The editor of a sporting journal interviewed a conceited applicant for the post of reporter. After some time the editor, who saw through his pretensions, said testily: “Well, what can you write about—golf, cricket, tennis, football, swimming, lacrosse—?” “Oh, anything,” said the applicant, jauntily. ‘“Good. Right about turn,” said the editor. “The door’s behind you.”
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Evening Star, Issue 19786, 9 February 1928, Page 15
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55Untitled Evening Star, Issue 19786, 9 February 1928, Page 15
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