HAVE A LAUGH
UNCERTAIN Husband: “Do you think the new cook is going to settle down with us, dear?" Wife: “Fan a bit doubtful, darling. A letter came for her and the envelope was readdressed live times.” * * * HIS CHOICE M ailers, of course are not in a position to snap back at illbred guests; but one English headwaiter once made the perfect retort to an uncouth customer: "My position, Sir,” he said, “does not allow me to argue with you; but if it ever came to a choice of weapons, I would choose grammar."
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 12290, 2 March 1938, Page 2
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94HAVE A LAUGH Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 12290, 2 March 1938, Page 2
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