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A Tale of Lawnmowers

Once upon a time there was a man named Bluey.

Bluey had 6 neighbours named Haowan, Rusty, Igor, Yitzhak, Mahatma and Somchai.

One day Bluey got tired of cutting his grass with scissors and sent a note

to each of his neighbours asking whether he could try out their lawnmower.

Haowan, Rusty, Igor, Yitzhak and Mahatma each lent their lawn mower to Bluey and he

tried out these lawnmowers.

However he didn't get a reply from Somchai.

After much investigation, Bluey decided that lawnmowers were not suitable

for his grass, so decided to buy a cow to eat his grass instead.

Several years later he ran into Somchai, and Somchai asked him whether he

still wanted his lawnmower. Bluey said 'no thanks, I've gone right off

lawnmowers: I'm happy with my cow!'.

The very next day Somchai put up a big sign in front his house:

"Bluey is using my lawnmower! I have let him use it.

My lawnmower is the best, no-one has a lawnmower

as good as mine, and what's more, no-one thought

of a lawnmower before I did!"

He then put an ad in the local newspaper saying the same thing.

Bluey just shrugged: "That's Somchai you!"