Decisions, decisions.

Behold my lonely wheelie bin

On the kerbside all alone

Where are all the other bins

Why have they stayed at home

Have I got the day wrong

Should it not be there

Should I take in back inside

But no I must beware

If I miss collection

Two more weeks will pass

If it sits there on it's own

I will feel such an ass.

So back inside I hurry

My laptop to enquire

I'm right and they're all wrong

A collection will transpire

Why is this important?

It wouldn't worry you?

It would if you lived next to me

It's full of Midge's pooh.

[Whitechinchilla]

OMG 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Aingeful]

Yuk Don!! Just having my breakfast!🤢

[Hidden in reply to Aingeful]

Sorry 🙄

[Aingeful in reply to Aingeful]

😂 I'll forgive you..!! X

[SquirrelsHolt]

Good morning Mr.D and you've composed a great rhyme there - something which the vast majority of members here will surely agree?

Our Council,I think like yours, is a fortnight collection of household waste and then the plastics,cans and bottles are collected on the alternative week! (Have I bored you to point of near death yet?) Then the paper and cardboard are done fortnightly with the plastics,cans etc. I mean, it's on the brink of lunacy if you ask me.

So ........a cuppa is now due,to calm my nerves. The mere mention of rubbish collection puts my mind into a place I don't need to go to ever again ..... But that's a story for another day lol !!! 🎍💞

[Hidden in reply to SquirrelsHolt]

Strange isn't it, years ago it all worked so smoothly without any intervention from the public at all. That's progress for you.

[RoadRunner44]

In my part of the world we have to use Purple bags for this chore Don. YOUVE drawn attention to the problems of every day living though. Regards, Chrys

[skischool]

"My old man's a dustman

He wears a dustman's hat

He wears cor blimey trousers

And he lives in a council flat

If you ever see a dustman looking all pale and sad

Don't stick him in the dustbin cos it might be my old dad"

Dear Don has lost his dustmen and can't get rid of Midge's poo

But worry not my Master Po they will be here by half past two

Apologies to Lonnie donegan for pinching half his song

But i couldn't resist,it's funny and i ain't done nothing wrong x

[Aingeful in reply to skischool]

😂😂😂

[Hacienda in reply to skischool]

Amazing Carino....Big Smily Emoji. XXXX

[Jaybird19]

Like it . Better than ever. I forgot my bin until i saw the others out next morning . The next one is 3 or 4 weeks away due to Christmas. No collection next week then christmas and ź then new yeareve too so next bin day 7 jan. So had to go out with bin to front gate in dressing gown there and then. Old woman in dressing gown wandering around in all the school traffic

Oh the shame of it !

[Hidden]

That's good, gave me a laugh. 😁 Midge's pooh is only part of it. Her tins are another problem. She eats tinned dog food so that means a lot of empty tins. I'm supposed to wash them, take the labels off (and perhaps give them a bit of a polish?) before binning them. Then there's the Wiltshire Farm Food trays, there seem to be a dispute over whether they go with the plastic or the rubbish. No doubt the Universities now offer degree courses on this subject Media & Rubbish. Come to think of it they could merge those.

[Aingeful in reply to Hidden]

My job before I retired was a sheltered housing warden. They moved an elderly man in to my flats who had actually featured in a TV programme on extreme hoarding. I was supposed to keep an eye on him. He just stacked his ready meal trays etc on the windowsill.!!!

[Hacienda in reply to Hidden]

The little Swedish Girl will sort it for you Master Don.. Tak tak. xxx

[Izb1]

Not having a pet, I must ask which bin this goes in? Its not garden waste/paper or tins, bottles so presume it goes into the grey free for all bin, which doesnt seem right either, think we should have another bin just for this ha!

[Hidden in reply to Izb1]

Well it’s all individually wrapped in perfumed black plastic bags. I could send Midge round to pooh in my neighbours gardens like a lot of cat owners do, but that doesn’t seem right either. The grey bin it has to be. 😉

[Izb1 in reply to Hidden]

Ha! I know the cats seem to do this in my garden, Im sure on purpose, so that I will chase them x

[skischool in reply to Izb1]

Tameside council state that 'dog waste' has to go in our green general waste bin,there is no mention of 'cat waste' perhaps they believe they purr but do not poo but they get that as a bonus from Scruffy if it hasn't already been buried in the garden. xx

[Izb1 in reply to skischool]

I dont think either dog or cat poo should be in compost as Im sure I have read somewhere it contains things that humans shouldnt have in their bodies, mind you I think the same of any animal waste, cant stand the thought my veggies have been grown in this. I would vote for a nice pink /purple bin to take care of this not so nice waste.

Hope you are feeling better my friend and managing to get something down now x

[Izb1 in reply to skischool]

This had me curious so looked this up and it says all pet waste should go in the grey bin and not the recycling bins, would question Tameside on this, we dont want them coming for scruffs x

[skischool in reply to Izb1]

No definitely the green non recycling general waste bin though it does show the poo as being in a bag,obviously non recyclable plastic one,garden waste in the brown bin,paper in the blue and bottles and cans in the black which as you can image is well used by your alcoholic friend. xx

[Izb1 in reply to skischool]

Ah! That is where the confusion lies, we have a green bin that is purely for recycable waste and grey for non recycables. Why they cant have the same colour for every area beats me x

[Hidden in reply to Izb1]

We have a green for garden waste for composting. A brown one for tins, cardboard and certain types of plastic. A grey bin fo very thing else. At least the colours roughly match the intended contents. 🤓

[Izb1 in reply to Hidden]

Yes Don your are mostly the same as Manchester, the only difference is we have a blue bin for paper and cardboard x

[sassy59]

Oh dear! Pew!!!!!!! Xxx🤣❤️😘

[Hacienda in reply to sassy59]

Pew or Phew, Exhausted reading about all these Bins. Mine are easy, Cos, Hubby does them all & he has our House Number on each with Florescent Pink Sticker Just to confuse the Bin Men. xxxx

[Oshgosh]

Brilliant

[JANET127]

lol....Incredible brain! Janet127

[Hidden in reply to JANET127]

Thank you Janet 😍. How are you now?

[JANET127 in reply to Hidden]

Mr Don! Physically I am doing well! Emotionally....well...my brother..nor my kids GET IT! I was barred from Thanksgiving....I cannot believe what is happening! But Physically I am healed! Except the Doc made a 13 inch opening in my stomach...now I have a nice egg size Hernia above my belly button! But..I am alive!!! And they told me..not only do I have my diaphragm stuck half way into my lung..also is part of my bowel or stomach. Now I have 2 hernias! Oh well..I am 1 and 3 months away from 70...so I can't complain too much! Oh Humbug! Janet127

[majji]

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!! - Absolutely wonderful Cap'n

[HungryHufflepuff]

But why was your bin out there on its own? Where were the other bins? Was it a bin conspiracy? We need to know! Will there be a sequel rhyme? Bin II: The Loneliness of the Solitary Wheelie Bin 🚮

[Hidden in reply to HungryHufflepuff]

Because mine was the first out. My bins go where other bins fear to tread. Once mine had settled down all the others came trundling out.🙂

[HungryHufflepuff in reply to Hidden]

In the future songs will be sung and tales will be told of the valiant wheelie bin leading this band of brothers out into the street.

😁

[Shirleyj]

Oh the shame 🐶💩x