The British are the best at comedy. In the TV series One Foot in the Grave, Victor Meldrew is a retiree who attracts bad luck. If he’s not driving his long suffering wife Margaret crazy with his constant moaning, he’s fighting with neighbours.
In the episode “Victor Finds a Car in His Skip”, after a shed related accident, Victor decides to hire a skip to get rid of all his rubbish, but his biggest fear is someone dumping an old mattress in it. Turns out — he’s in for a big, green surprise in the morning….