A COLUMN OF FUN

Northern Advocate, 7 February 1934, Page 2

A COLUMN OF FUN

LAUGHS FROM READERS.

The following jokes and riddles have been contributed by renders of “The Young Northlander”: —

AH Gone,

(Sent in 'by Ruth Morey, Otangarei Road, Whangarei; age 11.) Doctor: “Can you feel any change since you came back from the seaside ” Patient: “Not a penny.” <s> <?> -$> <S> <?> Absent-Minded. (Sent in by Edna Burgess, Raumaugu Road, Whangarei; age 10. Absent-minded Schoolmistress (in trouble with gears of her Car) to traffic policeman: “I can’t attend to you yet. Put your hand down'. Peter (saying his prayers): “And please make Cyril give up throwing stones at me. 1 By the way, I’ve mentioned this before.” <s><s><£ <S> <s> , (Sent in by Elsie Gazley, Onerahi: age 13.) Tommy came out of . the room where his father had been tacking down a carpet. He was crying lustily: “What’s the matter, dear?” asked his mother. “Papa hit his linger with the hammer,” sobbed Tommy. “But you should not cry at that, = ldear; you should laugh,” said bis mother. “I did!” said Tommy sadly.

Jones bought a new shirt of a somewhat quaint pattern. On a slip pinned to the inside he found the name and address of. a girl, .with the words: “Please write and send photograph,’ ; “Ah,” said Jones, “Here’s romance. He wrote to the girl and sent her a picture of himself. In due course an answer , came and, with heart a flutter Jones opened it. .It was only a note: “I was curious to see,” it read, “what sort Of a fellow would wear such a funny shirt.” <s> <s> <s> <?> <2> (Sent in by Moira Povey, Ruatangata West.) ' A disgusted spectator at a cricket match turned to the man beside him: “Fancy putting on a rotten bowler like that, ” he remarked. “Well,’’; retorted, his neighbour who was wearing an old bowler hat: “It’s better than; that ,old straw one you’re wearing. , Billie Smith: “Let’s see who can make the ugliest 1 face!” Roy Greexx: “No-fear. Look what a good start-you’ve got over me.”.'.' A hew IrisK porter had a, bad memory and when the train came in he couidn?t think of the name of the station, r .so: ho shouted; “Here ye' are for where ye are going. All in there for here epme out. ,