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Blooming council did not want to know when I reported a dead rat in my back garden !

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  • LadyDee
    LadyDee Posts: 4,293 Forumite
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    TheGardener wrote: »
    The owners of the stables should be clearing up the poo - not the flaming council!!

    Well, you call yourself TheGardener - if you see any on the road, pick it up and put on your roses!
  • teddysmum
    teddysmum Posts: 9,530 Forumite
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    LadyDee wrote: »
    Well, you call yourself TheGardener - if you see any on the road, pick it up and put on your roses!



    I thought real gardeners couldn't get enough of the stuff.
  • silverwhistle
    silverwhistle Posts: 4,096 Forumite
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    Well, if you lived in Teresa May's constituency it wouldn't be a problem. Not from any particular competency by Windsor and Maidenhead council (and definitely not on the part of May) but due the innumerable kites that swoop down on any carrion in the gardens. Aged parent had a dead mouse on the patio, went to get the gloves and on return it was gone. Sorted.

    The long term solution would be to support reintroduction of red kites in your area. Horse manure will be taken by the gardeners.
  • wealdroam
    wealdroam Posts: 19,180 Forumite
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    silverwhistle wrote: »
    Well, if you lived in Teresa May's constituency it wouldn't be a problem. Not from any particular competency by Windsor and Maidenhead council (and definitely not on the part of May) but due the innumerable kites that swoop down on any carrion in the gardens. Aged parent had a dead mouse on the patio, went to get the gloves and on return it was gone. Sorted.

    The long term solution would be to support reintroduction of red kites in your area. Horse manure will be taken by the gardeners.
    Do these red kites respect constituency boundaries? ;)
  • The-Truth
    The-Truth Posts: 483 Forumite
    Mchambers wrote: »
    GrReAT fan this thread lol !!

    I assume you're going to vote labour. I would have ended the last sentence with a question mark but to be honest I don't need to!
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