It's Bloody Raining AGAIN!

[Bar Wench]

It's like raaaaaaiiiiiiinnnn on your wedding day. 

[Uncle Mort]

It's like raaaaaaiiiiiiinnnn on your wedding day. 

 

BARMAN... she's been at the sherberts again

[Barman]

It's like raaaaaaiiiiiiinnnn on your wedding day. 

 

BARMAN... she's been at the sherberts again

Yes I know?

I believe she is referring to a gramophone record called ?Ironic? by the delightful Ms. Morisette? 

[Bar Wench]

It's like raaaaaaiiiiiiinnnn on your wedding day. 

 

BARMAN... she's been at the sherberts again

Yes I know?

I believe she is referring to a gramophone record called ?Ironic? by the delightful Ms. Morisette? 

It's the good advice that you just didn't take.

[Barman]

"Ironic"

An old man turned ninety-eight
He won the lottery and died the next day
It's a black fly in your Chardonnay
It's a death row pardon two minutes too late
And isn't it ironic... don't you think

It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Who would've thought... it figures

Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly
He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids goodbye
He waited his whole damn life to take that flight
And as the plane crashed down he thought
"Well isn't this nice..."
And isn't it ironic... don't you think

It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Who would've thought... it figures

Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
When you think everything's okay and everything's going right
And life has a funny way of helping you out when
You think everything's gone wrong and everything blows up
In your face

A traffic jam when you're already late
A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife
It's meeting the man of my dreams
And then meeting his beautiful wife
And isn't it ironic...don't you think
A little too ironic...and, yeah, I really do think...

It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Who would've thought... it figures

Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
Life has a funny, funny way of helping you out
Helping you out

Alanis... 

[Bar Wench]

As Mr Wench would say, it isn't sodding ironic it's bad bloody luck!

[Barman]

As Mr Wench would say, it isn't sodding ironic it's bad bloody luck!

Indeed... 

[D P Dance]

I have just returned from Pangbourne where things are looking pretty grim.  At Purley all the houses by the river have been sand-bagged, and, although they are a good three feet above the water level the river is expected to rise by that amount by 3 a.m.  I spoke to a house-holder who was very stoical and said that the insurance would take care of it.  She had moved all the good stuff upstairs and was off to her holiday home in Cornwall.

My own place is about 15 inches above the water level, so I expect I shall have to offer my tenant a bedroom tomorrow.

[Snoopy]

I have just returned from Pangbourne where things are looking pretty grim.  At Purley all the houses by the river have been sand-bagged, and, although they are a good three feet above the water level the river is expected to rise by that amount by 3 a.m.  I spoke to a house-holder who was very stoical and said that the insurance would take care of it.  She had moved all the good stuff upstairs and was off to her holiday home in Cornwall.

My own place is about 15 inches above the water level, so I expect I shall have to offer my tenant a bedroom tomorrow.

But you said:

It is raining quite heavily here.  The Thames is about to burst its banks at Pangbourne, three miles away, and the Beeb says that Reading is next.  I own a property on the river in the town centre, it is on the third floor, so the carpets are safe, but I see no way that we can prevent the basement, several feet below the water line from flooding.  I hope that no-one parks their car there tonight.

So your place in Pangbourne, which is let out, is on the 3rd floor but only 15 inches above the water levels so you expect to have to offer your tenant a bedroom. Does this mean that the flood waters in Pangbourne are now covering the ground, first and second floors ie 3 storeys deep?

I'm sorry ~ perhaps it's me but those two posts, taken together, do not make sense.

[Misunderstood]

Could we possibly organise a coach and hamper to go and watch Reading slide below the waves...   

... And commiserate with all the OTHER residents, of course.

... in between stifled giggles and hiccups.   

[Snoopy]

I have a mental image of DP going down with his flat ~ as in:



Even better that the only image I could find is from a giveaway DVD from the Daily Mail.

[D P Dance]

I am sorry Snoopy, I was unaware of your reading disability.  On other boards I usually encounter a more erudite readership.

Let me explain in simple terms.

My apartment is on the third floor, so the carpets are safe.  However, the ground floor is, as you would expect, at ground floor level, some 15 inches above The Kennet.  Normally it is 4-5 feet, nand the basement is underneath it.  Should the river come over, as is expected, the basement will flood, and possibly the ground floor foyer, the lift will also be put out of service. 

In accordance with the Assured Shorthold Tenancy, I am required in these circumstances to rehouse the tenant.  He is a merchant banker and a very decent chap.  The Memsahib and I would be happy for him to stay with us.

Claro?

[Snoopy]

Ahhhh!
The mists are clearing now.
Thank you.

You do seem to have some strange clauses in your shorthold tenancies but that's your business.

[Berek]

I am sorry Snoopy, I was unaware of your reading disability.  On other boards I usually encounter a more erudite readership.

Let me explain in simple terms.

My apartment is on the third floor, so the carpets are safe.  However, the ground floor is, as you would expect, at ground floor level, some 15 inches above The Kennet.  Normally it is 4-5 feet, nand the basement is underneath it.  Should the river come over, as is expected, the basement will flood, and possibly the ground floor foyer, the lift will also be put out of service. 

In accordance with the Assured Shorthold Tenancy, I am required in these circumstances to rehouse the tenant.  He is a merchant banker and a very decent chap.  The Memsahib and I would be happy for him to stay with us.

Claro?