AN INTERLUDE

Hokitika Guardian, 20 September 1930, Page 3

AN INTERLUDE

FIDO’S DENTAL JOB. , Regnal 1 : Do you pull out teeth gratis? 0 ” Dentist: No, hut my dog puts teeth in gratis. UP AND COALING. Policeman: Aliss; you were doing GO miles an hour! She: Oh, isn’t that splendid! I only learnt to drive yesterday. .WATCH YOUR STEP. A builder who wa s speaking in public for the first time-said: I am* unaccustomed to public speaking. Aly proper place is on the scaffold. MIGHT HAVE TRIED A PLUMBER. First New Englander: So you had an operation oil your nose ? Second New Englander: Yes, it was getting so I could hardly talk through it. • TAKE HIS FINGER PRINTS.' Constable: Have yoii seen any .suspicious looking people around here lately?' • Dad: Yes, a bloke took, a rabibt out o’ me whiskers lars‘ night at the circus SLOW FREIGHT. Old Lady: Where did those large rocks come from ? Tired Guide: The glaciers brought them .down. . ...... "But where are the glaciers?” "They’ve gone back for more rocks.”

SOUL OF INDUSTRY. Applicant (for position of office boy): I may .Say I’m getting smart. I’ve.won several prizes in cross-word and wordpicture competitions lately. , . Employer : Yes,,but.l want some one who can be smart during office hours. “This , was during, office hours.”. . DEBT OF HONOUR. “Say, doctor,” said the brawny scrub-woman, “yer gettin’ a pretty good tiling out of tendin’ that rich. Smith boy, ain’t yer?’.’ VWell,” said the doctor, amused, “I get a pretty good fee, yes. Why?”.'" “Well, doc, T ’opes yer won’t forget that my Willie threw the brick that ’it ’im.”