A Scotsman staying in a London hotel recently requested that a glass of whisky might be left in his bedroom for his use when be returned from the, theatre. Next morning the waiter tapped on the door and asked if he had found his drink all right on the previous evening. “Oh, ay!” answered the Scotsman. “It was there all right; but, nion, that was a terrible syphon ye left me. When I used it the rush of water was sae terrible that it washed the whisky oot o’ the glass and nearly ruined everything in the room.” “Syphon, sir! I didn’t leave one on must have used the fire extinguisher I”
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Evening Star, Issue 19787, 10 February 1928, Page 11
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112Page 11 Advertisements Column 4 Evening Star, Issue 19787, 10 February 1928, Page 11
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