MYTHICAL SAUSAGE

Grey River Argus, 8 December 1928, Page 1 (Supplement)

MYTHICAL SAUSAGE

WELSHERS FROM-WALES. SOME - .MORE ‘‘ HO WLERS. ’ ’ ; The scholboy howler season is . in full swing, the 'latest selection\to be added to the worl'd’s,-. stock of-uncon-scious humour coming ( from Mr A. Terrett. of Dereham, .Norfolk) and published in.the “University Correspondent" the journal of the .University of * London Graduates’ Association. ■ Here are some of the aniusing'list: A wolsher is a native of wales/. The sun never sets -on the- British Empire because the British Empire is in the ,east and the.sun is in thp .west. Finally James the Second gave birth, to a son’ so; the. people .turned him off the, throne., • • < • , . ■ . The Minister of War is the clergyman who • preaches • to ; the soldiers in the barracks. After twice committing suicide Cowper lived till 1800, when .he died a natural death. A passive verb is when, the subject is the sufferer, as “Lam loved." A blizzard is.th’e inside of a .duck. The King wore a scarlet robe trimmed with vermin. I’oloniu' was a mythical sausage. The masculine .of- “ vrxe.n "• .is. vicar. Henry VJII was very cruel to Anu Boleyn and ironed. her. (The. text* Look says® “he-pressed his suit on her.") In the eighteenth century travelling was very romantic; most of the highroads were only bridal -paths. A fissure is a man who; sells fish. A trade union i - a place to which a workman goes when • he’gets the sack. Th chief duties of an M.P. are to go to sleep when another. • utan is -speaking. and force his party into power. A street is a road that has a very good class of people - in it. A •connoisseur- is- a .main who .stand? outside the picture palace.

with any hope of success. Mr Moller appealed to delegates to stress the value of “ this ' classic" to Ambiguity means telling the truth when you don’t want to. A Soviet is a cloth used by waiters in hotels.