There has been a deep pothole in the road outside my house for some time now and neighbours have done their bit by filling it cement.
Earlier, outside, there was loud banging, pneumatic drills and other machinery creating lots of dust.
Being the nosy person that I am, I went out to investigate further and was told that an underground leak had to be repaired.
To the man in charge I told him, "All we wanted was the pothole repaired, not a bigger, deeper one that a car could drive into and never be seen again."
"There was something I should have done before I left the house.... what was it now..... did I lock the front door...... it'll come to me in a minute?"