Smoked! I’ll take two please

Mother Mary (85 in 2013) went into Pick ‘n Pay looking for smoked hocks to use for making soup.

Two delightful ladies behind the butchery counter looked at her curiously when she asked for smoked hocks.

“What?” they asked “Smoked ‘ocks?”

“Yes,” she replied, “Smoked hocks.”

“No, sorry, we don’t have smoked ‘ocks.”.

“But I bought some here last month and made the most delicious soup!” Mary protested mildly.

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The two of them looked at each other, turned to Mother Mary and the one said decisively, “We have never had a smoked ox in this shop.”