A BIRD IN THE HAND
The water-logged Scot lay gasping on the deck. He had just been rescued from drowning and was duly grateful. ' Looking up at his rescuer, he exclaimed: “Thank ’ee, mon, thank ’ee. Gie me your name and Ah’ll remember ye in my will.” His impecunious deliverer gazed down at him for a moment, and then replied: “Ah, guvnor, Ah’m no desarving o’ such an honour. Suppose ye just cut me off wi’ a shilling right now?”
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 71, 10 January 1947, Page 5
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80A BIRD IN THE HAND Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 71, 10 January 1947, Page 5
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