After newspaper competitions, such asLobby Lud, where readers were offered money for spotting a certain figure in public and accosting him with a passphrase, such as "you are Lobby Lud, and I claim my five pounds". (However, the Lobby Lud competition did not involve this phrase.)

andIclaimmyfivepounds

1. (UK, humorous)Used to intensify a statement of someone's identity, particularly to make a humorous comparison between two unrelated people or entities.
   • 2008 June 15, Al Ewing,I, Zombie, Abaddon Books,→ISBN:

     "You are John Rigor Mortis Doeand I claim my five pounds!"

   • 2015 February 12, Gareth Roberts,Doctor Who: The English Way of Death: The History Collection, Random House,→ISBN, page186:

     'You are the one... known as the Doctor...' said the vagrant, tottering towards him.
     'And I claim my five pounds,' Felicia heard Percy say bitterly.

   • 2015 August 11, Elizabeth Cooke,You Belong to Me: A Novel, Open Road Media,→ISBN:

     'You are Mr Joscelyne,' they heard her joke, waggling her ring finger under his nose,'and I claim my five pounds.'

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