Banks: I have to go my rounds in all weathers to get our bread and butter. Jinks: I go, too, but I generally get dripping.
Sandy McNab (to pal who has just picked up a florin): 'Ere, that's my half-crown, I just lost it! The Other (a little dull, perhaps): Just my bloomin' luck! I'll have to owe you the tanner. ■
Three men went on a fishing holiday. One of them was accompanied by his wife, who gave birth to a baby three weeks earlier than was expected—in fact, while she was in Scotland. Said the proud father. "We must find out the weight of the baby." Said one of his friends. "Tell you what, let's use the spring balance." They did so. The baby weighed 261 b.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXXII, Issue 4638, 11 May 1938, Page 8
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