"Tom Moore a 99-year-old retired army captain has raised around 24 million pounds for the UK health service."
"I am not sure we have 99-year-old army captains - I mean what with fighting the war on terror for decades and now the war against Covid-19..."
"Right, but aren't you interested in what he did to raise the money?"
"Well, it wasn't playing test cricket and certainly not playing T-20 which is more strenuous and..."
"Don't be facetious. Moore had a hip replacement so he was on a walker and the guy completed 100 laps of his garden...wait....wait...the 100 was due to the fact that he will be 100 on 30 April."
"Hmmm..."
"And need I add, his expectations were modest, his initial target was only 1000 pounds and so he exceeded the target by..."
"I don't know where you are going with this but Pakistani mindset is not to understate but to overstate and..."
"Even those who have been educated abroad and worked abroad and..."
"I reckon a mindset is firmed up by age 15 or 16, so well before going to university or working..."
"I see, but before you begin to criticize Pakistanis let me add that we are one of the most charitable people in this world, and the proof of the pudding is The Khan's three cancer hospitals that would not have seen the light of day without massive charitable donations and..."
"And there are those who routinely donate to charities like Edhi."
"Indeed, so I don't think we are far behind and don't forget what 100 million pounds can buy in the UK we would need only around one-third that amount to buy the same items."
"Unless Hafeez Sheikh slaps a tax on any item!"
"There is that."
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