Question

how did uncle podger make a mess of things

Answer 1

when he lifted picture and dropped it after that it comes that our of frame.

Answer 2

Uncle Podger make mess of things as when he start doing something he forget things. There is an incident which prove this. Once uncle was assigned a task to hang a picture/ frame on the wall. At first he made the hole on the wall then he kept the hammer aside and asked for picture and but the picture goot misplaced and when he found the picture he didn't find the hole on the wall when he found that he unintentionally harm his hand while trying to hang the picture. At last he succeeded in hanging the picture in evening. This incident shows that he can't do anything alone and without making any mistake. And he also mess the things.