Read in Reader's Digest this month:

A young Scotman left home to live on his own for the first time. When his parents phoned after a few weeks to ask how he liked living in his flat, his mother asked what his neighbours were like.

He said they were a bit strange, as the man on one side kept banging his head against the wall, while the woman on the other side kept crying and moaning.

His mother told him to keep to himself and never mind about such things.

He said, "Oh, I do. I just stay in my room and play my bagpipes all day!"

kat