13 Apr 2025

And Then Raids…

   According to the ‘news’ and as mentioned by A K Haart, many barbers, nail bars an’ such have been raided on suspicion of doing naughty stuff. This reminded me of something I spotted a little bit after a goodly while ago. Possibly a comment on Going Postal - where else?
   This fellow went along to a local place he’d been using for a couple of years and found it closed and shuttered. He bobbed into the shop next door and enquired as to wot had happened. The shop owner replies, “You mean the Turkish barbers? He’s been arrested on suspicion of money laundering and selling contraband alcohol and tobacco and also selling drugs.”
   The fellow stood back in surprise, “Damn. Just goes to show you’ve really no idea wot goes on in the background of some of these places, eh? I’ve been using that place pretty regularly for about two years now and, until you mentioned it, had absolutely no idea he was a barber...”

Quote; Mackenzie Phillips

“You never know what someone is dealing with behind closed doors. You only know what you see or what you think you see.”

4 comments:

A K Haart said...

Ha ha - thanks for the link and the joke. All locals probably know which shops are dodgy and which ones actually have customers, even the local police.

Mac said...

A K Haart,
You're more than welcome. Keep up the great work my friend.
We do need something to make us smile a while in these dark daze do we not?

James Higham said...

Do you know Mackenzie Phillips‘ background, Foggy? She was an abused child of one of the Mamas and Papas singing group.

Mac said...

James,
No, I didn't know that.