A politician was interrupted by a man in the crowd, who repeatedly shouted “Liar!” After about the twentieth repetition, the speaker paused and fixed his eye on his tormentor. “If the man who persists in interrupting,” he said, “will be good enough to tell us his name instead of merely shouting out his profession, I'm sure we shall all be pleased to make his acquaintance.”
They were entertaining the vicar to lunch, and the guest remarked to the small son of the house, “Don’t you ever say prayers before your meals, child?” “Oh, no,” said the youngster. “Dad says our cook’s pretty reliable.”
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Cromwell Argus, Volume LXVIII, Issue 3483, 23 August 1937, Page 7
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