The Canny Scot.
He was of a thrifty turn *f mind, and of course, he came from Aberdeen. Last New 1 ear’s Day he was told by a friend that instead of putting a shilling in the gasmeter, much the same effect could b • obtained by blowing smartly into the receptacle. The Aber'ci n man intii the txpeiimei t with gratifying results. the other day the man went round to read the meter and collect tile bawbees. He was obviously puzzled by his investigations, and scratched his head over his calculations, “What’s the matter?” asked the uneasy householder, who thought he was found out. “Well,” said the meter reader, “I can’t understand this at all. The borough council appears to owe you 37 6!” “Ah!” said Sandy, "I must ha’ blown too har-r-r-d!”
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Northland Age, Volume 27, Issue 43, 2 November 1927, Page 2
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