“Is Mr Smith fit homo?” inquired the stranger. “Which one,” air?” asked the maid, “There are two brothers living here.’" For a moment the caller seemed at a loss for an adequate description. Then he had an idea. “ The one who has a sister living at the seaside,’’ he explained. A school teacher asked her class of boys to make up a sentence the last word of which was to be “fascinate.” The class thought in silence for a few moments, then Tommy said “I’ve got one, teacher!” “Well, what is it, Tommy?” “I’ve got nine buttons on my waistcoat, and I can only fasten eight.”
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Evening Star, Issue 19775, 27 January 1928, Page 7
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106Page 7 Advertisements Column 5 Evening Star, Issue 19775, 27 January 1928, Page 7
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