JOKES.
(Copied by Betty Kowe, Ward 5, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton ; age 14.) "I'll give you sixpence if you will not say 'Confound it' while we have company to-night," eaicl the anxious mother to her little eon, who had developed the bad habit. After the party the boy collected the sixpence from his mother, who was pleased that he had behaved himself. Pocketing the coin, the boy said, "Mother, I know a word worth two shillings." * • t # A professor was taking the class in chemistry. In front of him he had a bowl containing some bubbling liquid. "Now, boye," he said, "when "I've dropped a silver coin into this acid, "will it dissolve ?" "No," replied a smart boy, "because if it did you wouldn't drop it in."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 234, 2 October 1937, Page 2 (Supplement)
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