A good
friend and I had lunch together last week and, as it was a nice day, after lunch
we decided to drive to a pretty nearby village.
Before
getting to the village we saw a sign advertising eggs for sale so drove up the
lane to the farm and were met by an elderly chap and his four (or maybe five)
dogs.
He told us
that his wife dealt with the eggs and went off to ask her if she had any; in
the meantime we noticed a box by the house wall with some cauliflower bits in
it.
When the
chap returned to say they had sold out of eggs, my friend asked him if he had any
'caulis'. His response was “no, they’re
spaniels”. I don’t know how we kept
straight faces and my friend spluttered “I know they’re spaniels, I meant
cauliflowers”.
We’re still
laughing about this, nearly a week later.
Good job you didn't ask him if you could have a leek.
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