HOW HE WANTED IT
"How will you have your hair cut, R ir?" said the talkative barber to the victim in the chair. _. •■Minn- conversational prolixity, ic. plied the patient. •'How's that, sir?" "With abbreviated or totnllv eliminated narrations," answered the other. "What?" , . ~ "Without rfforwoscont verbosity, was the reply. "Lot even diminutive eolioquv be conspicuous by its absence The ' b:,rber scratched In- head thoughtfully a second, and then went ocer'to the*proprietor of the id.op and •wln-pered •' [ d-.n'l knew whether the man in rn v -It r ! - mad or a foreigner, but 1 can't find out what he want-;. Then ft:,- victim explained that he wanted lh« i i!i done in silence.
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 187, 30 June 1916, Page 1 (Supplement)
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136HOW HE WANTED IT Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 187, 30 June 1916, Page 1 (Supplement)
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