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A short middle-aged woman walks into a bar where a man sits drinking.

She asks the barkeeper.

Can you help me? I've come to Edinburgh to see my son. He's working here. But when I went to the last address he gave me, the landlady said he left three days ago. I don't know where he is and he doesn't know I'm here. I've no money and no place to stay.

The man who's drinking at the bar looks up.

Wait a minute, you're from Ireland.

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