The day I erred with a vicar

[Rapscallion]

You know how it is when customers always expect the freshest and best? I've actually had people tell me they know something is fresher by looking at it. They were invariably wrong.

I thought I'd got another on the approach to one christmas. An elderly and slightly frail vicar came in and stood by the cheese counter.

"Can I have some blue stilton?" he asked.

I nodded and reached into the chilled compartment. It comes in a wheel, and we'd cut it in half so we could get it wrapped after we'd taken a wedge out. I grabbed the top piece.

"Oh, no. The bottom piece," he said.

I stifled my groan. It had all come from the same piece, but I decided to humour him.

"How much?" I asked, reaching for the cheese knife.

"All of it," he said, and I wanted to sink into the floor.

"All of it?" I asked. Most people got a quarter and thought it was too much.

"It's for the nuns' christmas party," he said, smiling.

We did him a discount, and he came in a few weeks later.

"How was the stilton?" I asked cheerfully.

"I didn't get any," he replied, slightly morosely.

"Heh - everyone ate it before you got any?"

"Hmm? Oh, no. They don't allow men in there."

Rapscallion

[LostMyMind]

:lol: I don't know if that is a blessing or not.

[SongsOfDragons]

Phwoar, the ol' biddies in black must've had stinky breath the morning after.

[Confuzed-Monkey]

Hey, Rapscallion

Please pardon my American ignorance, but what exactly is a vicar?
Are they the equilevant of a preist?

I hear it used alot on BBC programs(My Favorite), but I didn't know exactly what it meant.

Thanks
Confuzed-Monkey

[Rapscallion]

The word vicar means 'representative of god' or something very similar to that. I think it's the designation used by the church of england and other non-catholic denominations to define their front-row clergy.

Rapscallion

[repsac]

"I didn't get any," he replied, slightly morosely.


sorry Raps, but I read that entirely the wrong way :devil: I think, I'm going to hades for that thought.