A little five year old girl was usually driven to school in the mornings by her Grandad, but one day he had a bad cold so her Grandmother took her.
That night the little girl told her parents that the ride to school with Granny was very different. What with Granny was very different. What made it different? asked her parents. Well, she replied, Gran and I didn’t see a single tosser, blind bastard, foreign prick or wanker on the whole journey.
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