Bridget O'Reilly on a visit to Co.Cavan went into a small specialty shop buy a gift of a fly-rod and reel for the local parish priest who had helped her in her genealogy search by allowing her to browse through the very old and time-worn sacramental registers. She doesn't know which one to get, so she just picked out one and went to the counter. The shop owner is standing there, wearing dark shades. She says, "Excuse me, Sir - Can you tell me anything about this rod and reel?" He says, " Mrs., I'm completely blind; but if you'll drop it on the counter, I can tell you everything you need to know about it from the sound it makes." She doesn't believe him, but she drops it on the counter anyway. He says, "That's an eight foot one piece Shakespeare Greenheart with a 404 fly casting reel and 8-lb.Test line. It's a great combination, and being my last end of season stock, it's on special sale this week for only 20 pounds, with full guarantee" She says, "It's just amazing that you can tell all that just by the sound of it dropping on the counter. I'll take it!" As she opens her purse, her credit card drops on the floor. "Oh, that sounds like a Bank of Ireland credit card", said he. As Bridget bent down to pick up the card, she accidentally let out a loud popper. At first, she is really embarrassed, but then realises that as there are other customers browsing, there is no likelyhood the blind shop owner could tell it was she who had farted. The owner rings up the sale and says, " That'll be 34 pounds and 50 pence, please, Mrs." Bridget is totally confused by this amount and says " I thought you said that it was on sale for 20 pounds - How did that become 34.50 ?" "Well, says he, the Duck Caller is 11 pounds, and the Fish Bait is 3 pounds 50 p." ***** Reply to the LIST ONLY - Please ***** ***** Thanks for your consideration ***** Pádraig Mór, An Sean Gabhar