Little Ethel: "There's a strange man at the door to see you, dad." Dad: "Has he got a bill?" Ethel: "Oh, no, daddy; just a plain nose!" * * * Two Scotsmen entered a bar. Each waited hopefully f»r the other to make the first move. At liist one asked: "Well, what are we going to have?" "Rain," replied the other.
"There's nowt to be afraid ;of; you can manage a donkey easy enough," said Mr. Brown, coaxing his wife to take a ride on the sands. She answered: "Well, I don't knew; I've never been able to manag thee to my liking." * * * "That woman is the most awful actress I ever saw," said the mildmannered man to his neighbour. "That woman is my wife," replied the neighbour. "I am wrong," said the mild-man-nered man; "she is a good actress struggling with a rotten play. I wonder what fool wrote it?" "Unfortunately, I am the author," said the neighbour, simply.
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Hutt News, Volume 6, Issue 6, 17 June 1927, Page 5
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