Then there was the schoolboy who translated Sic transit as a “ bad Channel crossing.” Teacher; ‘‘ What is an ambiguous sentence?” Pupil : ‘‘.When a man gets six months from the judge for having two wives at once.” It’s easy to put things off; the wise man puts them over.
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Evening Star, Issue 22975, 4 June 1938, Page 22
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48Page 22 Advertisements Column 1 Evening Star, Issue 22975, 4 June 1938, Page 22
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