THINGS NOT SAID.
Dad (when Jack steps on Lis corn heavily) • "It's all right, son: it didn't hurt. Accidents wilJ happen." Housewife (when the cat jumps on the table and kpocks niost of the crockery over); "Poor pussy! You must have hurt yourself." Boss (when Fred sails into the office half an hour late); ''Go to your desk, my hoy. I don't mind your hems' a few minutes late." ° Girl (when it pours on her picnic day); "Oh, never mind. It is a nice pastime watching the rain beat against the window." Bobbie (when the coloured Supplement fails to put in an • "'Oh, never mind." ' * ' 1 LEFT SOMETHING. Piofeasor: Waiter, have I left my hat here 2 Waiter: No, but your friend, Professor A, has been waiting here for three hours for you. Professor: There! I knew I had forgotten something, but I couldn't think wfcat.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 225, 22 September 1928, Page 3 (Supplement)
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146THINGS NOT SAID. Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 225, 22 September 1928, Page 3 (Supplement)
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