Song Challenge: Death By Mower

Subject: Song Challenge: Death By Mower
From: Toenails John
Date: 28 Mar 06 - 12:59 PM

Not to poke fun, but it has to be opened for, um discussion?

An inquest has found that a British man died after becoming run over by his runaway ride-on lawnmower.
Peter Butler, 24, was mowing a steep hill when he lost control of the mower and became trapped underneath it when it collided with a wall, the Daily Telegraph reported Saturday.
The inquest determined the lawnmower had been poorly maintained and had faulty brakes.
He lost control, crashing into a wall causing the lawnmower to fall on top of him, said Hampshire police Sgt. Paul Diamond.

The inquest determined the death was accidental.

(Source)

Subject: RE: Song Challenge: Death By Mower
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 28 Mar 06 - 01:33 PM

It seems a lovely way to die,
Out in the sun, below the sky.
It's reassuring then to know -
You'll fertilise the earth below.

For gardens were his greatest friend
He never thought they'd cause his end.
He took his mower, grass to crop.
The engine didn't want to stop

He might have been around us still
If he'd not tried to trim that hill.
But when he fell upon his arse,
The mower made the coup de gras(s)

CHEERS
Nigel

(it scans to Eli Jenkins evening prayer)

Subject: RE: Song Challenge: Death By Mower
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 28 Mar 06 - 01:34 PM

The lengths I'll go to just to use one atrocious bilingual pun!

Subject: RE: Song Challenge: Death By Mower
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 28 Mar 06 - 01:41 PM

I would have made it longer, but I didn't want to write any mower!

Subject: RE: Song Challenge: Death By Mower
From: Amos
Date: 28 Mar 06 - 04:06 PM

Well they impounded the vehicle under the claim it was a blunt instrument. So that's all there is, there isn't any mower, unless they find sufficient grounds.

A

Subject: RE: Song Challenge: Death By Mower
From: Charley Noble
Date: 28 Mar 06 - 04:42 PM

Any more unkind cuts?

Can you imagine the poor feller who has to do the eulogy, trying to keep a streight face?

Charley Noble, who does quite a bit of mowing

Subject: RE: Song Challenge: Death By Mower
From: Amos
Date: 28 Mar 06 - 05:43 PM

Ashes to ashes, and blades to the bladed
He wasn't axed and he wasn't spaded
Not much of a rake, and never a hoe-r
But more than he seemed!
Much mower, much mower!

A

Subject: RE: Song Challenge: Death By Mower
From: Charley Noble
Date: 28 Mar 06 - 07:07 PM

He was a rake and rambling boy,
In many a field he did deploy,
His riding mower, a John Deer-111,
You can bet he was in 7th Heaven!

Sucked in by another tasteless Mudcat thread...

Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Song Challenge: Death By Mower
From: Amos
Date: 28 Mar 06 - 08:17 PM

We're just spinning our wheels here. Sharpen up.


A

Subject: RE: Song Challenge: Death By Mower
From: Charley Noble
Date: 28 Mar 06 - 08:45 PM

Amos-

There are lots of mowing songs to parody:

As I went down to the mowing field,
Tour-rah, tour-rah, fah-dee-dink-a-di-doe,
As went down to the mowing field - fod!
As I went down to the mowing field
A John Deer-111 reared up on its wheels,
Tour-rah, tour-rah, day!

That John Deer fell back in a terrible crash,
Tour-rah, tour-rah, fah-dee-dink-a-di-doe,
That John Deer fell back in a terrible crash - fod!
That John Deer fell back in a terrible crash,
And poor ol' Pete's head got mashed,
Tour-rah, tour-rah, day!

Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Song Challenge: Death By Mower
From: Paul Burke
Date: 29 Mar 06 - 02:40 AM

Too unfunny for me. Geoff Punchard, an excellent whistle/ madolin/ banjo player from hereabouts lost the ends of a couple of fingers on his left hand a few years ago, doing running maintenance on a mower while it was still powered up.

His playing is recovering remarkably well.

Subject: RE: Song Challenge: Death By Mower
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 30 Mar 06 - 04:10 AM

refresh

Subject: RE: Song Challenge: Death By Mower
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 30 Mar 06 - 04:13 AM

Just saw a comment elsewhere to the effect that:
"The Grim Reaper is keeping up with the times!"

Subject: RE: Song Challenge: Death By Mower
From: Flash Company
Date: 30 Mar 06 - 05:47 AM

Badly maintained mechanical equipment and misused mechanical equipment is the biggest source of self damage going. If you don't believe me, try going into a joinery machine shop and counting the number of men with their full complement of fingers.
Having said that.....

One man went to mow, went to mow a meadow,
One man met with God through trying to mow a meadow.

FC

Subject: RE: Song Challenge: Death By Mower
From: Paul Burke
Date: 30 Mar 06 - 05:50 AM

Two men went to mow, went to mow a meadow,
Two men and their hand...

Subject: RE: Song Challenge: Death By Mower
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 30 Mar 06 - 06:08 AM

One man went to mow,
Went to mow his grass.
Hit a wall,
Mower turned o'er,
Landed on his back (couldn't think of a rhyme with 'grass').

Ride on mower,
It turned o'er,
Landed on his head.
Never more to cut the grass,
Because the poor guy's dead.

Subject: RE: Song Challenge: Death By Mower
From: Charley Noble
Date: 30 Mar 06 - 05:07 PM

Paul-

It's really not a funny story. I've worked with as variety of mowing equipment and I'm well aware how dangerous things can get if you're feeling tired, it's getting late, and something gets jammed. I've had a few close calls and I now turn everything off, wait till everything completely stops and then try to clear the problem. I still have all of my various digits. And it's not easy to play concertina or banjo without them.

And I still have a warped sense of humor which tempts me to respond to this kind of traumatic song challenge. May Peter Butler continue to mow in those heavenly pastures, and do wheelies if he's still inclined.

Charley Noble