ODDS AND ENDS

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 10, 7 March 1907, Page 38

ODDS AND ENDS

The four millions of Australians have seven Parliaments, whilst Switzerland, with 3,420,000 people has 22 Parliaments; the United States with 76,000,000 has 60 ; Canada with 5,324,000 has nine legislatures ; and even the Channel Islands with only 96,000 people, have more than one Parliament.

A patient in a hospital had to be fed on. a daily diet of egg and port wine. His physician asked him how he liked it. 'It would be all right, dcictor,' he said, 'if the egg" was as- new as the _ port, and the port as" old as the egg.'

Customer (lifting something out with his spoon) — What have you been putting in this chicken broth ? Waiter (closely inspecting it)— That seems to be a piece of chicken, sir. Accidents will happen, nciw and again.

A Scotsman was being shown over a man-o'-war for the first time* in his life, a<nd being keenly interested in all he saw, plied his guide with all sorts of questions. The marines seemed particularly" to Interest ~ him, and, going up to one, he pointed to the ' grenade ' in the marine's cap, and asked wjhat it was. The marine looked at him in surprise. ' Don't you know what that is ? ' he asked. ' Why, that's a turnip, of course.' ' Ach, mon,' replied the Scot impatiently, ' I was no axin' aboot yer head.'