TWO JOKES,
(Sent in by Mabel Reber, 20, Hargreaves Street, Ponsonby, W. 1., age It.) ORDERS. Thero was a sergeant in a cavalry regiment who was having a hard time drilling some of the recruits. They couldn't stick on the backs of the horses. "Mind, now," said the sergeant, "you're not to dismount under any circumstances." One of the men fell off and the sergeant roared at him: "Didn't I tell you to stick 0111" "Couldn't help myself," said tha soldier. "Oh! I suppose you had orders from headquarters?" [ "No, sir, from hind-quarters," said the soldier. PRETTY SMART. Mother had two friends in for afternoon tea, and while she went tq the kitchen to give some directions the visitors began to comment on the little girl of the house, who had been left with them. "Not very p-r-e-t-t-y" (spelling out | the word). | "No!" said the little girl, "not very | p-r-e-t-t-y, but quite s-m-a-r-t." i
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Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 56, 7 March 1934, Page 18
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154TWO JOKES, Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 56, 7 March 1934, Page 18
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