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HE inventor of a new type of handgrenade says: You merely press a small projection on the casing, a detonator explodes the charge, and there you are, Or aren’t, as the case may be. % * * ‘ANSWERING a charge of drunkenness, a prisoner told the magistrate that it was raining when he set out for a walk, so he went into a hotel instead. It was no use, however-he still got soaked. * x * R. GOEBBELS has received an antique teapot from an admirer in Dresden. We wouldn’t mind betting it has a long spout and a cracked lid. % * % "SIR ROGER KEYES writes as he fought-fearlessly and straight from the shoulder."--London paper. Try that with your own little fountainpen. * * * A SARTORIAL EXPERT says a man should have fourteen pairs of pants. It must be pretty cold where he lives. * Bo * NEVER you smile, Elsie, I want to say "Come to me." . You are a Don Juan, Mr. Blenkinsop? Oh. no ...a dentist. : u
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 61, 23 August 1940, Page 7
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161STATIC New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 61, 23 August 1940, Page 7
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