Shacked Up

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Paddy left very rural Ireland and went to work in London, leaving behind his aged parents, with strict instructions to write home as soon as he was settled in his digs.

Weeks passed and then one day a package arrived with a letter. It said

“Dear Mam and dad, I arrived safely and quickly settled into my new digs. The landlady is very nice and I felt at home at once because she even had a photo of me in my room which I’m sending ye to see how well I’m doing”.

His mother opened up the package and out fell a small hand mirror. His father picked it up and looked into it and said,

“I’m worried, sure he’s aged an awful lot since he went to England “.

The mother stood behind her husband and looked into the mirror and said,

“You’re worried, no wonder he’s aged so much, look at the old biddy he’s feckin shacked up with!”.