THE BORES,
There’s the man who lets you shake his limpy hand — He’s a bore : And the man who leans against you when you stand — Get his gore, There’s the man who has a fear That the world is, year by year, Growing worse—perhaps he’s near — Bolt the door. There’s the fellow with conundrums quite antique— He’s a bore; And the man' who asks you “ What ?” whene’er you speak, Though you roar:. There’s the man who slaps your back With a button-bursting whack ; If you think he’s on your track, Bolt the door. There is the punster with his everlasting pun— He’s a bore : And the man who makes alliterative ‘fun’ — Worse and more! There’s the man who tells the tale That a year ago was stale—Like as not lie’s out of jail— Bolt the door.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 439, 22 January 1890, Page 7
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136THE BORES, Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 439, 22 January 1890, Page 7
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