LAUGH IT OFF

Lake County Mail, Issue 26, 19 November 1947, Page 5

LAUGH IT OFF

“1. adore dark men.” “ You'd have a splendid time in Africa.” Blown: Did Smith take his misfortune like a, man? Green: He did. He laid the blame on his wife. , Girl: I don’t think mother will let me go out with a perfect stranger. Boy: Well, that’ll be all right. Tell her I’m not perfect. A negro schoolboy gave his teacher any amount of trouble. After deciding that nothing could bd done with him, the teachers asked his mother to call and discuss the boy. One of the teachers said he stole money, to which the mother replied. “Jes’ like his pa.” The savage African tribe of Übangis have a habit of stretching the lips of their women around circular wooden discs until finally they become about eight inches in size, sticking right out from their faces like two plates. One very hot day two Übangi girls met in the jungle. One of them stuck her face close to that of the other, and rapidly repeated: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled 'peppers! Now you fan me for a while. When Sandy found Jock very cast down over bis income-tax. he advised him to write to the department for an extension of time. Next time they, met, Jock was looking much brighter. “ They gi’ed pie three weeks’ extension,” he said. “But that won’t help you much,” said Sandy. “ Man, don’t ye see. My doctor has just seen me and he says I can’t last another week. Ain’t it grand?” iiiiiiniimiimiiiiiiiifiiHiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiimiiiiiimtiiiimttmui