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Thread: guess who I had a visit from!
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24th April 2007, 12:08 PM #1
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guess who I had a visit from!
I am at present trying to "renovate" my home, things are in a real mess, paint flakes, plaster and dust everywhere...
Anyway, on Saturday last - I took my lady friend in to see the results of my handy work, As I entered the back door I caught a whiff of turps in the air, Funny I have'nt used ant turps in the last week, where is the smell comming from....
Well it appears I had a visit from the "Paint Fairies".. true.. Someone had let themselves into my house, painted 3 doors in enamel (thus the turps smell) cleaned up and let themselves out again.
Nothing else was touched, tools and crap left where it last was, doors all locked. Whom ever it was used their own paint and rollers and brushes.
When I arrived around 11:30 am, the doors had gone "tacky", indicating that the painting had been done earlier in the morning.
To date no-one has 'fessed up, I reported a "kinda" breaking to the police who where just as amused and baffeld as I was.
Anyway I am hoping that I get a visit from the Fairies again, it would certianly save me a heap of time and heart ache!I try and do new things twice.. the first time to see if I can do it.. the second time to see if I like it
Kev
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24th April 2007, 12:23 PM #2
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Weird!!!!
Did they paint them the colour you wanted? Did they do a good job? If they used their own paint and rollers, did they clean up and take them with them?
That is too strange but too cool! Perhaps you should leave milk and cookies out for them.
sf" I need direction for perfection."
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24th April 2007, 12:27 PM #3
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Possibly wrong house but the right time.
Perhaps some poor sod is giving the painters a rev for not turning up and doing the job they were supposed to do.
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24th April 2007, 01:52 PM #4
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Is this a new thng for you - loosing time
Do any drugs... drink alot maybe...
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24th April 2007, 02:14 PM #5
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24th April 2007, 03:01 PM #6
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It obviously wasn't Kev because the job was done properly, the brushes were cleaned up afterwards and the floor wasn't littered with dead tinnies
Richard
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24th April 2007, 03:07 PM #7
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So...he visits you too?
Originally Posted by AlexS
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Regards, Trevor
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24th April 2007, 03:44 PM #8
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I hope you like the colour I selected.
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24th April 2007, 08:43 PM #9
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Fairies, red wine, shearers cooks, sore bums...........oh dear
Stupidity kills. Absolute stupidity kills absolutely.
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24th April 2007, 08:51 PM #10
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It was probably the neighbours, helpin ya to fix the joint up in the hopes you would sell .....and move Originally Posted by Brudda
.....anyways it was a great score mate 
here's hoping they return in the middle of the night and do some more 
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24th April 2007, 09:54 PM #11
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ha! - half your luck
only fairy visiting my joint is the Foul-up fairy
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24th April 2007, 11:24 PM #12
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Mighta been....
little johnny howard...
he's looking for votes....
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24th April 2007, 11:32 PM #13
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Kim.... more'n likely...
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25th April 2007, 12:13 AM #14
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That's my guess too. Painters aren't all that bright (comes from sniffing solvents) - damhikt Originally Posted by Bob38S
If you never made a mistake, you never made anything!
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25th April 2007, 08:35 PM #15
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Daddles, Smart @rse
Iain, your history NOT mine
I have run through many and varied theories, but not seem logical, the painters in the wrong house just dont wash, NO painter will let themselves into a house with out either the key OR the owner present.
The neighbours dont want me to go, they say I am the quietest person they have had there in years.
OH yeah and Shedhand....
I resemble THAT insult... I was a painter in a previous life.. well at least I THINK it was a previous life...
I try and do new things twice.. the first time to see if I can do it.. the second time to see if I like it
Kev
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