WHERE’S THE SHILLING?
A correspondent wants to know if our readers have heard this one:
Z’ s d £ s d The mate of our ship was paid off with 2 15 o
He sighed very heavily and gave his wife 100 leaving 1 15 o Next day he groaned and gave her 100 leaving 0 15 0 Next day he ground his teeth & gave her 090 leaving 060 Then foaming at the mouth he handed over the last 060 leaving 000 Total £2 15 o £2 16 0
Wild-eyed and wan, he is looking for that extra shilling. Where, is it ?
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 4989, 18 June 1926, Page 2
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101WHERE’S THE SHILLING? Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 4989, 18 June 1926, Page 2
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