Four Candles?

A strange thing happened as I was digging in the garden this afternoon...

Fortunately, this part of Scotland is still well-served by hardware stores of the old-fashioned variety - resisting the onward march of Homebase, B&Q, Tescos et al.

I wonder if any of our local shopkeepers would be amused if I were to go into their traditional high-street hardware shop this week and utter that classic opening line...