From Enfield over 50's mag.
Well it made us laugh (may be a bit long)
This is a story about the bond formed between a little girl and a group of building workers. It's allegedly true and might help to confirm your belief in the goodness of people and that there is hope for the human race after all.
A young family moved into a house next door to an empty plot. One day, a gang of building workers turned up to start building on the plot. The family's 5-year daughter naturally took an interest in all the activity going on next door and started talking to the workers.
She hung around and eventually the builders, all with hearts of gold, more or less adopted the little girl as a sort of project mascot. They chatted with her, let her sit with them while they had tea and lunch breaks, and gave her little jobs to do to make her feel important.
They even gave the child her own hard hat and gloves, which thrilled her immensely.
At the end of the first week, the smiling builders presented her with a pay envelope - containing two pounds in 10p coins. The little girl took her 'pay' home to her mother who suggested that they take the money to the bank to open a savings account.
At the bank, the female cashier was tickled pink listening to the little girl telling her about her 'work' on the building site and that she had a 'pay packet'.
'You must have worked very hard to earn all this', said the cashier. The little girl proudly replied, 'Yes, I worked every day with Steve and Wayne and Mike. We're building a big house.' 'My goodness gracious,' said the cashier, 'and will you be working on the house again next week?.
The child thought for a moment. Then she said seriously: 'I think so, provided those w.ankers at Thompsons deliver the bleedin' bricks on time.'
:icon_cheers: :laughing7:
:happy7:Though I'm not sure what w_ankers are and doubt it is proper :happy7: but that was such a funny story.
Quote from: GrannieAnnie on January 16, 2015, 14:23:41
:happy7:Though I'm not sure what w_ankers are and doubt it is proper :happy7: but that was such a funny story.
Yes, you doubt is correct....rough 'adult' language is what it was all about...
Loved it!
As a retired builder I recall that learning the lingo was part of my apprenticeship training too , so nothing has changed there then!
I recall my first wage was £2 .01 (44 hours at 1 shilling per hour less 3/11 for my NI stamp) so nothing has changed there either! :thumbsup:
I can believe it and relate to it my little girl when 6 was asked at school what nationality the builders next door were.
a big enough whole could not have opened up when she said
"don't now butt they're all feckin eejits"
The boss, Pat was Irish and this is how he addressed his staff.
still makes me howl with laughter.
Nora
I am not going to explain w.ankers, dot is so it doesn't get removed. If I explain it I will probably get removed. Nowadays the builders would probably get arrested for encouraging a 5 year old. My OH is a builder so it made him laugh. If it is true think that child will go far in life, maybe end up an architect or builder.