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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 225, 22 September 1928, Page 2 (Supplement)

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Ditto. (Blue Certificate to Pafctie Gallagher. Grey Lynn, age 14.) One morning Pat and Mike met. Pat said, "Good morning, Mike, and how are you ?" Mike said, "Fine., and how's yourPat said "Ditto." Mike, much mystified, went to his friend Riley, the greengrocer, to ask the meaning of "Ditto." ililey, only too willing to show his, knowledge,picked up two cabbages, one of which happened to be bad. "Jiow," said Kiley, "in my right hand I have a cabbage, in my left ditto." Mike said, "Well, 111 flatten Pat's nose when I meet him to-morrow morning." "Whatever for," said Riley. "For calling me a rotten cabbage." said Mike. • • • • A Biter Bit. (Pink Certificate to Ronald Fleming, Grey Lynn, age 14.) A would-be humorist meeting an Irishman thought he would be funny at his expense, "Hellq, Dennis 1" he said, "I'll £wM, you •W l * in P* n <» *<« a shilling." Wjll.ye now?" asked Dennis. "Yes." said the humorist. The Irishman handed STSL**?"*' and his £ri « nd P ut «*«**- >^ s p ? La ta return - "Big** in Eg*J* S^ 64 - nad, is itr" g*i answered Dennis, "but tbV shilling