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New Zealand Listener, Volume 1, Issue 12, 15 September 1939, Page 6

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ER Mr. Chamberlain’s momentous speech declaring Britain to be at war, even the BBC announcer sounded a little breathless. " Poor thing," said a dear old lady, "I suppose he has just had to run down to the basement and speak from there!" * * * Most comedians are cast in the same mould, only some are mouldier than others. * * % HE trouble with the modern flat is that there isn’t even room to swing a number! * ae * TF radio has helped men to educate themselves, the outside aerial has helped a good many more to climb to the top of the tree! * * * Time is part of the theory Of Relativity. A queryDoes Mr. Einstein Keep the Watch on the Rhine? * * * f ites above, we would modestly claim, is the worst poem ever written. Apropos of nothing at all, we add that it never Rhines but what it pours. * * % Seep POWELL will probably be best remembered as The Face That Launched A Thousand Quips. * % * _-_ HENSON, so it is said, recently left for Africa. A friend requested: "Drop us a lion now and then." Fs % * One has really gotta Give it to Gilly Potter. It’s a moot point who’s more silly, He, or John Tilley. * * * AID the wife: "The couple next door seem to be very devoted-he kisses her every time they meet. Why don’t you do that?" Came the reply: "I don’t know her well enough yet." * * * ONVERSATION Piece: "So you and Oswald are to be married? Why, I thought it was a mere flirtation." "So did Oswald." * * * MBIGUITY is telling the truth when you don’t want to.