NOT UP TO MUCH

New Zealand Tablet, 11 January 1912, Page 53

NOT UP TO MUCH

, ' At dinner in a small town in Scotland it was found that everyone had contributed to the evening’s entertainment but a certain Dr. McDonald. , * Come, come, Dr. McDonald,’ said the chairman, we cannot let you escape.’ mi 1 / doctor protested that he could not sing. My voice is altogether unmusical, and resembles the sound caused by the act of rubbing a brick along the panels of a' door.’ • 6 The company attributed this to the doctor’s modesty. Good singers, he was reminded, always needed a lot of pressing. T ~,^ r ? r y well,’ said the doctor; if you can stand it 1 will sing.’ L . Long before he had finished his audience was uneasy. There was a painful silence as the doctor sat down, broken at length by the voice of a candid Scot at the end of the table. , . y ‘Man,’ he exclaimed, ‘ your .singin’s .ho up to T°7 your veracity’s just awful. You’re richt aboot that brick.’ : •