PASSING SHOTS

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 44, 14 May 1927, Page 22 (Supplement)

PASSING SHOTS

She was only the -janitor’s daughter, but she swept him off his feet. * * * “No noose is good noose,” said the pardoned murderer. * * * One of the nice features of ice cream is that it is boneless.

We were just wondering, could a fellow who was crazy over electricity be called an electric fan?

* 4= * Dutch girls, we are told, dress like their mothers. But it’s the other way round in this country. * * 4 “Well, that’s getting down to business,” said the miner as he disappeared down the shaft.

One of the people with whom the weather never seems to agree is the weather prophet.

A man will avoid lots of trouble if he keeps his mouth tigthly closed,” says a doctor. So will a fish.

The charleston is declared lw a dancing expert to be quite respectable. Everybody seems to be attacking the thing.

It is pointed out that the majority of lady golfers are married to golfers. Men should realise that the game is not without its dangers. Never trust a girl who says she loves you more than anybody else in the world ... it proves that she has been experimenting.

Caesar (addressing local Rotary Club on return from tour of conquest): Boys, I’ve travelled all over the world, but, believe me, there’s no place like Rome.

In parts of China babies have green eyes, light red hair and particularly shrill voices. No wonder so many fathers rush out and join the nearest war.

“What has the criminal to be afraid of these days?” asks a reformer. There must always be the haunting fear of being sentenced to a long term of jazz bands, wireless programmes and amateur concert parties.