I think your distaff readers are going to want her to visit. No harm seems to have been done aside from B&E, but I am sure some male lawyer (stop screaming in fear Grumpy, some do provide useful services) will find some charge to nail her with.
People are pulling scams like that in greater numbers. You'll see it with someone who is mowing your lawn, or especially with those people who fill the cracks in your asphalt driveway and then do the coating on it.
Guy I know , who has a mental illness, would shovel snow and cut grass and leave a bill. But he was not hired to do the work. It took months to get across to him that he needed permission.
Southern Doc: The link is to a Brit paper, so I suspect it's just standard usage over there. I spent eight years in Ireland, and the phrase seemed perfectly normal to me until you mentioned it.
"England and America are two countries separated by a common language." -- George Bernard Shaw
Somebody please give this woman my address.
ReplyDeleteStranger and scarier times are among us!
ReplyDeletePlease pass my address onto this lady ...
ReplyDeleteI hate housework, I'd hire her. I love to cook, how much do you think I could charge for leaving dinner and a dessert?
ReplyDeleteChungking Express.
ReplyDeleteI think your distaff readers are going to want her to visit. No harm seems to have been done aside from B&E, but I am sure some male lawyer (stop screaming in fear Grumpy, some do provide useful services) will find some charge to nail her with.
ReplyDeletePeople are pulling scams like that in greater numbers. You'll see it with someone who is mowing your lawn, or especially with those people who fill the cracks in your asphalt driveway and then do the coating on it.
ReplyDelete"her parents had organised a maid"
ReplyDeleteLet's buy this journalist a dictionary.
Guy I know , who has a mental illness, would shovel snow and cut grass and leave a bill. But he was not hired to do the work. It took months to get across to him that he needed permission.
ReplyDeleteSouthern Doc: The link is to a Brit paper, so I suspect it's just standard usage over there. I spent eight years in Ireland, and the phrase seemed perfectly normal to me until you mentioned it.
ReplyDelete"England and America are two countries separated by a common language." -- George Bernard Shaw