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Tongs
Mrs Hamilton-smythe was giving an upper-crust party and had hired Mary, a girl recently come as a maid.
As Mary was setting up the tea service, Mrs Hamilton-smythe told her to be certain that there were sugar tongs available.
Mary had never heard of sugar tongs, and asked her what they were and why they were used.
Mrs Hamilton-smythe, always happy to Enlighten the Unenlightened, told Mary that the problem lay with the gentlemen, who would go to the loo, and to do what they needed to do, had to touch things which were less than sanitary.
"Sure, Ma'am," Mary said, impressed.
After the guests had begun arriving that evening, Mrs Hamilton-smythe was dismayed and infuriated not to see any sugar tongs on the tea service.
Mary, trembling, came quickly in answer to Mrs Hamilton-smythe's angry shout.
"But... but, ma'am, I put the tongs out just as you told me to."
Furious Mrs Hamilton-smythe pointed to the tea table, devoid of tongs, "Then where are they, young woman?"
"Why, they're in the loo, of course."
As Mary was setting up the tea service, Mrs Hamilton-smythe told her to be certain that there were sugar tongs available.
Mary had never heard of sugar tongs, and asked her what they were and why they were used.
Mrs Hamilton-smythe, always happy to Enlighten the Unenlightened, told Mary that the problem lay with the gentlemen, who would go to the loo, and to do what they needed to do, had to touch things which were less than sanitary.
"Sure, Ma'am," Mary said, impressed.
After the guests had begun arriving that evening, Mrs Hamilton-smythe was dismayed and infuriated not to see any sugar tongs on the tea service.
Mary, trembling, came quickly in answer to Mrs Hamilton-smythe's angry shout.
"But... but, ma'am, I put the tongs out just as you told me to."
Furious Mrs Hamilton-smythe pointed to the tea table, devoid of tongs, "Then where are they, young woman?"
"Why, they're in the loo, of course."
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