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(Copied by rlilllp Oluclllil, Shaw Road, Oratla.) Q. What is the difference between a ball and a prince? A. One is thrown in the air and the other is heir to the throne. Q. To what city should dirty children bo sent 1 A. To Math. Q. Who dures to sit in front of the kiiif; with liis lint ont A. His coachman. O. When is a girl's hair like the ecu? A. When it is wavy. O. What is always behind time? A. The buck «f n clock. V. What animal comes down from the •ky? A. A reindeer. Q. When is snow like a clunk ? A. When it mantles the ground. 0,. What is tiie difference, between a penniless man and a frather pillow? A. One is hard up and the other is ■oft down. Q. Why did the egg flip? A. Because it saw the mi usage roll. Q. Where do birthday candles come from ? A. Oreece (greens). : Q. What do beee do with their honey? A. Cell it. Q. What runs but cannot walk, whifttlet hut cannot talk? A. A steam engine. Q. What blades cannot be sharpened on "e, grindstone ? A. Your •houlrlorblade.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 102, 3 May 1939, Page 22
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