A Scottish Solder in full dress uniform marches into a chemists - looking very serious indeed.
Very carefully he opens his sporran and pulls out a neatly folded cotton bandana, unfolds it to reveal a smaller silk square handkerchief, which he then unfolds to reveal a condom.
It's obvious that the condom has been well used as it has a number of patches on it.
The chemist holds it up and eyes it critically.
"How much to repair it?" the Scot asks the chemist.
"Six pence," the chemist replies.
"Aye and how much for a new one asks the scot?"
"Ten pence,"says the chemist, who then hands it back.
The Scot then painstakingly folds the condom into the silk square handkerchief followed by the cotton bandana, replaces it carefully in his sporran and marches out of the door, shoulders back and kilt swinging.
A moment or two later the chemist hears a great
AYE! go up outside, followed by an shout
OCH AYE!.
The Scottish soldier marches back into the chemists and addresses the proprietor, this time with a large grin on his face.
"The regiment has taken a vote," he says.
"We'll have a new one."
Si thee