a man bought a old pub, and on his first day he went to open the doors for the lunchtime session and waiting on the doorstep were 2 elderly gents obviously locals.
they both touched their caps and said “mornin” and followed the new owner inside and up to the bar.
" two halves of mild please" said one of the men “with pleasure” replied their new landlord, “wheres the snuff ?” asked the other man whilst looking down the bar “snuff ?” responded the landlord.
" the last landlord used to leave snuff on the bar in a big red saucer for us pensioners" the man said " and you’ll find we may not allways buy alot , but we’re here every lunchtime and evein 365 days a year !“, “well” repiled the landlord " i didn’t know about the snuff i’m sorry its my first day but i would be happy to provide snuff for you as the last landlord did so there will be some on the bar tonight”.
later at 5 o’clock as the new landlord was getting ready for the evening opening he glanced through one of the windows and saw one of the old men talking to another elderly man obviously waiting for the pub to open, oh no the landlord thought i’ve forgot the snuff !!.
so he looked about in the back room of the pub and found the big red saucer which he placed on top of the bar, then he went hunting for some snuff in the cupboards but to no avail.
he then remembered that in the back yard there was a small brick store room full of boxes so he went out to have a look in there but with no luck!, on his way back across the yard he kicked some old dry dog poo that collaped into dust, all of a sudden a idea entered his head and back to the bar he went and collected the red saucer then he returned to the yard where he picked up the remaining dog poo and finely crumbled it onto the red saucer.
he then re-entered the pub again and placed the red saucer back on the bar then washed his hands and went to open the doors for the evening,
the first old man entered and saw the snuff in the red saucer and helped himself to a good large pinch and then sniffed " can you smell dog poo" he asked the landlord , the landlord just mumbled a negative response.
the second old boy who had been hanging up his coat walked over and also used the snuff in the red saucer " theres a smell of dog poo around here" he exclaimed the landlord again mumbled he couldn’t smell anything!
just then a third elderly gent entered the bar “jack” the first old man called “come over here can you smell any dog poo !!” the first old man asked him “because i can and old tom can but the landlord said he can’t”.
so jack sniffed deeply twice “can’t smell a thing but wait a minute” he then took 2 big pinches of snuff from the red saucer and sniffed the air again "ah yes i smell it now thats a great snuff it really clears your nose a treat "