had wheels that Bill could roll it along the road on, and he'd never asked Jim for the loan of anything since he moved in ten years ago. He was sure Jim wouldn't mind. Would he... Well Bill hadn't been close mates with Jim or anything but they always exchanged hellos when they met in the town. Bill walked on towards Jim's house. Jim was a very private bloke and had declined to buy raffle tickets from Bill's wife when she had asked. Maybe Jim would rather not have to lend his mower to Bill whom he knew only slightly. Bill walked on. By the time Bill had reached Jim's house he had pretty well convinced himself that Jim would not lend him his mower and might be tetchy about being asked when Bill hadn't had anything much to do with him before.
Bill walked up Jim's path, rang the bell, and heard footsteps coming along the hallway. As the door opened and Jim stood there still chewing his breakfast, Bill shouted at him...
"And you can stuff your bloody mower!" and stormed off...
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