Wit and Humor.
Teacher: Which letter is the next one to the letter “ H ?” Boy ; Dunno, ma’am. Teacher : What have I on each side of my nose ? Boy : Freckles, ma’am. * * =!'■ # “ I fear no foe in shining armour,” sang the man at the concert, “ Don't you, old chap ?” growled the bachelor in the front row, “ then you try and open a sardine tin with your pocket knife I” # Mother: "There were two apples in the cupboard, and now there is only 'one. i 1 How is that ?” Tommy (who sees no way of escape) : “ Well, ma, it was so dark in there I did not see the other.” * * * Agent: “ What’s the matter with your last place ?" Domestic: "Oi didn’t loike the Christmas present the missis gave me. It’s a silver clock." “ That certainly is a very nice present.” “ Yis, sure, but ivery marnin’ before daylight it did go all to paces, an’ scare the loife out av me.”
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Manawatu Herald, 25 August 1903, Page 3
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157Wit and Humor. Manawatu Herald, 25 August 1903, Page 3
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