gunpowder, treason and plot 26

There is huge dismay this morning as many of the leading home construction companies count the cost of last nights devastation. Many thousands of half built homes have been raised to the ground in a what appears to be a series of innocent cases of mistaken identity. The semi constructed homes, it appears, we're thought to be piles of waste wood paneling and pallets which are often used to celebrate the traditional night of Guy Fawkes. In Whimplesham a local resident, who wanted to remain nameless, said "Johnny Johnson and me saw this big pile of wood in the shape of a large square bonfire and thought that rather than nicking the pallets from the factory site like we usually do, we could use this instead. We were a bit put off by the stamping that declared that the wood had a fire retardent rating on it but it went up better than an orange box, woo hoo!"

A foreman for one firm said that he was willing to admit that he himself had attended one fireworks display with his family where he only realised that one of his firms own builds was being burned when he saw a stuffed effigy of himself in high viz jacket and yellow hat tied to the flaming joists.

A senior building firm director said that he had decreed that he would be employing Heras fencing around new builds to ensure that this didn't happen again. Johnny Johnson said he thought this was a good idea as he would then have somewhere to attach the hog roast for next year.

Disclaimer: This story is satire - this means it is for entertainment only and is not true. Mr Anthrop accepts no responsibility for the accuracy or otherwise of this information - it is all untrue. If you are a house developer reading this , it means it is all made up...but you still feel hurt huh?