CAN YOU GUESS THESE?
Which is the most valuable, five sovereigns, or a five-pound note? And why? A five-pound note, because you double it when you put it in your pocket, and when you take it out you find it in creases. What is that which requires many answers yet never asks questions? A door bell. Why need no man sit starving? Because he can always lie down and take a role. When did Moses sleep five in a bed ? "When he slept with his forefathers. When are policemen like balloons? When they take people up. Why is a ship never alone? Because she has a companion. When is coffee like mud? When it is ground in the morning. Why do you carry an umbrella ? Because it cannot walk. “So you have engaged our former cook ? “Yes, but don’t worry, Ave don’t believe a tenth of Avhat she says about vou.”
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Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 4 May 1935, Page 10
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151CAN YOU GUESS THESE? Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 4 May 1935, Page 10
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