A Baker Tale

[Bobinwales]

A man went into a baker’s shop and asked the price of a cake. The baker told him it was a pound. Happy, the customer asked the price of another and that too was a pound.
Realising that there was a bit of a theme going on he asked if all the cakes were a pound.
The baker replied, “Yes. They are all a pound. Except that one. That’s Madeira cake”.

[tony h]

like

[Phil White]

Ouch.

[BonnieL]

Is this a joke that only the British get, or am I unusually dense today?

[Phil White]

Read it out loud, preferably in a Scottish accent.

[Bobinwales]

My dearer cake.

[tony h]

My dearer cake.

and http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/madeiracake_73878

[BonnieL]

My dearer cake.

NOW I get it! The only Scottish accent I could hear in my mind was Scotty saying, "I dannae if she can take any more, Captain!" and " I've giv'n her all she's got captain, an' I canna give her no more." :)

[trolley]

When I think of a Scottish accent I always hear the great Highland poet Ewan McTeagle
reciting some of my favourites like “'What's twenty quid to the bloody Midland Bank?', “Sixpence” or his masterpiece “Can I Have 50 pounds to Mend the Shed”. I cried the first time I heard those.