SOMEBODY BLUNDERED.
Somebody blundered badly at a recent country agricultural show over the distribution of prize-certificates. The husband of ono of the exhibitors found his wife sitting in tears, with a large first-prize ticket lying in front of her, and asked the cause of her tears. "I've g-got first prize," she sobbed. "What's wrong? What did you exhibit?" he asked. "Sponge c-cake," was tho reply. "Well, first prize for sponge cake is all right," he said soothingly, "But it isn't; just look I" And he read: "First prize awarded* for best specimen of reinforced concrete, suitable for buildings," etc, Then he knew.
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Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 64, 31 May 1912, Page 14
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102SOMEBODY BLUNDERED. Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 64, 31 May 1912, Page 14
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