Oddments

Greymouth Evening Star, 28 February 1949, Page 4

Oddments

A telephone pole never hits an automobile except in self-defence. — Calgary Albertan. * * * * *

“Without poetry men would go into battle, brides would enter into marriage, wives would become mothers, men would bury their dead and themselves die; but drunk on poetry, all these men and women rush towards these occasions with I know not what unbounded expectations.” —Thornton Wilder in “The Ides of March.” ***** They are telling this in U.S.A.: — A Londoner, not feeling very well, went for free medical care under the new Health Scheme. Entering the clinic, he saw an arrow which pointed down a long corridor. He followed it until he came to two doors, one marked “Female” and the other “Male.” Going through the latter he found himself in another long corridor at the end of which were two more doors. These were marked “Under 35” and “Over 35.” He chose the right one, which opened into still another lengthy corridor, which again ended with two doors. These were marked “Conservative” and “Labour.” As a Conservative, he chose the former, walked through it, and found himself—in the street.

—The Seeker