Examine every piece you have
And choose its place with care
Wash it if it needs it
Then carefully place it there
Don't make any errors
Let me make it clear
Put where it shouldn't be
Will certainly cost you dear
Check up on the calendar
That the day is right
Then drag that friggin' wheelie bin
Out into the night!
Morning Mr.D....a terrific rhyme about something we all hate but cannot do without. Blinking wheelie bins. Every council seems to vary in the number of bins,boxes,colour codes etc etc. Its still something that drives me mad,especially when the stupid,small green box we are given to fill with all our plastics,tins and glass bottles. The box is only emptied once a fortnight which means if its windy,all the plastic items blow around in our front garden area..... Such a pleasant thing to see from my bedroom window!!
Sorry Mr.D. but I'm having a day of "moaning,groaning and picking fault with life in general"!!
Squirrels for us the general waste goes in the green
It's far too small i think the council are very mean
The large black bin is for plastic metal and glass
But put in the wrong type of plastic and it will not pass
Brown bins are for general garden waste
But never stuff such as wallpaper paste
The blue bins are for paper and glossy mags
Tough beware you should put in any rags
For fun the bin men leave them far away
I can't say that Friday is my favourite day 
Thank you Don for the timely reminder
I hope your day will be a blinder 
Ski's and Scruff's searching for the bins xx
Excellent!! What a terrific start to my morning....Mr.D. & Ski's and Scruff's rhymes....I'm being spoilt and it's not even my birthday 🎂,lol!
We have large 2x large bins...green for household waste but not food,....black bin with blue top for all paper and cardboard etc and then if you pay extra you get a 3rd bin with green top,but larger than household one and this is solely for garden waste. Then there is the horrid small brown caddy for all food waste,plus as already stated ,the useless shoe box sized green box for all plastics,tin cans and glass bottles.......😠😡😤!!! ,( I will be testing you.on all of this later!) PLUS,none of our.bins are collected weekly,it's done on a forty basis!
Happy non birthday Squirrells,yes the whole system varies from council to council,our general waste is collected fortnightly yet garden waste weekly and at no extra cost which doesn't make sense,except of course if you are a Squirrel in which case your garden is always nice and tidy enough to dig some more holes in. xx
P.s we have no food waste cos we are poor oop north and eat everything bones and all.
😂😅😂😂😅🚮
Good one skis, cant believe yours are different to mine, your only up the road. Our big green bin is for all garden and food waste and is emptied every week. The brown is for all glass/tins/plastic bottles. The blue is for paper/cardboard and the grey is for all non recyclable waste x
Already irene you are demonstrating the wealth of Cheshire,4 bins hey now i know why all the rich footballers live there lol xx
Ha! You do have a good sense of humour skis xx
I also have a lousy memory,i just remembered we also have 4 bins. xx
Except for south of the county: only 3 bins (black, grey, brown/green) for Crewe.
I have one bin. Until now I felt hard done by, but now I'm kind of glad we don't have more because I'm confused just reading about your bins! The bin is for general rubbish, that gets collected, then there's paper and cans recycling that I have to take the stuff to.
Who knew we could have a whole conversation about rubbish and bins. 🤔
Ha! We are just doing the recycling for the council, although it is easy and cuts down waste, so I dont mind. Hey, whole conversations about rubbish, how lucky are we ha! x
That’s just brilliant Don all about my pet hate .......wheelie bins. Xxxxx
🤣🤣🤣I’m rofl Don
Great subject ....wheelie bins .We all hate them another good one Don x
Think our bin men are stupid,they empty all the bins that are only half full or less into other bins, they say it saves time, I say it makes a mess in the road, which they dont clean up, and I keep my bins clean so object to all the dirty bins being emptied into mine.I also have to chase them for the compostable bags, even though I leave the request on the bin handle. Rant over. If I was clever with rhymes like you Don and skis i would put this to verse x
Would you like to insert an 'h' into the seventh line Cap'n to make it 'where' and perhaps change the 'it's' to its and possibly in the seventh line again change to 'putting' rather than put - I am too tired to proofread Sirski's contribution (I doubt it requires it) and have only had time to skim the other offerings but tomorrow is another day ....... bed beckons ...... sweet dreams to all .....
Lovely to see you back at work as my valued proofreader, Margaret, but don’t overtire yourself. My lack of interest in apostrophes and wear, were and where’s does tend to stand out and I will go back and fix them, thank you. But words I am more careful with and changing ‘put’ for ‘putting’ introduces a further syllable which IMO spoils the rhythm. So I’m afraid you will have to put that down to poetic license. 😘 Skis will be pleased to read your comment on his excellent offering.😉
I was thinking 'putting where it shouldn't be' Cap'n and omitting the first 'it' or even 'put where it shouldn't be' would not have interfered with the flow but you are the boss and the poet with a license to thrill !!! 
I shall sacrifice one of my many 'its' and accept your second suggestion with thanks. 🙂
That was very graciously acknowledged Cap'n - I am impressed
I am fascinated by the dialogue between you and Master Po Margaret and i almost look forward to it more than the poem lol.
So Master please keep chucking in a few grammatical errors and i will be a happy man.
Love Grasshopper x
Just for you Grasshopper😉x
Sirski - would you not like to capitalize a couple of your 'i's - they would look so much more impressive . . . . ?
Well you've got that exactly right Don. 😂 😂 😂
With a little help from my friend. 😉
I have just found out that all brown paper, including envelopes, should go in the recycling bin, not with the waste paper. We have grey bin fr recycling, brown bin garden waste and purple bin general rubbish. Food waste collected weekly, along with purple one week, grey and brown the next.
Now I am totally confused Lyd12 . . . . I spend so much time washing all the recyclable stuff - it seems to take forever! Does anyone else have to pay to have their gardening refuse taken away?
Yes, we pay for garden refuse collection, only recently introduced.
You only need to give bottles and jars a quick rinse under the tap, although things like pickle jars are a bit of a nuisance!
Good night to one and all x
what an embarrassing, rotten day ,, terrible, felt awful.
Productive coughing.
Telling the BLF what you think
PR
Pre-diabetes sequel - rubbish result :(
