Classic Comedy Moment

iCraig

iCraig

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True story.

On Sunday I was having my dinner and watching TV in the front room. I hear a knock on the door and go and open it.

Already inside my porch is an old man (mid-70s) who immediately shakes my hand without saying a word. I'm a little bemused by this but he quickly hands me a faded laminated card saying:

"Hello. My name is Charlie and I am completely deaf and mute. I cannot get a job because of this and have to pay for my clothes and food by selling pictures. Only ten pounds for one picture or fifteen for two."

When I look back up he's unpacked his tattered portfolio and placed 5 crude pictures of animals by his feet, motioning towards them. I shake my head and give him a sympathetic smile.

He nods, looks sorry for himself and begins to leave. As I begin to close the door I realise I'm still holding his little card, so I pull the door back open and instictively call to him, "Excuse me... you forgot this?!"

He stops, turns, comes back up my drive and smiles, taking the card back off me and leaves.

It clicked when I sat back down and I laughed as I began tucking into my dinner again. :)
 
he might not be 100% deaf, he might just have trouble hearing, deaf may not be not hearing, it can be classified as hearing problems, imo.

edit - gah! "completely" :o :p maybe...... nah ;) but I do wonder why he'd do that.
 
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iCraig said:
completely deaf and mute. I cannot get a job because of this and have to pay for my clothes and food by selling pictures. Only ten pounds for one picture or fifteen for two.
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Also, I doubt his story was completely true, as you can live off benefits, especially disability, as some people make a "career" out of it.
 
.... He said he was completely mute? Isn't that a contradiction right there? Woulda picked up on that before the deaf part afterward, I would have thought :P

Or am I getting terms confused?
 
playworker said:
Older than the internet itself, if I had a pound for every person who's told me that story I'd have... erm, several pounds
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It wasn't a joke from an email, it actually happened on Sunday. :)
 
seen this in a local pub, a guy going around handing out cards, we muffled our comments and he started to get annoyed.

KaHn
 
I had a 17 year old (or there abouts) in the street asking me to sponsor him to help the homeless. He had two signatures on his 'sponsor sheet', £20 and £10. I lol'd.

This is glasgow btw, just incase anyone else walks between borders and glasgow central. Have you seen the woman with the guitar that can't sing, or play guitar but is there everyday trying to.
 
Maybe he remembered his card so turned around to get it off you? It's only a slight coincidence that it happened at the same time. :p
 
Maybe but it was the exact same instant I called him.

I didn't realise anything until he'd gone, but I wouldn't of said/done anything anyway, he was quite old. :p
 
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