" BEST STORY IN THE WORLD."
% The late "William Paton Ker told the story of tie four Scotsmen, • which, le declared to be the 'best story in the world and the- most searching test of hnmonr. Two Scotsmen were talking \ aßout a third-- Said the first to the . second, ""He has no sense of humour at aIL He wonldn r t =cc a joke if you were to fire it at him out of a pistoL" ' "But," objected the second, "you cant fire a joke out of a pistoL." The first Scotsmen went away -depressed, and, meeting a fourth Scotsman, -toH him. the second Scotsman's remark- The fourth. Scotsman thougnt for a'moment, and then ="iA_ with a short langh, "Ay, •he h*d ye there."—The' 1 - "GornhHl i ilafiazine. , * _ .._ i
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Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 219, 15 September 1924, Page 13
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