Maureen says to Walter, "It's aboot time we had the living room decorated again. They've just had theirs done next door, and so, because we have the same type o' hooses, go and ask Rab how much materials it took tae dae theirs." "Aye, right," says Walter, so he goes next door tae ask Rab. Long story, short, Rab says, "It took me forty-two rolls o' wallpaper, a dozen packets o' paste and five gallons o' emulsion and five gallons o' gloss." "Right, thanks very much," says Walter.
So Walter buys a' the stuff and duly decorates the living room. Maureen is really pleased wi' it but says to Walter he must have made a few mistakes because he had a' that material left ower. "Ye better go next door and see Rab and ask him what ye did wrong."
So Walter goes next door and speaks tae Rab. "Ye see a' that material ye telt me tae get fer daein' the livin' room?" "Aye," says Rab. "Well Ah must've heard ye wrong because Ah've goat 16 rolls o' wallpaper left, three packets o' paste an' three gallons o' emulsion an' gloss left ower." "Aye, so have Ah," says Rab.