lol
^ Haha.
I've had a few bad mower stories but the worst was the day before an interested buyer for my house (now sold) was scheduled to come for a viewing the following day. I thought I'd wait until the day before to mow the lawn as it was late spring and at the stage where it was really growing quickly. It took me about 6 - 8 hours without no more than a 15 minute break on my 10 year old ride on, which served me very well I should add, to mow a bit over 2 acres.
I normally mow around the edges and work my way in to the middle, in several sections. Well I'd finished one section, then started the second. The mower basically exploded, made a loud bang and black smoke pissed out everywhere and there was a whole in the engine bit (I'm no mechanic), piston shot through something maybe?. So the lawns definitely needed a mow as I was broke, hence the reason I was selling my house and I'd only buy petrol and mow when the lawn either absolutely needed it or there was someone coming to view the house. They looked terrible, needless to say I didn't sell my house that day.