Isn't it a concept from 1930s newspapers?
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Quote: EllieJP @ May 30 2008, 4:03 PM BSTWhy do you say that ?
Compulsive liar! 
Maybe it was a lie about being a liar?
I never lie about lieing... it goes against my lie ethics.
That could be another lie! 
Break free of this web, Ellie!
It's okay - you go on without me...
Never!
Quote: Aaron @ May 30 2008, 3:57 PM BSTYou ARE Jake How and I claim my £5.
Can someone explain this claiming £5 thing?
Quote: EllieJP @ May 30 2008, 4:03 PM BSTWhy do you say that ?
Lol, never mind.
Quote: Leevil @ May 30 2008, 4:35 PM BSTCan someone explain this claiming £5 thing?
Like I said, I think it's a 1930s newspaper thing. They printed a picture of some guy in a newspaper, and if you saw him on the street you could claim £5 off him for recognising him.
I just saw a story in my local paper that a 12-year old cat who rarely left her house was mauled to death by two dogs in her own back garden, in front of her owners and their 15-year old daughter.
I cry now. 
Dogs are vile creatures. I hate them more than the Jews hate the Nazis. They should be exterminated with extreme prejudice. 
That's so sad! She'd had that cat since she was 3! 
Newspapers would send a man out to wander around seaside resorts in the summertime as a circulation booster. It was up to readers to find the man. If they found the man, AND they had a copy of the paper with them, they could say "You are Jake How, and I claim my £5."
Obviously, £5 was a lot more in those days. And it wouldn't have been Jake How.
When does his exile end, by the way?
EDIT: What Scatters said.
Dogs really are f**king arseholes.
There's one barking incessantly right now outside. Sooo obnoxious. You don't catch cats doing that!
Quote: Graham Bandage @ May 30 2008, 4:39 PM BSTAND they had a copy of the paper with them, they could
The one bit I missed! I didn't do badly, having learnt about it from Poirot.
Quote: zooo @ May 30 2008, 4:40 PM BSTDogs really are f**king arseholes.
I think you're mixing dogs up with sodomites.