Reference :- Sometimes one hears a clever remark , but not often .

 Reference :-   Clever remarks are becoming uncommon , for some reason. 

What with all the political correctness , and the cancelling and the doxing ( whatever that is ) and the de-platforming  that goes on these days , folk are becoming less willing to risk making a clever remark .

Anyway , I decided to tell  Ken junior and the lads about a clever remark I heard in the pub last eve .....  just to remind them that the art of conversation is not quite dead yet . 

" Hey,  I heard a clever remark in the pub last eve . " , I said .  

The lads were playing poker again , which  they have been doing every night since the tele fritzed out days ago .  By fritzed out I mean that Monte reckoned the speakers  needed adjusting , so he pulled the back off the set to see if he could fix it , and it hasn't worked since .  

Ken junior looked up from his hand of cards . 

" Let's hear it then ." Ken junior said . 

Monte and Gabbo , seriously contemplating their cards , nodded in agreement . 

   So I told the guys that last night there was a young Israeli chap at the pub who is touring Australia by himself ... possibly to avoid being drafted into the IDF .  Trevor , the barman , mentioned something about Palestine , and the Israeli chap immediately took umbrage , and tried to set Trevor straight .

" Palestine doesn't exist . It is just a made up country . " is what the Israeli said .

"  That isn't a very clever remark . " , Gabbo said . 

"  Hang on . Hang on . I know that , it is Trevor's reply that I think was clever . " , I said . 

Ken junior chucked out two cards and drew two more from the deck . 

" So tell us what Trevor's reply was . " , Ken junior said . 

" Trevor's reply was  ' Can you name me a country that isn't made up ? ' " , I said . 

The lads all laughed loudly .....  then Ken junior revealed  his hand . 

" Full house . Aces over Jacks !  " , Ken junior said . 

Chuckling , Ken junior raked in his winnings , fifty match sticks at least by the look of the pile . 

The cards were quickly gathered and it was Gabbo's turn to deal .

 Thinking about it , maybe I won't get a new tele quite yet   . 

Your comrade , Ken .