TYRE AND TIRE
A politician who was famous for his very long speeches is said to have received the following suggestion in verse:— Mr Gabble, we say, you make us think Of the blacksmith bold with forge like ink, Where he moulds and welds and fastens with fire The spokes of the wheels to the outer tyre. For this I know, and know full well, And any blacksmith the same will toll. That the speech’s effect —if you will inquire— Is just like the wheel near the blacksmith’s fire; We tell it to you without any ire, That a very long spoke makes a very large tire!
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Evening Star, Issue 23698, 4 October 1940, Page 3
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107TYRE AND TIRE Evening Star, Issue 23698, 4 October 1940, Page 3
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