3rd November Neighbours plan to out do Israel


In a tit for tat exchange that has been developing over a number of years, neighbours in a nomally quiet Hucknall street are about to commence round 1 of their annual attempts to out do each other in seasonal seriousness.

Whilst the Christmas challenge to see who can virtually drain the national grid when they switch on an array of Christmas lights that make the Las Vegas strip seem relatively tame, is still a few weeks away, Sunday night (and possibly earlier) will see another assault on the senses take place.This time the ears as the neighbours try to see who can have the loudest and longest fireworks.

Ashfield council has issued an evacuation order to anyone living withing a 5 mile radius whose household might contain nervous pets or elderly relatives in an attempt to limit what it called 'severe soiling situations'

Speaking to Grace Under Pressure, Hucknall resident, Guy Forks, revealed, "That Clive Myrie isn't going to need to go to Israel to see an arial assualt of rockets. He just needs to come to my back garden. I'm not saying they will be loud but I had to wear ear protectors just to open the box they were in." 

"Some people might might say these firworks are not suitable for use in a built-up areas but they are just the same folks still having sight problems having been caught in the glare of my Christmas light switch on last year."


 

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