Before my time but, 'During The War....... '
I sound like "Uncle Albert " from Only Fools and Horses don't I? A tale from my late father who was a farmer. The neighbouring farmer was noted as being 'a bit rough and ready' to say the least ( Think The Dingle's from "Emmerdale", loud and coarse and definitely not to be trusted, the sort of bloke that would send a .22 rifle bullet whizzing over your head before shouting 'git offa ma land!" ) Between the two farms ran a stream, not very wide, but too wide to jump over. Dad was talking to this neighbour one morning over the stream when another guy from the same village turned up. The neighbour said something to the guy about the closest that he and my dad ever seemed to get was either side of that stream . Quick as a flash the guy looked across at my dad, gave him a wink and said very loudly "Aye, this dyke is like The English Channel isn't it ( insert my Dad's name)? It's worth at least a thousand pounds a gallon !" Dad said you should have seen the look on the neighbour's face.
(Mackeson_drinker, Sat 26 Nov 2011, 12:27, 1 reply)

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( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 28 Nov 2011, 12:52, closed)