Accents

Have you ever found yourself taking on the accent of the person you are talking to?
My drains blocked this week, which they do about 4 or 5 times a year, and the fella who came to sort them spoke with a broad Yorkshire accent
Although I do have a Yorkshire accent I wouldn’t say it was broad, but 10 minutes through his visit I found I was speaking like him. I was tempted to say ‘Eee Bye Gum’ Turns out he was brought up 2 miles away from where I was born in Bradford

Lovely man
He even made me come and give my expert opinion on the toilet paper blocking the drains up
We stood there gazing into the depths
He wanted to know if I thought a certain piece was, in fact, a cloth impersonating loo paper. I agreed for the sake of peace.
I then had to go upstairs to fetch some down so he could test whether it was now getting through. The he insisted he threw some down and flushed it while I waited outside.
Indeed, 2 seconds later, there it was. Journey to the sewage works unimpeded at last.
I now feel I know my drains intimately. I shall be buying blue bog roll in future. Looks lovely against the dull seepia of the drain walls.
A life altering experience

Right, now I must go prepare the tea (gips) :shock: