Character traits of Aunt Podger in Uncle Podger hangs a picture by Jerome K Jerome

Aunt Maria is a very funny character. She is well aware of her husband's talent for making any job a HUGE job, amd she provides a humorous backdrop to the action.

And Aunt Maria would say that she would not allow the children to stand round and hear such language.
At last, Uncle Podger would get the spot fixed again, and put the point of the nail on it with his left hand, and take the hammer in his right hand. And, with the first blow, he would smash his thumb, and drop the hammer, with a yell, on somebody’s toes.
Aunt Maria would mildly observe that, next time Uncle Podger was going to hammer a nail into the wall, she hoped he’d let her know in time, so that she could make arrangements to go and spend a week with her mother while it was being done.