A farmer was out on his Welsh hillside tending his flock one day,when
he saw a man drinking with a cupped hand from the stream which ran
down from one of his fields. Realising the danger, he shouted over to the
man, "Paidwch yfed yr dwr! Mae'n ych-y-fi" (don't drink the water, it's not nice).
The man at the stream lifted his head and put a cupped hand to his
ear, shrugged his shoulders at the farmer, and carried on drinking.
Realising the man at the stream couldn't hear him, the farmer moved closer.
"Paid fachgen! Dwr ych-y-fi! Defaid crappio yn y dwr!" (Don't boy, the
water is not nice. The sheep pooh in the water).
Still the walker couldn't hear the farmer. Finally the farmer walked
right up to the man at the stream and once again said "Dwr yn ych-y-fi!
Dim yfed!" (the water's dirty don't drink it!)
"I'm dreadfully sorry my good man, I couldn't understand a word you
said!" said the man at the stream in a fine English accent,
"Oh I see" said the farmer. "I was just saying, if you use both hands
you can get more in..."