Allotment Rules Reign 1 (From The Argus)
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Allotment Rules Reign 1
8:00am Wednesday 31st March 2010
By Alan Phillips - Life with Lottie »
APRIL FOOL RULES OK? Spring has come with rain and a reign of new allotment rules given to us from on high to surf and servants in the field. Democracy rules OK?
The rules are to have and to hold, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; from this day forward until death do us part and the terminator comes. ( more on that next week).
So to celebrate these rules I have set a quiz in two part, one today and one tomorrow and ask you to send in your answers. The winner with the right answers and the best comment on this reign of rules, will receive a free framed set of rules to love and to cherish!!
They must send the correct results to me via the comments section of the blog. They can also have a kilo of my organic apples in the autumn if the trees thrive and a pat on the back from the allotment officer.
1.How long are the rules:
a) 4 pages.
b) 5 pages.
c) 6 pages.
d) 8 pages.
e) 10 pages.
f) Endless.
2. How many times does the word termination, terminate or serve notice appear:
a) 5 times.
b) 10 times.
c) 15 times.
d) 20 times.
e) 25 times.
f) Interminably.
3.How did the Council consult on its rules?
(a) Directly to all tenants by letter?
(b) Directly by e-mail to all tenants?
(c) On site notice boards?
(d) By vote at the open annual meeting?
(e) Only to site reps?
(f) By telepathy?
4. How tall can a fruit tree be if you are an old tenant?
a) 4 metres.
b) 3.5 metres.
c) 3 metres.
d) 2.5 metres.
e) 2 metres.
f) As high as the sky?
5. How old is an old tenant?
a) A man over 60.
b) A woman over 60.
c) Someone who has been on the site since time immemorial.
d) Someone who has been on site since before the reign of rules.
(e) There is no definition
(f) Anyone alive after reading the rules.
Bonus Question!!
What rule is hidden between the lines?
More rule and more questions tomorrow!
Comments(4)
ReluctantHousewife
says...
7:39pm Wed 31 Mar 10
hemgee
says...
9:43pm Wed 31 Mar 10
i) t) s) n) o) j) o) k) e)
Alan Phillips
says...
7:33am Sun 4 Apr 10
Hemgees's
i) t) s) n) o) j) o) k) e),was brilliant but the anagram Sin to joke
clearly contradicts rule 13.3 where "tenants found guilty of an illegal or immoral act will be subject to immediate tenancy termination".
I also liked the comparison to the sensitivity of East Enders, remembering the authorised officers are real and have the right to terminate!
I do not need to say anything to ...., who is wisely keeping a low profile, as we have endless terminal telepathy.
jesse says...
6:43pm Wed 31 Mar 10
Endless terminal telepathy......
from Kim not jesse