Six words to strike fear in the heart of the parched visitor and mark a household out as a bunch of meanies. Equally, the guest who turns up at someone's house "with one arm as long as the other" as my mother puts it when referring to the practice of coming not bearing gifts.
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It's not thrift, it's just plain meanness
You'll have had your tea then.
Six words to strike fear in the heart of the parched visitor and mark a household out as a bunch of meanies. Equally, the guest who turns up at someone's house "with one arm as long as the other" as my mother puts it when referring to the practice of coming not bearing gifts.
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