Pungent Pars

NZ Truth, Issue 1183, 2 August 1928, Page 1

Pungent Pars

W7OMAN, whose husband has -black-' ™ ened her eye, seized an axe and cut half his right ear off. Will she be bound over to keep the piece? ■ * # ■ . # DBV. -T. E. RUTH: "Love makes the ** world go round." Revolves m a wedding ring! * * . # "MO job should ibe 'done outside the ■ town," is the slogan of a provincial paper. Even the local burglars have "adopted itl ' . '"''■..: '•..■' ■'■•' ;-<*: * ' : * ' : ' ■T!HI£S -.^.marathon .dancing is .proving 1 'that if a flapper can jazz for 37 -consecutive : hours she should be able to stand up m a tram or bus!

BEER— the leveller. ■:# * A SELF-MADE man is often the sort ** that nobody , else would take the blame for. # * * "PONSCIOUS, but mind a blank," ■ says newspaper headline. Thes6 continual digs at the Public Service are becoming thoroughly obnoxious. # # * "FRENCHMAN'S impressions of A America": Thirst impressions. * * * "THE famous 'Emperor's Carpet! was 1 auctioned at Christie's for 22,000 guineas." Can you beat it? * *■.._# PROHIBITION would make New Zea- *■ land think more of bottleshipa than battleships.