American in Lancashire
* True Story

An American tourist, wanting an experience of traditional English life, is walking through a small Lancashire village when he espies an old guy sitting outside his house. Wandering over to take a photograph, the American sees that the old boy is pulling chunks off of something brown and dough like, rolling them in to little balls and neatly stacking them.

"So is this some kind of cottage industry then"? Says the Yank.

"Aye" replies the old guy.

"Riiight" says the Yank "so what are you making"?

"These"? replies the old guy. "Them's there are learning pills".

"Learning pills"?! replies that Yank

"Aye" replies the old guy. "Thems learning pills make you right brainy they do"

"Really"? replies the Yank.

"Aye" says the old guy.

"So how many of them there learning pills do you think a guy like me needs to be brainy"? asks the Yank

The old boy looks him up and down and says "You? About 10".

"and how much are they"?

"£50 each" replies the old lad.

"£50 each"?! squawks the American "That's nearly........250 bucks"!

"Aye, but thems learning pills makes you right brainy, right quick".

So the American, not wanting to miss out, digs out his wallet, counts out his money and buys ten of the pills. He knocks back all ten at once and starts chewing. All of sudden his eyes widen and he spits out the contents of his mouth shouting "Gaaahhhhhh, that's sheep shit"!!!

The old guy smiles at him and says "You're learning".

*not actually a true story.
(Big Smurf Brush me daddy-O, Wed 2 Apr 2008, 12:20, Reply)