Strands #260 “Coming Up For...
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A Yorkshireman's beloved wife passed away. He went to a stonemason to sort out a headstone for her grave. Being a devout man, he decided the inscription should read, 'She was thine'. The stonemason told him to return 7 days later.
A week later the man returns to inspect the stone. The proud stonemason wheeled it out on a trolley. It looked fabulous - except the inscription read, 'She was thin'.
"It's missing an 'e'," the widower exclaimed. The embarrassed mason apologised profusely and asked him to return a further week later by which time he would have fixed it. A week later, the Yorkshireman headed back to inspect the finished stone. The mason wheeled it out again. The widower inspected the stone. It said .........
............... 'E she was thin'.
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Teacher: "Right class, who can tell me the name of Robin Hood's girlfriend?"
Johnny put his hand up. "Yes, Johnny?"
"It was Trudy Glen miss."
"Trudy Glen. Where did you get that from?"
"The song miss, Robin Hood...Robin Hood, riding Trudy Glen."
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"Dad, who built the Suez Canal?"
"I don't know, son."
"Dad, who discovered penicillin?"
"I've no idea, son."
"Dad, what's the capital of Italy?"
"I ain't got a clue, son."
"Dad, you don't mind me asking all these questions do you?"
"Of course not, son. If you don't ask, you won't learn anything."
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