HAPPY MOMENTS
Tramp: Do you buy rags and bones? Dealer: Yes. Tramp: Then how much will you give for me ? Caddie: D’you ’ave a ’>gh tee. sir? Golfer: Wot’s it matter to you if I ’as a ’igh tea or a late dinner? You put the ball on the ’ump. “Excuse me,” said the girl with the collecting box, “but would you mind helping the Working Girls’ Home?” “Rather,” said the bright young man. .“Where are they?” Foreman (testing wall in new house): I’m speaking quietly, Bill.. Can you hear'me? , ■ Bill (on the other side): ’Ear yer? Lumme, I can see yer in three places. Ho: What makes you think I wasn t behaving last night? She: Well, you were trying to get the cuckoo dock ..'.and the canary to. sing a duet. Lady (out shopping with old gentleman): Do you like bananas? Old Gentleman (hard of hearing): No. thank you. I prefer the old- ashioned night-shirt. Director: Look here, are you a director of this firm or are you not? Foreman: No, T’m not: but, Director: Very well, then, if you’re not. don’t stand there talking like an idiot! Wife (at 2 n.m.): Wake up. John, wake up! There’s a' burglar in the next room. Husband (sleepily): Well. Fve no revolver. You go in and look daggers at him.
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 May 1931, Page 3
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220HAPPY MOMENTS Hokitika Guardian, 16 May 1931, Page 3
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