The title of this blog comes from a Gaelic expression -"putting on the poor mouth"-which means to exaggerate the direness of one's situation in order to gain time or favour from creditors.
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08 September 2008
Another old joke...
A beggar asked a man if he could spare £40 for a cup of tea.
"That's a lot of money just for some tea" said the man
"Well I'm putting all my begs in one ask it"
I think I saw this one in a collection of Cassandra columns....
Oh groan.
ReplyDeletenever heard it before.. so made me smile and smiling is good :-)
ReplyDelete*groans* :-)
ReplyDeleteIt's awful isn't it?
ReplyDeleteWell it is a bit more cheerful in one way, although not in another, than the post before it.
ReplyDeleteThat's true jmb!
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