Lost in translation

FoLLoWinG the letters about the origin of the ‘Four candles’ misunderstanding which the two Ronnies used to such great effect, i recall in the early thirties my father, a shoemaker in Lerwick, would occasionally ask me to get him some pipe tobacco from the local shop.

His instructions were ‘an ounce of bogey roll’. it was some time before i understood why my request always caused such hilarity among the staff; in my innocence i had asked for ‘an ounce of b****r all’. oLLie pottinger,

Kelsall, Cheshire.