FiVe Minutes Fun

Horowhenua Chronicle, 2 August 1916, Page 3

FiVe Minutes Fun

"\ou proposed marr.age f) ii.v sinter, I believe?" asked the blonde one. "Yes, 1 did," replied the young man v, i'. i his liat in Bis baud. •'And she refused you?" ">She did." "OTT, well, I hope you're not through with the family." V'aiter (in :9i 0): We do all our cooking by electricity here. Customer : Take thin egg .out 'and give it another shock. "And did Noah only have two of each kind in the ark, pop?" "I believe so, my son." "Weid. were both of the ffeas on one of the clogs, pop?" "How did you lose your last job?" "I was fired for making a mistake." "That seems unfair. 'We are all liable to make mrteakes." "Yes, but I told' the boss that he could not get along without me." "So you are playing with your soldiers, Willie?" said the caller. "Yes, ma'am." "They seem very heavy soldiers." "Yps, ma'am. They're on their way homo from the war. and they've got a lot of lead in 'em." "Is he a typical American?" "Yes; he likes baseball, has a motor ■ : owns a mortgage, pa .is alimony, and thinks the moving pictures have grand opera beaten a mile." [