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People from the bulgarian town Gabrovo are well
known for their economy in the use of money or goods.
There is some talk that they cut the cat's tails
so that the door of the room shuts faster after them and this way the room won't become
cool.
At night they light the lamps in the henhouse, so
that the hens think it's morning and lay for a second time.
When a man from Gabrovo wants to marry, he
chooses a slim woman - she will take up less space and will need less cloth for a dress.
When they light a cigarette, they split the match
into two in order to use it a second time.
A man from Gabrovo have decided to end his life
hanging himself.As chance would have it his servant saw him and cut the rope...At the end
of the month his master kept back four bucks from his salary.That's how much the rope
costed.
A doctor who was not pleased with the small sum,
which a patient have given him, hinted ironically:
-Is this for me or for my maid?
-For both of you!-answered the patient.
A man from Gabrovo boasted that from every
drawing of the lottery he won two bucks because he didn't buy a ticket.
-Then you have to treat me to mark the occasion!-said the other.
An inhabitant of
another town asked a man from Gabrovo to lend him money.He agreed but at 9 per cent
interest.
-This is an outrageous interest.Be ashamed of God!
-God?!...From above he will see the 9 as a 6.
Two drivers from Gabrovo met on a narrow bridge
and neither of them wanted to return, so that he doesn't waste petrol...Then one of them
opened a newspaper and began to read - he thought that the other would lose patience and
would return.But the other driver went out the cabin, sat on the bumper and said:
-Will you give me the paper to look through it when you read it?
A man from Gabrovo had guests.They remained there
for a little while, talked.Suddenly his wife gave him a hint:
-Won't you offer the guests s.th. refreshing?
-Of course!-answered he and opened the windows wide...
A man from Gabrovo needed a vial.He found one,
but there was some iodine in it.He was unwilling to throw it away, that's why he cut his
finger, made use of the iodine and then used the vial.
-Is it true that you have married your daughter
to your cashier?
-It's true.
-I thought you didn't trust him?
-I still don't trust him, but I changed my mind: he will steal from me again, but at least
the money will go to my daughter.
During the economic crisis a salesman announsed
on the door of his shop:
"We sell at reduced prices by 20%!"
Not to leave behind another salesman, whose shop was across one building, announsed:
"here prices are reduced by 30%!"
Then the man from Gabrovo, whose shop was in the middle, put a sign on his door:
"Here is the main entrance of the selling off!"
An inhabitant of Gabrovo went to see his son, who
was a student at the University in Sofia. The son boosted himself:
-Father, I saved a buck today. I didn't get on the bus today, I ran after it.
-What a fool you are- cursed his father -Why didn't you run after a taxi, so that your
profit was bigger?
The Scotch are merry people like the inhabitants
of Gabrovo and they like to communicate with each other. Once a Scotchman and a man from
Gabrovo went together to a free lecture. At the end of it a subscription for raising funds
for charity was started. At this moment the Scotchman fainted...
The man from Gabrovo carried him outside the hall.
-Father, this night I dreamed that you have
bought me a chokolate.
-If you are a good boy, for Christmas you can dream that I have bought you a whole kilo of
chocolate.
-Why are you crying?-asked a man a child, who was
crying in a street in Gabrovo.
-My mother gave me a buck but I lost it.
-Don't cry! Here is a buck for you.
The child took the buck and continued crying.
-And why are you crying now?
-Because if I hadn't lost my one buck, now I would have two bucks.
They are clever people, aren't they?Next time I
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