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The Sting In The Tale…


Me my John My bro and Sis,
We all went for a meal,
But everywhere that my bro will go,
He will always beg, borrow or steal!

Sometimes it's the salt cellar,
And other times it's a fork or glass,
But always, always he has a souvenir,
Cause this lad aint got no class!

So one night we went for this meal,
And wow, what a lot it cost…
So there's my bro again,
In his pocked the salt and pepper were tossed!

I must admit I was terrified…
Of him getting caught,
For after all, when said and done,
After we'd left the items would be sought!

But my Bern said to my John,
‘Take the salt and pepper pot!'
But my, oh my, what a dare…
He really should be shot!

So my sis Gill passed them over,
Laughing as she did…
And therein his pockets lay…
The salt and pepper pots he hid!

But my bro told the barman,
And enlightened him of his plot,
The barman decided to join in the fun,
They should be ruddy shot!

So there was John in a sweat,
Salt and pepper pot in his pocket,
Me and Gill were laughing so hard,
Poor John shouted to us to stop it!

But we couldn't, and John did tell,
Of his suspicion that Bern blew him sky high,
Cos Bern collared the barman,
And poor John wondered why?

The plot was thick and Bern came back in,
Cos he's stayed behind to chat,
Plotting with the barman,
Well John wasn't having that.

‘I don't trust Bern!' He told us,
‘He's up to something…I know!'
And when Bern re-entered the room…
There they were…on show!

Stuffed in his back pockets…!
Were the salt and pepper pot!
Stood out like a sore thumb they were,
For all the world to see what he'd got!

The barman headed over…
As John placed the pots on the table,
Me and Gill sat quite still,
Being as serious as we were able!

The barman came to the table,
Said; ‘I want the condiment set back!'
So we pointed to the salt and pepper pot…
And said; ‘Hope you don't get the sack!'

It was a set up all the time,
And the joke went down well!
As for the barman, and his part…!
Well, he was really swell!

So Bern handed over the set he had,
The barman couldn't stop laughing…
All in all, we had such fun,
And all the customers were all clapping!

For at the end of the day,
It was all done for a laugh or two,
And please, let's be honest here…
Laughter's really good for you!










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