Only because you can't afford long sentences 'up north'.
When I was young my parents had a sentence that was 500 pages long - we gave it to the butler, in the end. The funny little chap was quite, quite moved when we threw it to him.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 21 Jul 2011, 13:26, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

We were so poor
we had to buy words by the syllable.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 21 Jul 2011, 13:27, Reply)

I bet the "butler" gave it to you often enough
Your barking spider looks more like a geriatric windsock
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 21 Jul 2011, 13:29, Reply)

+t

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 21 Jul 2011, 13:37, Reply)

haha!
"Will there be anything else sir?"
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 21 Jul 2011, 13:38, Reply)