The Law of the Jumble
OING down to catch the bus the day following a certain jumble sale, I remember, I was wearing a brand new knitted silk tie that I had bought the night before. In the lane that leads to the main road, I met another male member of the community. He wished me a cheery good-morning, and then came out with "Where did you get that tie?" I told him, and
he replied with, "Well, that’s not bad-it’s one my wife made for me a week ago." He took it in good part-even more so when he found that he was wearing my sock suspenders, sent me for Father’s Day. Women, it seems, have very little conscience when they get carried away with enthusiasm. After a day or two, everybody found that they were in the same boat, in fact until you got accustomed to it, you were all at sea, For instance, I called in on one of my neighbours one evening, and saw one of my scarves hanging on a peg. I naturally thought I had left it there on a previous visit, and helped myself to it on leaving. He stopped me with a "Steady on, old man, that’s mine. I bought it at the jumble sale." I slunk away, and referred the matter to my wife. The only consolation I got from her was that as I already had three scarves, I wouldn’t miss one of
them."-
-(Major
F. H.
Lampen
"Just Jumble Sales,’
2YA, December 12).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 78, 20 December 1940, Page 5
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254The Law of the Jumble New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 78, 20 December 1940, Page 5
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