We went to buy a desk,
Me and my big son,
For my new computer,
But blimey, oh what fun.
We chose a nice little neat one,
And when we brought it home,
Up the stairs my son went,
And set it up, all alone.
I had been using my bedside drawers
And wanted them returned,
It was a temporary desk,
And one lesson truly learned.
My other son used 'no nails',
To put a lid on top,
And my eldest lad tried to take it off,
And you should have heard it 'drop'!
As he picked it up to remove it,
The thing just fell apart,
He was left holing the top,
And I was left holding me heart!
Now all this 6ft 4in of a lad,
Was rolling around in a heap…
Laughing his ruddy socks off,
In a demolished bedroom, where I sleep.
Now these were expensive units,
And me, laughing as well,
Tried to shut him up,
Or me hubby'd give us hell!
So consoling himself, with decorum,
He tried to put it together,
But the thing was totally knackered,
Broken in bits, forever.
My other son came upstairs,
And we showed him what he'd done,
He tried to put it together as well,
But alas, it weren't no fun.
Then my hubby came up,
To have a word with Dave,
We three stood in front of the unit,
Me, trying to look grave.
But, I have to admit it,
I began to laugh,
My two sons followed suit,
And yes, we'd blown the gaff!
My hubby totally baffled,
Asked us what was wrong,
We shook our head, saying nothing,
But my hubby's scent was strong.
He knew something was amiss,
But didn't have a clue,
And then we knew we'd blown it,
Cos he had a job to do.
Dave he said, come with me,
And then we all went sick,
They couldn't move from the unit,
But we had to think, real quick.
Then we burst out laughing,
My hubby totally in awe,
Puzzled to our behavior,
Till we showed him the mess on the floor!
The morel of this ditty is…
No nails is really tough,
And yes, I would vouch for it,
Cos removing it's truly rough!