Have been reminiscing with my old mum this lunchtime. Mum's in her late eighties and can't leave the house any longer, but she's got all her marbles & can moan for England.

We got around to talking about Max Miller & how her mum, my grandma, was vehemently against his humour, which of course what Miller played upon with his acts.

I've just read one of his jokes & thought I'd share it on here because I think it's still worthwhile, especially when you place it on the backdrop of the 40's & 50's music hall audiences.

'I said to my father: "Dad, I want to get married."
He said: "Alright son, who do you want to marry?"
I said: "I'd like to marry Miss Green".
He said: "You can't".
I said: "Why not?"
He said: "She's your half-sister. When I was a lad I had a bike and I got around a bit."
I said: "Alright, I'll marry Miss White."
He said: "You can't, she's your half-sister. Forget about it."
Well, I was a bit despondent and I walked around and my mum said to me: "What's wrong with you?"
I said: "Well, I said to Dad I wanted to marry Miss Green and he said I couldn't because she's my half-sister. I said, "All right, I'll marry Miss White." He said: 'You can't, she's your half-sister."
She said: "Look, you go and marry which one you like. He's not your father anyway!"

Steve