Husbands Are Such Brutes!
I want a Christmas present for a lady—a pair of' stockings. Salesman: For your wife? Or shall I show you something better? ♦ + * «■ Pain In The Neck ? jgROWN (at Christmas party): I don't know what's the matter with that 'cutie' over there. She was awfully flirty a little while ago, and now she won't have anytßing to do with any of us. Stranger: I've only just come in. She's my wife. * * ♦ rf So 'Ams Grow ! small boys were gazing at the shop windows decorated for Christmas. Outside a butcher's shop one of them pointed to a number of hams hanging from a large holly branch. "Look, Tom," he said. "Look at them 'ams a-growing up there." "Get away!" said the other, "'ams don't grow!" "Well, that's all you know about it," said the first scornfully. "Ain't you ever 'eard of a 'am-busht"
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 303, 23 December 1939, Page 5 (Supplement)
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