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15 May 17
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"My grandad was a conscientious objector during the war."
"Was he a Quaker?"
"Yeah, he was shaking like a leaf when he was called up."
"Was he a Quaker?"
"Yeah, he was shaking like a leaf when he was called up."
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conversation overheard on bus.... start of an Alfred Hitchcock film?
no - i just thought there must be a plot - the man who knew too much?
23 paces to baker street - not Hitchcock? but same premise. blind guy overhears a pub conversation.
you could start something with a friend.. act out a fake scene..
larry - last night i ate the last of the meat?
bill - from that dossa we killed?
larry - yes, but his cheeks needed brown sauce.
something like that?
23 paces to baker street - not Hitchcock? but same premise. blind guy overhears a pub conversation.
you could start something with a friend.. act out a fake scene..
larry - last night i ate the last of the meat?
bill - from that dossa we killed?
larry - yes, but his cheeks needed brown sauce.
something like that?
Sorry to spoil de partee, but...the Quakers are called such because, at prayer meetings they would literally...er...quake...and a similar sect in the USA was called...THE SHAKERS...guess why...?
Both names were pejorative terms intended to mock...not so PC in those days...
Both names were pejorative terms intended to mock...not so PC in those days...
So, in conclusion, this joke only works if you know the square root of feck all about QUAKERS N SHAKERS...
And get their oats for breakfast. (The old one's are the best, or so they say) 
The day after 9/11 there was a woman talking to herself on the bus.
"I told you Mr Blair and Mr Bush but you didn't listen did you."
"I told you Mr Blair and Mr Bush but you didn't listen did you."
Person 1: "There were some great fighters called Lee; Bruce Lee, Brandon Lee."
Person 2: "Yeah, Muhammad R. Lee."
Person 2: "Yeah, Muhammad R. Lee."
Person 1: My solicitor's holding an advice clinic at the local youth club tonight.
Person 2: Is he pro bono?
Person 1: I don't think he even likes U2.
Person 2: Is he pro bono?
Person 1: I don't think he even likes U2.
Person 1: It's the wife's 50th next year and I don't know where to take her.
Person 2: What about the Orient Express?
Person 1: She doesn't like Chinese food.
Person 2: What about the Orient Express?
Person 1: She doesn't like Chinese food.
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