A country yokel takes a trip to the town. He goes into the High street shoe shop and says to the serving girl,

"I'd like to buy a new pair of wellies please".

The serving girl says "certainly sir, what colour and size?"

The yokel replies " A nice pair of green ones, size 10".

"If you'll just wait a minute sir, I'll just go into the store room and fetch them for you" says the serving girl.

A few minutes later, she comes out with a box and starts taking off the lid.

"They'll be no need for me to try them on young lady, I know they will fit" says the yokel.

"Very well sir, let me just pop them into a bag for you" says the serving lady.

The yokel takes the bag, pays the money and goes home.

The next day, the yokel goes back to the shoe shop where the same serving girl is on duty and says "Miss, you must have given me the wrong size. These wellies don't fit. I'm a size 10".

The lady takes the wellies out of the box, turns them over so that the yokel can see the sole and shows him the size 10 moulded there.

"I don't understand it" says the yokel " I'm definitely a size 10 but these here wellies don't fit".

Well, the serving girl thinks a bit and says to the yokel "Sir, maybe if you could just try them on here, maybe we can see what the problem is".

The yokel pulls on the wellies and says "There. I told you they don't fit".

The serving girl says "Ahhh. I think I know the problem. You have the left boot on your right foot, and the right boot on your left foot".

She then goes behind the counter and comes back with a big permanent marking pen. "OK sir, on the left boot I'm going to write a big L and on the right boot I'll write a big R, so that you always know which one goes on which foot".

The yokel says "Arrrr, so that's why the wife has C&A in her knickers".

Good one Sir burr! I should think only the Brits will get it though!

(Do they have C&A elswhere?)

C & A are no longer in the UK, all closed down a few years ago. Still in France and Holland

C&A happens to be a Dutch reatailer that expanded into the UK.

Owned by the Brenninkmeier Family... Who also own 'De Bird', A sailing camp in Heeg, Northern Holland, where amongst sailing classes, I learnt to smoke cigarettes, drink beer, smoke lots of other things, and generally had my most informative, formative years.

Tears running down my face

Owned by the Brenninkmeier Family... Who also own 'De Bird', A sailing camp in Heeg, Northern Holland, where amongst sailing classes, I learnt to smoke cigarettes, drink beer, smoke lots of other things, and generally had my most informative, formative years.

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It is a good job that you took it all in isn't it ?