Do It Yourself!
"Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from
evil". Proverbs 3:7
evil". Proverbs 3:7
Tony Thompson inherited and old house from a relative who has died.
Unfortunately, the house needed a lot of repair work. He hired a plumber to install a new shower, but it was very expensive. So tony decided to hang the shower curtain rod himself.
Unfortunately, the ladder tilted and his electric drill slipped out of his hands.
The drill landed in the bathtub and cracked the tub.
Tony then tied his ladder securely to the window frame, picked up his drill, and climbed up the ladder again. He started to drill a hole in the wall.
Unfortunately he drilled straight trough a water pipe. The drill exploded and almost electrocuted Tony at the same time. As he fell, Tony grabbed the ladder and pulled the window frame out of the wall.
Without a drill Tony couldn´t install the shower rod, so he decided to remove an old fireplace instead. This worked quite well.
Tony survived, but unfortunately a piece of flying shattered the television screen.
Tony had piled some very expensive Italian titles at the top of the stairs.
Unlucky, he tripped on the carpet and smashed every single one of them.
Tony refused to give up. He decided to paint the garage roof. Naturally unfortunately, he stumbled, dropped a bucket through a fanlight, and covered his car with bright orange paint.
Well… at the end of the day, Tony decided looking for somebody who wants an old house!
Fragment from success communicating in English part 3 1995, Addison Wesley Publishing Company
