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WHEELBARROW THEFT

Added on: 24th Mar 2015

 

HERE'S A STORY SET JUST AFTER THE

 

SECOND WORLD (1939-45) WAR

 

AT PORTSMOUTH DOCKYARD.

 

 

ONE DAY A MINISTRY OF DEFENCE POLICEMAN

 

STOPPED A WORKER WHO WAS

 

WALKING OUT OF THE DOCKYARD GATES

 

PUSHING A WHEELBARROW WITH A

 

SUSPICIOUS LOOKING PACKAGE IN IT.

 

THE POLICEMAN OPENED THE PACKAGE AND

 

FOUND IT CONTAINED NOTHING BUT SOME

 

OLD BITS OF RUBBISH, SAWDUST

 

AND FLOOR-SWEEPINGS.

 

THE NEXT DAY HE STOPPED THE SAME WORKER

 

WHO WAS AGAIN PUSHING A WHEELBARROW

 

CONTAINING A SUSPICIOUS LOOKING PACKAGE.

 

ONCE MORE IT CONTAINED NOTHING OF ANY VALUE.

 

THE SAME THING HAPPENED SEVERAL DAYS

 

ON THE TROT, UNTIL THE POLICEMAN FINALLY

 

SAID, “OK, I GIVE UP.

 

I KNOW YOU ARE UP TO SOMETHING,

 

BUT I JUST CAN'T TELL WHAT.

 

PLEASE, I PROMISE NOT TO ARREST YOU,

 

BUT PUT ME OUT OF MY MISERY;

 

TELL ME WHAT YOU ARE STEALING.”

 

“WHEELBARROWS”

 

SMILED THE WORKER,

 

“I'M STEALING WHEELBARROWS.”

 

Wheelbarrow funny story -  joke Portsmouth

 


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