FUN AND FANCY
Very Stout Lady (to bath attendant) : Do you let out bathing suits here ?
Attendant (viewing huge proportions) : AY ell—er—l expect we shall have to, madam—if you intend wearing pne.
A PRACTICAL SUGGESTION. Very Stout Stranger: Boy 5 how do I get into the wild beast show? Boy: YVell, if you can’t squeeze in through the turnstile try the elephants’ entrance, first- turning to the left. HIS S,OLUTION. A Cockney and a- Lancastrian were hotly arguing which was the correct way to pronounce the word “either.” The Cockney insisted that it was with a long “i”; the Lancastrian argued otherwise, and said it was a long “e.”
A Vrvksihireman. easily settled it for them.- “Ee.thcr of ither } lads, awther’ll dew.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 8 November 1930, Page 2
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122FUN AND FANCY Hokitika Guardian, 8 November 1930, Page 2
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