The Hazards Of House Renovation

Helga has been very busy lately working on the old house she has bought for herself. Being a perfectionist, she wasn't happy with the finish of the wooden floors upstairs, so decided to sand the whole lot down by hand to get a really smooth finish. This has taken her ages to do.

Imagine her delight today when she reached the last part of the floor in the main bedroom, just behind the door. She shut the door, applied plenty of elbow grease, breathed a sigh of relief at her accomplishment and went to leave the room, only to find that she'd shut the door on herself with no handle to open it. She was locked in the bedroom, with her mobile phone on the other side.

With only very elderly neighbours nearby, her cries for help were eventually heard, and the rescue attempt began. Several screwdrivers were thrown up to her, but they were all too small to turn the lock, and eventually someone unscrewed their own doorhandle, attached it to a rope and she was able to pull it up and set herself free.

I think she will be finding herself the butt of lots of "blonde" jokes from now on.
Sarah