I have hardly stopped laughing this weekend – trust the Hebden Bridge Times to give us a good giggle.
There was an article in about a talk at the Local History Society about the Fustian Weavers strike which ran from 1907-09 (the longest ever in the textile industry apparently). The strike was over pay as the workers here got paid less than in Lancashire, and when scabs were brought in from other factories to work they were nicknamed ‘nobsticks’. Now call me 9and several of my mates) childish, but we were rolling about at this but of news. Not only because it is such a Yorkshire-sounding expression, but also because the article reported it in such a matter-of-fact way, obviously not getting the joke!
Talking of double-entendres, this is apparently the best joke in the world (according to Sid James)
A woman goes into a pub and asks the barman for a double entendre
So he gives her one.
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