<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=419390" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Washing up</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Grab a hold of that dish-cloth our Peter, <br>And give me a lift with these dishes; <br>We don't have a genie in this house<br>To help us, by giving three wishes.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It's manual labour our Peter, <br>A straightforward job in the sink; <br>A mountain of mucky old dishes<br>And then we can go for a drink.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Our Ena is ever so fussy though, <br>The glasses, they MUST be done first; <br>The cups and the plates are then easy, <br>The large greasy pans are the worst.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Put plenty of 'fairy' in Peter'<br>Said Fred, 'it will save you from scrubbing; <br>We'll soon have them spotless and shining<br>And then me and you can go clubbing.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Grab a hold of that towel our Freddie, <br>This mountain is now just a hill; <br>Just two more, then a colander Freddie, <br>And then I'll be on to the grill.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Soon the hill was as flat as a pancake, <br>The dishes were done and all dry; <br>Fred and Peter were happy as sandboys, <br>To the boozer their feet would soon fly.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Hey Ena! they're done, we have finished, <br>I told you we wouldn't get vexed; '<br>'Hey Peter, and Fred! no you haven't, <br>I told you, the ironing is next.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">(Written Jan 1996)</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Carter+Brown">John Carter Brown</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=419390" data-title="Washing up de John Carter Brown" data-description="'Grab a hold of that dish-cloth our Peter, And give me a lift with these dishes; We don't have a genie in this house To help us, by giving three wishes. It's manual labour our Peter, A straightforward job in the sink; A mountain of mucky old ..."></div> </div> </div>

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