The wife of an almost bankrupt business man said at breakfast: "Will you post this letter for me. dear. It s to the furrier countermanding mv order for that £2OOO sable. You’ll be sure to remember?" The eyes of the harassed business man lit up with joy. He seized a skipping rope that lay with some dolls and toys in the corner, and going to his wife, said: “Here, tie my right hand to my left foot so that I won’t forget!”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 July 1939, Page 7
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