THREE STRAY JOKES
A Lancashire couple went to a London picture gallery. They stopped opposite a picture of Adam and Eve. “Sither,” said the wife, “ ’er’s a brazen ’ussy. Who is it?” The husband fumbled with his catalogue. “Queen Elizabeth receiving the Spanish Ambassador,” he said. A sweet young thing was taking tea with a wealthy and elderly bride who was just home from her honeymoon. “Yes, on the second day of our honeymoon, Fred had the good luck to win a big prize in the Dublin Sweepstake. Sweet Young Thing (thinking aloud)—“Great Scott! Two days too late!”
One of Levinsky’s customers was notorious for his slowness in meeting liabilities. He simply would not pay lor goods purchased. In desperation Levinsky sent the following letter: “Sir,—Who bought a lot of goods from me and did not pay?—You. But who promised to pay in sixty days?— You. Who didn’t pay in six months? —You. Who is a scoundrel, a thief, and a liar?—Yours truly, A 1 Levinsky,”
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Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume XXII, 23 August 1932, Page 2
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