I'm right on my uppers.
I can pay you back when this postal order comes from Australia.
Honestly.

P.S. Hope the bladder trouble's getting better.

It's just a ploy so Herr Jimbo can buy more CDs.

I mean, what else could it be, right?

A: Just watched obscure British sit com.
B. Trying out some new slang to see if it catches on.
C. Has Mrs. P's back yard bugged.

D. All of the Above.

Jimbo asks, "What's 20 quid to the bloody Midland Bank?"

I was going to stealth edit that in. Glad I didn't!

It's really not that obscure of a British comedy, though. Here's some
more poetry by the same author:

Lend us a quid till the end of the week.
If you could see your way
To lending me sixpence
I could at least buy a newspaper.
That's not much to ask anyone.

Owe gie to me a shillin for some fags
And I'll pay yer back on Thursday.
But if you can wait till Saturday
I'm expecting a divvy from the
Harpenden Building Society.

'To Ma Own Beloved Mary.
A poem on her 17th birthday'

Lend us a couple of bob till Thursday
I'm absolutely skint
But I'm expecting a postal order
And I can pay you back
As soon as it comes.

Ah. The classics.

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I thought I made it clear to everybody that it's the right kidney, not my bladder! My bladder's working fine, thank you.

I was hoping one of our Britfolk could shed some light on the expression "I'm right on my uppers." Googling offers little help.

Stand back -- I'm a librarian. It means the state of being broke. Penniless. Also expressed as "down on my uppers" or simply "on my uppers".

Oh those wacky Brits.

To paraphrase King Arthur: "Well, you have to know these things when you're a librarian, you know."

The Kinks use that expression in the song "Low Budget" which makes sense. And I always thought it was a drug reference.

What was I thinking?--I shoulda just asked!

But, wasn't it more fun this way?

Well, he was just trying to get some use out of those Brits.
They must be useful for summick, right?

Roight!