"A GOOD WIT WILL MAKE USE OF ANYTHING"
Shakespeare, Henry the Fourth.
Scene—A Pit Village. Time—Saturday Night.
Barber (to bibulous customer). "Now, sir, if you don't hold your head back, I can't shave you!"
Pitman. "A'well, hinney, just cut me hair!"
What our Architect has to put up with.—Our Architect (Spotting Sixteenth Century gables). "That's an old bit of work, my friend!"