We Are Amused

1st Aug 2011

Princess Anne is visiting a hospital and stops to chat with the patients. As she shakes hands with one old bloke she asks why he is in. “I’ve got a boil on me bum!” he replies. Later the senior nurse chastises the old codger for saying such a thing to royalty. “What was I supposed to say?” he asks and is told he could have said he had a boil on his leg. A week on, the Queen tours the same hospital and goes out of her way to shake hands with the same patient. “What are you in for?” she asks. “I’ve got a boil on my leg,” he says. “Oh,” says the Queen, “has it moved?”