Storytelling Starters ~ The Rag-and-Bone Man
Saturday, June 30th, 2018
Last week it was bags. This week it’s rags, namely things which are so well-worn that, in times gone by, they were generally only good for passing on to the rag-and-bone man. One such used to come round our streets with his horse and cart collecting big old items such as an old mattress and bags full of unwanted small items too. I remember the tone of his cry though I never worked out quite what he was saying.
My well-worn stuff this week is a joke, one which has been told so many times by me that it could well qualify as good only for the rag-and-bones man except that it possesses the extraordinary quality of still being able to make people laugh. (more…)