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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 4, Issue 8, 29 January 1915, Page 1 (Supplement)

"Pulling His Leg." A North Lancashire sergeant writes: "I am getting on much better with Flemish than with French, as there is something of English, French, and Dutch in it. \ spoke in five tongues yesterday to a lady, but only a vacant stare greeted me for some time. "Then she said: 'Will you have a glass of beer?' in correct English. Leg-pulling if you like. I felt about 2ft. fiin. Still the road to victory is by tortuous paths." GERMAN' <PY AND THE DKRISY. Private n. Turley. of tlie Rival Fiv-i-Ii« rwi'imr heme from the front. t'iN how :: Oerm;n> spy was cleverly ullltirisVed. "'I lie s l>y very nearly con-vii':-rd us." yavs Private TitrW. " that 11,. \ V ;i. .-hi Ki'irlishmnn. born in Surrey. Hut a voting ofTicer ask <1 him middeiilv. 'Wlirr.. was the Derby run lust yestrl"' •|>«rliy. of course,' was t'i" reply." A GOOD RETORT. K!r: "Men aren't ativ hrniner than w omen ; thev li-ve only foole,] us into Ik-'i-'-viur l " that they :>.re. ' lie: "Well, don>n'| that show that tliev are?''