JOKE CORNER
"I wonder what's wrong with my watch," said Mr BroAvn. "I don't know,'' said his son, "it wouldn't] goi when I piit it in the bath and tried to use it. as a ship's compass.'' e • » A Negro had a AA'atch giA r cn itto him, of Avhicli lie thought a great deal. .One day it stopped, and he was very worried. He opened the back and found a dead fly in it. "Oh!" said the Negro, "no wonder de AA*atcli Avon't go, dc driver am dead!" m m « Say th's quickly and you'll find it has a different meaning: "I got a potato clock thisi mornTeacher: I don't, know how you can be so naughty. Tommy: Aw, it's not so hard. Mrs Casey: Yesterday ay as Mrs Maloiiey's birthday, and her ould man presinted her AA'id a silver taypot.. Mrs Murphy: Solid? Mrs Casey: Sure and ye be jokini How'd; she put taj r in it if it Avas solid?
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 49, 19 February 1943, Page 6
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163JOKE CORNER Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 49, 19 February 1943, Page 6
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