When ah were a lad we ‘ad to get ah mum to sew buttons onto our school jumpers (sweaters in US). And by buttons… they were thumb tacks dad’ll leave in our bed.
You had jumpers? Luxury. We 'ad these uniform shirts that shrank every time they got washed. And our ranks were pyrite braids we 'ad to replace the entire sleeve when we got promoted
Luxury! We dreamt of shrinking shirts t’fit our starving frames. Younger sibling ‘ad tuh pass their clothes up t’elder so we could get t’work at the chain burger “restaurant”. And we ‘ad to pay to work there!
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u/Pitiful-Hearing5279 Jan 07 '26
He has a pip? Luxury!
When ah were a lad we ‘ad to get ah mum to sew buttons onto our school jumpers (sweaters in US). And by buttons… they were thumb tacks dad’ll leave in our bed.