An Englishman says to his friend, the Scotsman, that he has a perfect way of eating for free in restaurants.
“I go in at well past 9 o’clock in the evening, eat several courses slowly, linger over coffee, port and a cigar.
Come 12 o’clock, as they are clearing everything away, I just keep sitting there until eventually a waiter comes up and asks me to pay.
Then I say:
‘I’ve already paid your colleague who has left.’”
The Scotsman is impressed, and says:
“Let’s try it together this evening.”
So the Scotsman books them into a restaurant and come 12 o’clock they are both still quietly sitting there after a very full meal.
Sure enough, a waiter comes over and asks them to pay.
The Englishman just says:
“I’ve already paid your colleague who has left.”
And the Scotsman adds:
“And we are still waiting for the change!
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