A neighbor popped round out of the blue, to wish me a merry Christmas, so I welcomed him in for a coffee and a chat.
Thinking on my feet, I took a couple of mince pies out of the fridge which I was in the process of defrosting.
"How are the mince pies" I asked"
"To be perfectly honest, they were ruddy-ard" he said.
Well they was Mr Kippling's, after all