Sounds like a Benny Hill punchline. The actor declares, “I got the part!” The actor’s friend asks, “How much?” “Ten pounds.” “That’s not very much.” The actor explains, “That’s all I could afford to pay!”
Like in M*A*S*H once, Col. Flagg was dictating a message to Radar. The ending was, “‘Marsi dotes & Do Sidotes & I’ll be Home for Christmas’ signed your loving son, Queen Victoria.’”
I ended up in Lawrence, KS. Chicago spat me out in 1990, but I’m still a Chicagoan. My ashes will someday be spread in the suburb where my church & high school are, Palos Heights.
Sounds like a Benny Hill punchline. The actor declares, “I got the part!” The actor’s friend asks, “How much?” “Ten pounds.” “That’s not very much.” The actor explains, “That’s all I could afford to pay!”