A prisoner was cleaning the walls in his cell with a flannel...

...when the prisoner in the next cell asked if he can use it. "Sure," the first prisoner said and he gave him it. This struck up a conversation and the first prisoner asked, "So how did you end up in here mate?"

"Well," he replied, "It's a funny story. I was low on cash and saw a guy walking down the street and mugged him. Stole his money and everything. The sad thing is though, he only had two pence, so basically I'm in here for stealing two pence."

"Wow," the first prisoner responded, "that's exactly the same reason why I'm in here as well."

A third prisoner leaned out of his cell, "Hey mate, can you pass me that flannel? My cell wall is dirty." The second prisoner handed him the flannel and asked him how he got inside. "Stole two pence from this man," he responded.

When the third prisoner had finished, he handed the flannel back to the first prisoner and when he looked at it he saw that it was all black, dirty and could never be used again.

I suppose the moral to this story is: twopenny crooks spoil the cloth.

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