CHUCKLES IN COURT
Question at Botf County Court: — •‘What did you say to the driver alter the accident? 7 ’ Alan: ;, I just- told him what a—ei—or—or blessed fool he was.’’ HIS TEMPERATE ZONE. Willesdeu Magistrate: ‘‘ls your husband a temperate m ;i n?’’ Wife. ‘‘Vos, but only when he i s sober.’’ ASKING FOR TROUBLE. Alan fined at .Marlborough Street; “I simple' asked the constable the difference between a Scotsman n n d a coco-nut. and ioUl h"m that you co'dd drink our of a coco-nut.’’ THEY ALL 1)0. r 'Tbe worst of my husband is that he thinks he' has a]] the sense.” — Woman at AVillesdon Police Court. A WAG OF A TATT, Willesdcn Alagistrafc; “You are Co bead of the family yon know." Youna husband ; “Not I. my who s mother is. Urn the tail." THE CONFESSION. . A woman who did not appear at Jar row io answer a charge wi'o'o a letter to the magistrates a,l d signed •herself "Yours sinlully.” LIBELLOUS! Canning Town Woman: “1 first met her in the doctor’s insulting room- - '
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 12075, 14 October 1933, Page 12
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