Stanley had a seasonal job harvesting leeks. There were seven others in the field of leeks. They were unsupervised, so Stanley was able to stuff several hundred leeks every day into the back of his car. His wife, Marjorie, sold them at a roadside stall: ORGANIC LEEKS HOME GROWN. They had leeks for dinner every evening as well.
After several weeks the boss turned up and called a meeting. Leeks were going missing. He didn’t mind the workers taking home a couple of leeks now and then, but hundreds seem to be missing. All workers denied any knowledge.
“How do you cook a leek anyway?” asked Stanley.
Proactive feigned ignorance is often the best cover-up.
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This question would feed my suspicion. 😀
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That’s probably why you’re not a leek farmer!
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I had thought of adopting Bruce’s advice but now with your reply I’m not so sure!
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Yes – some people are more cunning than they look!
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Yes she doesn’t look that cunning at all…
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I’d make some of that potato and leak soup I see advertised at a local pub. 🙂
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Why not pee and leak? !
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Proving once again, you’re the brains of the outfit, Bruce Almighty!
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I was never noted for my intellectual abilities (until you came along!)
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Modesty becomes you!
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Thank you! And why is the “A” in Almighty no longer capitalized?
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Perhaps I was channeling e.e. cummings?
(But where have I committed that fatal sin?)
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I have no idea where I saw it – but I thought here on this page! Perhaps WordPress has thought better of it and corrected it!
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You should let readers know the background to that story: In the late 1800s, London music hall star Marie Lloyd was summoned to perform some of her songs in front of a licensing council committee. She was ordered to change the title of “She Sits Among the Cabbages and Peas” as it could be misconstrued. After some protest she retitled it “I Sits Amongst the Cabbages and Leeks”.
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There’s a “famous” newspaper misprint (I think only one or two copies exist as it was quickly taken down) that read “Queen Victoria was the first to piss over the bridge”.
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Ah! Really? Who knew!
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I’m surrounded here by fields of leeks, and not once have I been offered even one – although I have been tempted to go and get one (or two).
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Who leeked my secret strategy?
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It was Basil May!
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I have heard that Basil might.
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😀
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You get leeks because you have potatoes, and then run out of potatoes and have too many leeks. It’s a vichyssoise circle.
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Vichyssoise has chicken bouillon – so I guess that makes it Hatch 22.
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I planted some leeks in my garden. It will be the second time for leeks. The first time they did really well. They’re really good sautéed with arugula and some white wine and thrown in with some pasta and good cheese. Yum. I imagine the leek thief’s wife cooked something like it at least once.
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I know you’re not into meat… but leeks boiled with carrots and ox tongue makes a heaven-sent bouillon!
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Oh – and I meant to say that I’ve never had much luck with leeks (or any onions for that matter except for shallots).
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And I’ve never had any luck with shallots! We all have a touch with something, I think.
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Or rather not? This is what my mind added the moment I ran out of your words.
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umashakar – you will never run out of words!!!
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All this is enough to make me keel over
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😀 That comment could have been created only by a cryptic crossword creator!
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🙂 You don’t know how long I’ve been waiting to get one in
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LOL ! You don’t know how long I sit here trying to make one up!
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