SMILE AWHILE.
SMACK. Jack: You say he attacked you with a death-dealing weapon? What was it? Bill: A fly-swatter! CAUGHT. Cheerful Charles: Did you hear what they do.with Atlantic liners when they are late? Pessmistic Percy: No, what? •Cheerful Charles: Dock them. CATCH SOMEONE. How far can a rabbit run into a forty-foot tunnel? — Twenty feet, because the last twenty feet it runs out. Why is a child's bucket like an invalid? —Because it is a little pail. ECONOMY. Traveller: How much do you charge for carrying baggage? Porter: Sixpence for the first, and three-pence cacli for all the others. Traveller: Good; I'll take the first, and you take this. POOR HIPPO. Zoo-keeper: The hippo often remains under the water for hours. Small Visitor: So would I if I had a face like that. THRIFT. Teacher: Now, Georgie, if you saved half a crown for seven weeks, what would you have? Georgie: Please, sir, a new suit, a cricket bat, ball, and a pound of toffee.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 172, 22 July 1936, Page 18
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166SMILE AWHILE. Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 172, 22 July 1936, Page 18
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