IDIOTIC The. old General found himself at dinner next to a sweet young thing of and to keep the conversation going he told her how his grandfather had been ■ killed at Waterloo. To which she m;vde ? in all the response: "Wliich platform?'' Two evenings later lie met. he* companion—another sweet young thing and to amuse her he told the story. "The stupid child;' he explained, "asked me 'which platform? "What an idiot;' was the reply. "As if it mattered which platform it was."
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 16, 13 October 1944, Page 7
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83Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 16, 13 October 1944, Page 7
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