Ten Turkeys.
Inebriated party returns home late, and, p'aoing a turkey on the table, benignant!}' addresses his wife: " Here, my dearsh, ish ten turkeysh for you, my dearse." The wife exe'aims: " Ten turkeys, you idiot. It's only one." " On'y onesh? Well, all I knowsh, my dearsh, ish that when I wash coming homesh, I fell downsh ten timesh; and each timesh I got up, I picked up a turkeysh, so there musht be ten.— "Pick weup. *
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Manawatu Herald, 17 January 1893, Page 3
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76Ten Turkeys. Manawatu Herald, 17 January 1893, Page 3
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