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Grandad was a builder - he used to have very long timber ladders and insisted on doing his own roof repairs until one day, my Dad went down to see them and Grandma was sat in their kitchen with no sign of grandad .. Dad asked where he was and Grandma said - 'he's on the roof but he's been gone a long time'. Dad went outside and found Grandad just coming down the ladder - Dad asked him what he'd been doing and he said 'I just nipped up to check the pointing on the chimney stack but whilst I was up there I had one of those funny turns so I was a bit longer than I thought I'd be'. Dad got his saw and cut his ladders up ... end of ...