TO RAISE A SMILE.
Visitor:-How does the land lie out this way ? Native: It ain't the land that lies, it's the land agents. \ Tommy (preparing home lessons): Father, is a whisky-and-soda joined together ,with "a"? Father (absently): Siphon, my boy. Old Gent: Are you kind to dumb animals? s ■ Boy: Not 'arf. Only the other day I let my dog through the gate so as he could chase our neighbour's cat. Booted and Sparred. "Are y.ou the plumber?" "Yes, ma'am;" "Well, be careful about your work; all my floors are highly polished and in excellent condition." "Oh, don't 'Worry about me, ma'am, I won't slip. I've got nails in me boots." f ( " A Good Opening. A chaplain was visiting a prisoner who was about to be discharged. "What are you going, to do when you .come out?" he inquired. "Open a jeweller's shop, guvnor." "That will need a lot of money, won't it?" "Oh, no," said the convict, "only fivte bob for a jemmy!"
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 246, 17 October 1928, Page 20
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164TO RAISE A SMILE. Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 246, 17 October 1928, Page 20
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