Jokes
(Sent ,in by Margaret Pasley, Maungaturoto.) Wife: How people gaze at my new dress. I presume they wonder if I’ve been shopping in Paris. Husband: More likely they wonder if I’ve robbed the bank. ♦ * ♦ * Mother: Why, Aennchen, whatever are you doing with papa’s big dictionary. Aennchen (five years old): I am looking for my Dolly’s slipper. Papa said you could find everything in his dictionary. Grandpa’s birthday,—“Many happy returns of the day,-. Grandpa, and Mummy says if you give us half-a-crown each we mustn’t lose it.” % • . ... * * * * Lady: I must tell you we are very early risers. Irish maid: Well you won’t dishturb me; mum; I shlape like a top. * * * * Traveller: How far is it to Ruggle’s Corner? Boy: Twenty-five thousand miles. You’ve just passed it.
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Northern Advocate, 12 June 1937, Page 10
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126Jokes Northern Advocate, 12 June 1937, Page 10
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