A Yorkshire Tale

[elgreco]

There's an old married couple in their 80's born and bred in Yorkshire and living in Leeds.

Unfortunately, the wife dies. She is subsequently buried and the husband arranges a headstone.

He goes to the stonemason and asks for a stone that says

ACCEPT DEAREST MARGARET LORD
SHE WERE THINE

Two weeks later, he goes to her grave to see the new headstone. It says

ACCEPT DEAREST MARGARET LORD
SHE WERE THIN

The old chap is mortified and goes to the stonemason to complain.

"You've missed the E off lad,"he says.
The stonemason is most apologetic and promises that it will be rectified by the following morning.

Next morning, the old chap goes to the grave to check that the work has been done. The headstone now reads

ACCEPT DEAREST MARGARET LORD
EEEEE, SHE WERE THIN

[marval]

Heard it before, raised a smile though.