FURTHER HOWLERS

Hawera Star, Volume L, 21 February 1931, Page 9

FURTHER HOWLERS

TTOWLERS are always received with amused thanks. “The Third Book of Howlers, ' ’ by Cecil Hent, follows up Mr Hunt's “Howlers' 'and “Fresh Howlers.” He confesses that he will be happy to, hear of further howlers and to incorporate them in another edition. Here are some gems from the “Biblical” section: — Wh&t art the ovils you promise to fight against in the Catechism? —My . godfathers and godmothers. I ... Moses died before he reached Canada, ■ but he saw it from a mountain. ~ The essentials of a sacrament are faith and repontance; hence it follows that matrimony canno.t be a sacrament. A new light. is thrown on English mediaeval history by the remark of a boy that “in the Middle Ages the barons used to ask the king to, make their friends eourtensans.” It is also interesting to learn that “Cardinal Wolsey invented motor cars

O.M. Means on the Make

and then discovered underwear.” A Tory is treated unkindly by the following definition: “A Conservative is a kind of greenhouse where you look at the moon.” Another boy wrote: “Many people say that Free trade is better than Perfection.” Other examples are: — Rorke's Drift is one of the fence sin the Grand National. Thep revailing religion of England is hypocrisy. Henry VlH.'s popularity was shown bv his title as Offender of the Faith. A plagiarist is a writer of plays. A poet’s swan song is his last gasp. Sins of omission are those we have forgotten to do. O.M. means on the make. {Lots of politicians get these letters.

And the North will like this: The cotton indusetry is a trade which calls for little brains. It is, therefore, confined to Lancashire.