Decisions, decisions.: Behold my lonely... - Lung Conditions C...

Lung Conditions Community Forum

56,325 membersโ€ข66,956 posts

Decisions, decisions.

โ€ข35 Replies

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.

35 Replies
โ€ข
Whitechinchilla profile image
Whitechinchilla

OMG ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ

Aingeful profile image
Aingeful

Yuk Don!! Just having my breakfast!๐Ÿคข

โ€ข in reply toAingeful

Sorry ๐Ÿ™„

Aingeful profile image
Aingefulโ€ข in reply toAingeful

๐Ÿ˜‚ I'll forgive you..!! X

SquirrelsHolt profile image
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 !!! ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ’ž

โ€ข in reply toSquirrelsHolt

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 profile image
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 profile image
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 profile image
Aingefulโ€ข in reply toskischool

๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

Hacienda profile image
Haciendaโ€ข in reply toskischool

Amazing Carino....Big Smily Emoji. XXXX

Jaybird19 profile image
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 ลบ 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 !

That's good, gave me a laugh. ๐Ÿ˜ 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 profile image
Aingefulโ€ข in reply to

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 profile image
Haciendaโ€ข in reply to

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

Izb1 profile image
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!

โ€ข in reply toIzb1

Well itโ€™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 doesnโ€™t seem right either. The grey bin it has to be. ๐Ÿ˜‰

Izb1 profile image
Izb1โ€ข in reply to

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

skischool profile image
skischoolโ€ข in reply toIzb1

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 profile image
Izb1โ€ข in reply toskischool

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 profile image
Izb1โ€ข in reply toskischool

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 profile image
skischoolโ€ข in reply toIzb1

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 profile image
Izb1โ€ข in reply toskischool

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

โ€ข in reply toIzb1

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. ๐Ÿค“

Izb1 profile image
Izb1โ€ข in reply to

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

sassy59 profile image
sassy59

Oh dear! Pew!!!!!!! Xxx๐Ÿคฃโค๏ธ๐Ÿ˜˜

Hacienda profile image
Haciendaโ€ข in reply tosassy59

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 profile image
Oshgosh

Brilliant

JANET127 profile image
JANET127

lol....Incredible brain! Janet127

โ€ข in reply toJANET127

Thank you Janet ๐Ÿ˜. How are you now?

JANET127 profile image
JANET127โ€ข in reply to

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 profile image
majji

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

HungryHufflepuff profile image
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 ๐Ÿšฎ

โ€ข in reply toHungryHufflepuff

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.๐Ÿ™‚

HungryHufflepuff profile image
HungryHufflepuffโ€ข in reply to

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.

๐Ÿ˜

Shirleyj profile image
Shirleyj

Oh the shame ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿ’ฉx

Not what you're looking for?

You may also like...

Pneumonia, decisions,decisions.

I am giving the holiday real serious consideration, I have just today to make the commitment to......
2greys profile image
โ€ข

An Apology.

Why do my lungs get all the care? I've other organs inside there. I know it's all because I smoked...
โ€ข

The Reachers.

You cannot trust the shops these days To sell stuff at it's best You need to check the latest......
โ€ข

Silence

Is, I am finding, the norm when learning about a condition that's new to you. Nobody either wants...
Robert_Helton profile image
โ€ข

Sleeping with COPD

What do you do at night-time, When you cannot sleep? I've never been much interested, In counting...
โ€ข

Moderation team

See all
AsthmaandLung profile image
AsthmaandLungAdministrator
moderator_AandLUK profile image
moderator_AandLUKAdministrator
Claire_ALUK profile image
Claire_ALUKAdministrator

Content on HealthUnlocked does not replace the relationship between you and doctors or other healthcare professionals nor the advice you receive from them.

Never delay seeking advice or dialling emergency services because of something that you have read on HealthUnlocked.