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www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/local/new-fund-will-stop-grass-cutting-farce-1-4404841
(PsychoChomp, Wed 24 Oct 2012, 16:48, 2 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

I hope it will be administered by specially appointed turf accountants.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 24 Oct 2012, 16:49, Reply)

Bet it won't

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Wed 24 Oct 2012, 17:07, Reply)

Don't get me started on grass,
the park over the road from me is half owned by the City Council, and Half by the County Council (ancient boundary lines and all that) so each month, one half is cut on the last tuesday, and the other half on the first wednesday.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 24 Oct 2012, 16:52, Reply)

Will these GRASS FARCES EVER CEASE

(PsychoChomp, Wed 24 Oct 2012, 16:53, Reply)

I can see why that upsets you.

(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Wed 24 Oct 2012, 17:04, Reply)

Well, can't you see how it is a bit daft?
I'm not upset as such, but it does beggar belief.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 24 Oct 2012, 17:17, Reply)

Well yes,
but it's the council, they have their own versions of what is and isn't silly.
(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Wed 24 Oct 2012, 17:27, Reply)