Sympathetic Friend (to sweeper). "What's the use o' arstin' 'im, Bill? 'E don't give away nothink less than a Gover'ment appointment, 'e don't!!"
A BI-METALLISTIC DISCUSSION
Jim. "What's this 'ere 'Bi-metallism,' Bill?"
Bill (of superior intelligence). "Well, yer see, Jim, it 's heither a licens'd wittlers' or a teetotal dodge. The wages 'll be paid in silver, and no more coppers. So you can't get no arf-pint nor hanythink under a sixpence or a thrip'ny. Then you heither leaves it alone, and takes to water like a duck, or you runs up a score."
Jim. "Ah! But if there ain't no more coppers, 'ow about the 'buses and the hunderground rileway?"
Bill (profoundly). "Ah!"
[Left sitting.