This was news to us!
There are more Catholic Churches in Las Vegas than Casinos and they all accept gambling chips. Not surprisingly, some worshippers will give Casino chips rather than cash when the basket is passed. Since they get chips from many different Casinos, the Churches have devised a method to collect the offerings. They then send all their collection chips to a nearby Franciscan Monastery for sorting before the chips are taken to the Casino of origin and cashed in. This is done by the Chip Monks. Ha! Didn’t see that one coming, did you ?
Tales From
The Pest Controller
Ian McGeorge of Padiham has been advertising his Pest Control business in our Padiham edition since we started, and every time we see him he has a new, fascinating story. We felt it time to share a few.
Wasp nest in the attic.
A Couple were horrified when they went to get their suitcases from the loft to find a 4 foot tall wasp nest sitting right on top of them. Ian arrived and got all suited up to remove it. After treating the nest Ian stepped back to let things calm down but with an uneven, unboarded floor and in pitch darkness, he lost his footing and stumbled backwards. A low beam behind him had a hook in it which caught his protective hood and ripped it off. As he fell he banged his torch, knocking off the infra red attachment and flashing the wasps with white light, which apparently really winds them up. So Ian’s on his back, unprotected, with a swarm of angry wasps out for revenge. He managed to escape with a total of 33 stings to his face, head, and most painfully, his ears. As he staggered down the loft ladder looking like the Elephant man, the lady screamed and shouted, “ You have a wasp in your hair.” Ian said “ Wasps are not very good company.”
The Neighbours missing cat.
Ian was called to an elderly lady’s house to investigate a rustling noise in the bottom of the wardrobe. She suspected it might be a rat. Ian opened the wardrobe door and in a pile of clothes on the floor he saw what he thought was a rats tail twitching. He grabbed it with his finger and thumb and pulled back the clothes to reveal a 6 foot Boa Constrictor, and Ian’s got hold of it’s tongue. In a flash he let go of the snake, slammed the door and jammed a chair under the wardrobe handle. He then rang the exotic animal people in Liverpool, admitting “ I’m not very good with snakes.” They said that quite often pets like this grow too big for their owners so they let them go. The snake probably found it’s way through the sewers and up through the toilet. ( Perish the thought.) It took four of them to removed the beast, but they did explain the reason it did not bite or attempt to constrict Ian was that it had recently eaten. The lady said she hadn’t seen her Jack Russell for a while , and next doors cat had been missing for a few days. Ian didn’t have the heart to explain.
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Son: “Is it true? Dad, I heard that in ancient China, a man doesn't know his wife until he marries her.” Father: “That happens everywhere, son, EVERYWHERE!”
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