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Cissie Shaw saw Esau saw a see-saw on the seashore, and he saw she saw him sawing his seashore sec-saw. She said, “Shall I share your see-saw, Esau?” And he said, “Sure, Cissie Shaw, you shall.” So they saw Esau and saucy Cissie Shaw see-saw on the seashore on the see-saw Esau had sawed.
It was a wet day and the streets were wet and muddy. An absent-minded professor was walking along when he came upon one of his pupils, and he asked him a question, of a recent lesson. The boy answered correctly. The professor said "Right, you may be seated!”
An officer was asking the soldiers questions about war when he came upon a darkle. “Well, Sammy, if you were standing by yourself on an open field and an enemy raiding party appeared, bayonets fixed, what would you do?” “Why, I wouldn’ do anything, boss, I’d jus’ say t'’ m’ feet, ‘Feet do y’ duty,’ an’ I’m mighty suah dey would I” —Mark Pownell, Hataitai.
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Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 35, 4 November 1933, Page 23
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