A certain jovial citizen of the middle north who is as deep a reader as he is a drinker prides himself justifiably on his wide grasp of languages—dead oi- alive. The other afternoon (observes the “Northern Advocate”) his propensities in this direction caused him to be served with a diluted drink. He asked for a glass of'gin. “What will you have with it?” the barman asked. “Aqua pura,” the erudite one replied. When the measure came along, infused with lemonade, he expressed annoyance. "Well,” the man behind the glasses retorted, “if you want water, why don’t you ask for it?”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 June 1938, Page 6
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