Living Next To a Lawnmowing Neighbor

The lawn mower next door has ruined my day.
Droning on and on and on louder and uglier than a bee’s buzz.
Constant droooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooning.
Nonstop from seven a.m. to seven p.m. Every Saturday.

Saturday after Saturday after Saturday after Saturday.
Today the lawnmower finally stopped. And it is Saturday!
A police officer stopped by to tell me the sad news.
My neighbor had been murdered; I pretended I did not already know.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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Bauer Avatar
May 30, 2021 at 12:24 PM
ha! love the ending! ~ around here, it has been made into a law that leaf blowers may not be used except for certain hours in the fall because of noise and exhaust, but i don't think it applies to lawn mowers...
Krutsinger Avatar
May 30, 2021 at 3:45 PM
This guy cannot drive a car - he is in his sixties or seventies but has epilepsy so he mows all day long from sun up to sun down so he can ride around in his mower.
Hankins Avatar
May 29, 2021 at 6:08 PM
LOL. OMG, you murdered your neighbor??? But, I know the feeling, and I have been tempted.
Krutsinger Avatar
May 30, 2021 at 3:46 PM
It grates on me. I moved to the country to get away from noises like this.
De Beaulieu Avatar
May 29, 2021 at 3:59 PM
Hello Caren, oh! Who murdered your neighbour? Oh the lawn mores are loud how I wish they had a silencer on them When someone is mowing the lawn I am unable to listen to my music. Hugs Darlene
De Beaulieu Avatar
May 31, 2021 at 10:20 AM
Hello Caren, i am that way with the lawn mower I can not hear my music. It is annoying. Hugs Darlene
Krutsinger Avatar
May 30, 2021 at 3:46 PM
This is so annoying to me, I can barely hear my birds
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