To mow the lawn tomorrow?

[Lunificent]

I planned to do it today but it’s raining. I’m not going to do it during the funeral but would I be unreasonable to do it later in the day tomorrow?

@CapMarvel they're obvs being sarcastic. If they're not, I give up 😂

Aww bless. Off you go and polish your Diana plates.

I'm planning to do mine about 10am, before the main funeral coverage gets underway
I wouldn't do it during the funeral though as it would definitely disturb any neighbours who were inside watching it

@CapMarvel oh wait, the jokes on me, I realise now you knew it was a joke. Or im just so fricking confused I don't know anymore

Yes, I did say lawn mowing is probably OK. The link actually only specifies when DIY work can be carried out, but obviously nobody will even notice you doing some painting.

Would love someone to explain why doing gardening work, including mowing the grass lacks respect and common decency.

It doesn't. It doesn't stop others from watching the funeral.

Funerals happen every day. I can guarantee I have been mowing the grass when a funeral is taking place.

A football team near us has their training grounds near a crematorium- should they stop training while funerals are going on? Same crematorium is close to both a motorway and a major supermarket - neither are quiet during services.

Our local church is right across the road from a school - should the kids not be allowed out to play if there is a funeral? Or should the church not schedule funerals at that time?

The thing is that actually very few people will mow there lawns tomorrow because most people know that it is a bit of a sombre day.

If it makes you feel all self-righteously better to mow your lawn, carry on, but do so knowing the risk that you will likely become known as a dickhead.

I am not particularly in favour of having a monarchy at all but I wouldn't do anything very noisy during the time of the actual funeral.
Later in the afternoon I don't think there's any problem even if you want to use a pneumatic drill.

I really doubt it. I don't think I'd notice what anyone else is doing tomorrow. Our lawn doesn't need mowing but there's lots more out there that needs weeding and chopping down. If we have the energy to be up early enough to be doing that before we go out for a walk with relatives we will.

It's a normal thing to do on a day that for thousands of people is a normal bank holiday.

Nobody is doing it to make a point. They're doing it because sitting quietly inside isn't compulsory and lots of people would rather just crack on as normal. Which is totally fine.

Since everything is closed, people really only have two choices, do the the everyday jobs in the house or garden or watch telly. I shall be getting on with doing stuff so as not to waste the day

Quite honestly, you should be out trimming it with black ribbon, like the rest of us, and should be pretty ashamed, that you haven’t done it already

Do It before it starts. X

Well of course on a normal Bank Holiday it is totally fine, I'm often using loud tools myself. I suppose if people have large enough gardens to have big, proper Lawns then their neighbours are far enough away to not be disturbed any way.

But it isn't a normal Bank Holiday is it? It's a day off granted on a Monday (tomorrow) for the late Queen's Funeral which the majority of workers/students can enjoy either watching the funeral or cracking on with their lives. Even anti-monarchists get the day off if their job allows.

So very few really need to mow their lawns/little scraps of grass tomorrow and I for one won't be telling any mowing person to stop, but I'll note that you're a bit of a dickhead and I'm sure I wouldn't be the only one.

I put off doing this and other desperately needed outside jobs today to go to London to lay flowers. I won't do it tomorrow largely because I want to watch the funeral and also need a rest after walking a gazillion miles today. I'll do it after school on Tuesday as long as it's dry. However, you do you, it's perfectly fine!!

I'll note that you're a bit of a dickhead and I'm sure I wouldn't be the only one.
I'm fine with that!

"I'll note that you're a bit of a dickhead and I'm sure I wouldn't be the only one."

This kind of shit needs to stop. We've had 10 days of fawning, mournehub and people talking fucking nonsense about rainbows magically appearing.

Not all of us hold the royals up on some sort of pedestal. You sit at home and watch the funeral if you want but if other people want to get on with their days they are not dickheads for doing so, FFS.

I can no longer tell who is serious and who is being sarcastic on threads like this.

Just on the off chance the OP is serious, yes of course you can mow your lawn.

Could we all get back to normal soon please?

"That could be any time. I watched a few funerals during Covid. I didn't expect my neighbours to not make any noise during that time."

@zenobitch

My point still stands. If I knew my neighbours were inside watching a funeral, regardless of whose it was, I'd try my best not to make noise that would disturb them.

I think it would be better to leave it until after the funeral, as beforehand is a little early for what could be a rare day off and chance to sleep in for a lot of people. And the grass is more likely to be dry afterwards, compared to before 10am.

I was being sarcastic for the record. But it is worrying the nation has become so weird no one could tell. 🤣

Our lawns don't need cutting but I would be completely indifferent if a neighbour cut theirs at any point during the day.

In fact I wouldn't notice as we are going out to walk and paddle board for most of the day.

Can't wait for the country to get back to normal.

Absolutely not. Forget cutting the grass and give your toenails a treat instead eh?

It's what the queen would have wanted.

God really? I could never live somewhere like that.

If I was at home I probably wouldn't do it during the actual service, but just afterwards. As today is a Bank holiday we've extended our holiday by two days; The M5 is still pretty busy & Taunton services felt like a normal day in terms of the amount of people there, just the food outlets were closed. So there's still plenty of people out & about doing their own thing instead of watching it