To the bank, where I am undertaking an overly complex financial transaction.
"How would you like your money?" asks the teller.
I look at her name badge. It reads "Phyllis Blackbeard".
I dare not say anything. She has obviously heard every pirate related gag before, and then some. Do not say a thing. Just be sensible for once in your life.
"How would you like your money?" asked Mrs Blackbeard, the scourge of the overdrawn.
"Dubloons."
"Heard it."
2 comments:
In the late '70s, a teller at the Abbey National Building Society's 221 Baker Street branch was Ms Moriarty.
Do you provide mortgages for Holmes? .... I'll get my deerstalker.
I knew a Robin Bastard once...
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