Tunelless painters and plasterers.

[sparkdog]

Does anyone else get driven mad by the continual tuneless whistling and humming of painters and plasterers?It seems to be a requisite of the trade,an endless aimless whistle and humming of no recognisable tune which sort of goes nowhere.I don't think I have heard sparkies doing that.

 

[Fin170]

Still better than anything on Radio 1

 

[Geordie Spark]

I used to work for a builder who had a plasterer who, all day long would utter the phrase: "Ye knaa worra mean?" to which the painter would reply: "Aye!!"

This went on constantly all day & every day, but it was never established what it was that we were supposed to know about. :rolleyes2:

 

[Adam W]

Still better than anything on Radio 1

Is that an admission of guilt?

 

[Adam W]

I find it tends to be gentlemen of a certain age, ie old farts. You rarely if ever hear a 'youngster' doing it.
It's most annoying when they're trying to compete with the radio, maybe throwing in a bit of singing into the mix: "La da da dee dah..."

 

[Fin170]

Is that an admission of guilt?

Well......Not one for singing on site....did sing along to Bon jovi with a friend once while driving through a town centre, what does that count as?

 

[Adam W]

Well......Not one for singing on site....did sing along to Bon jovi with a friend once while driving through a town centre, what does that count as?

I don't think singing along once, with a friend, in the car, is quite in the same bracket as relentless tuneless whistling/humming/singing all day.
So what is your radio station of choice? ... Or do you generally work in silence?

 

[Mark_Burgess]

Mostly Jack FM I find the trades listen to around here, I do also, on the rare occasion Planet Rock is not on my radio!

 

[telectrix]

i once had the misfortune to work alongside a welsh spark who loudly whistled hymns all day.

 

[Fin170]

Unfortunately silence a lot due to working in a lot of old folks homes, if I can get them planet rock or pirate

Next time I get the plaster's drolling tunes I'll get my friend around and we'll try some other 80's rock, followed by searching the plasters forum for a thread along the lines of 'Electricians butchering music?'

 

[Des 56]

i once had the misfortune to work alongside a welsh spark who loudly whistled hymns all day.

He was probably in awe of you, out of his skill level and whistling "Cwm Rhondda" Tel, but you wouldn't take the hint
Its all revealed in the first line :yes:

 

[moospark]

Well......Not one for singing on site....did sing along to Bon jovi with a friend once while driving through a town centre, what does that count as?

Remove one letter from the penultimate word?

 

[Geordie Spark]

i once had the misfortune to work alongside a welsh spark who loudly whistled hymns all day.

That must have been pure purgatory .... you could have taken your employer to an Industrial Tribunal for that - and won your case!!
It's bad enough just working alongside a Welsh spark !!!! :stuart:

 

[Geordie Spark]

Remove one letter from the penultimate word?

I would .......... if I knew what penultimate means.

 

[moospark]

I would .......... if I knew what penultimate means.

second to last...begins with c