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1->''My father's listed everything he's planning to repair.\
2I hope he won't attempt it, for the talent isn't there.\
3He tinkered with the toaster when the toaster wouldn't pop;\
4Now we keep it disconnected, but we cannot make it stop.''
5-->-- '''Jack Prelutsky''', ''I Wish My Father Wouldn't Try to Fix Things Anymore''
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7->''"Right," said Fred, "'ave to take the wall down,\
8That there wall is gonna have to go."\
9Took the wall down, even with it all down, we was goin' nowhere,\
10And so we [[BritsLoveTea had a cuppa tea.]]\
11\
12And Charlie had a think, and he said, "Look, Fred,\
13I've got a sort of feelin',\
14If we remove the ceilin'\
15With a rope or two, we could drop the blighter through."\
16\
17"All right," said Fred, climbing up a ladder\
18With his crowbar gave a mighty blow.\
19Was he in trouble, half a ton of rubble \
20[[TooDumbToLive Landed right on top of his dome]]!\
21So Charlie and me had another cuppa tea\
22And then we went home.''
23-->--"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8Ybkj7oLJU Right Said Fred]]", '''Creator/BernardCribbins'''
24
25->''"This happens all the time. People are constantly destroying their antiques, because suddenly, they're'' [[WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong restoration experts]]!"
26-->--'''Rick Harrison''', ''Series/PawnStars''
27
28->'''[[Creator/BenCroshaw Yahtzee]]:''' It's like when people give me shit for buying an Alienware PC. Saying, 'Euyuhhh, you'd get it a lot cheaper if you built it yourself.' Well, ''that's'' great! I could also get smoked venison a lot cheaper if I hunted deer and cooked it myself, but I consider some skills beyond me.
29-->--''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJNf4JRfEdM&index=2&list=PLkkiai4nXBVJcYW06qF5LkXk-eGeFEr9I Let's Drown Out]]'' ''VideoGame/QuakeII''
30
31->''"We repair what your husband fixed."''
32-->-- Seen on a repairman's truck
33
34->''About midnight, the picture would be up - very crooked and insecure, the wall for yards around looking as if it had been smoothed down with a rake, and everybody dead beat and wretched - except Uncle Podger.''
35->''"There you are," he would say, stepping heavily off the chair on to the charwoman's corns, and surveying the mess he had made with evident pride. "Why, some people would have had a man in to do a little thing like that!"''
36-->--''Literature/ThreeMenInABoat''
37
38->''"I can't look, has Rolf-- IS THAT THE SUPPORT BEAM TO THE HOUSE?!"''
39-->--'''Edd''', ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy''
40
41->''"Yeah, that's a fine-looking barbecue pit. WHY DOESN'T MINE LOOK LIKE THAT?!"''
42-->--'''Homer Simpson''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''

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