The Yorkshire Farmer.

[nickoff]

Following the death of his wife, a thrifty Yorkshire farmer visited the offices of the Yorkshire Post. After 50 years of happily married life he felt that an obituary would be in order.

When the receptionist informed the farmer of the cost, he exclaimed in true Yorkshire fashion.

“How Much? I want summat simple. My Gladys was a good-hearted and hard-working Yorkshire lass but she wunt ‘ave wanted nowt swanky.”

"Perhaps a small poem?” suggested the woman at the desk.

“Nay,” said the farmer. “She wunt ‘ave wanted anything la-di-da. Just put; ‘Gladys Braithwaite’s died.’”

"You need to say when,” he was told by the receptionist.

“Do I? Well, put there: Died 17th March 2015. That’ll do.”

“It is usual for the bereaved to add some meaningful phrase about the dearly departed.”

The farmer considered this proposal for a moment. “Well, put in, ‘Sadly missed.’ That’ll do.’

“You can have another four words,” explained. the woman.

“No, no!” he cried, “she wouldn’t ‘ave wanted me to splash out.”

“But the extra four words are included in the price,” the woman told him.

“Are they? You mean I’ve paid for ‘em?”

“Yes, indeed.”

“Well, if I’ve paid for ‘em,” exclaimed the man, “then I’m ‘avin’ ‘em.”

The following obituary appeared in the Yorkshire Post the next morning.

Gladys Braithwaite died
17th March 2016
Sadly missed
Also Tractor for sale. 


Nick.

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[MotoCP]

Ha ha....there's nowt wrong with that

[placky2]

as a fellow yorkie that's so true and I love it

[Earwig]

Once told by a Yorkshire farmer that definition of a Yorkshire man is that he's just like a Scotsman, but with the generosity taken out :pinch:

[placky2]

that's how copper wire was invented,a Scotsman and a yorksire man fighting over a penny................. :whistle: :laugh:

[92kk k100lt 193214]

That's nasty. Almost as bad as what the poor Harley riders have to put up with.

[sid.]

You can tell a Yorkshire man, but you can't tell him much.