He called his landlord on the phone
“The roof leaks over my table,
You need to come here and fix it
Just as soon as you are able.”

“Just how do you know there’s a leak?”
The tightwad landlord was quick to ask,
He was not at all looking forward
To such an expensive task.

“While I was eating dinner last night
I began to wonder a bit.
I was having a bowl of soup
It took me two hours to finish it!”