“No,” snapped the old man, as he scanned the menu. “I won’t have any mushrooms. I was nearly poisoned by them last week.” The waiter leaned confidingly across the table. “Is that really so, sir?” he said, blandly. “Then I’ve won my bet with the cook.”
‘You children would rather go to a moving picture than to Sunday school?” •'Yes." answered the small girl. “It’s darker in the picture theatre and we don’t have to have our faces washed.”
“Please can you tell me why the fide is not. up this morning?" asked the little girl at the seaside.
“Yes. niissie." replied the old Usherman. “It’s because it was out all last, night."
Clapper (on ship): What's the mat ter. skipper?
Skipper: The rudder has broken. I''l;ipper: 'That won't matter. It's always under water, so nobody will no tice it.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 7 December 1939, Page 3
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