" The world is a very small place,'* said the bore, as he took his seat in the smoking room of the village inn. " Xow, listen' to this: Last year in Paris 1 met a man who lives in th» same street as 1 do. Later on 1 met him in Venice, then in Rome, again in Alexandria, .and' finally L crossed i the Channel with him on the way horn*.'. Now what do you think of that?" ""Well," said the fed-up listener in the corner, " why didn't you- pay' hira what you owed him in the first plaoe P.".
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Evening Star, Issue 25226, 13 July 1944, Page 4
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