A Column Of Fun

Northern Advocate, 10 January 1939, Page 2

A Column Of Fun

(Sent in by Dawn Matheson, Helena Bay. Age 10) Jones; Ever heard the story of the three wells? Smith: No. Tell me it. Jones: Well., well. well. Why does the collector at the railway station punch a hole In your ticket? To let you pass through. Why is an" island like “T?” It’s in the middle of water.

Where is it all children should go every morning? To the bathroom. One day when little June was out walking with her mummy they passed a small thatched cottage. “Oh, mummy,” cried June, suddenly, “just look at that house with a straw hat on!” Brown: Why does Binks have a monkey running after his car? Smith: To pick up the nuts. A Tongue Twister Mistress Ruth, the seamstress, distressed! us thoroughly.

("Sent in by Lois Blake, Nuktitawhiti, R.D., Whangarci. Age 14) “I’ve changed my mind.” “Well, does it work any better?” “Isn’t it remax’kable how Alice keeps her age?’ “Yes. she hasn’t changed it for 10 years.” “Where’s old Bill been lately? I haven’t seen him for months.” “What? Haven’t you heard? He’s got three years for stealing a car.” “What did he want to* steal a car for? Why didn’t he buy one and not pay for it, like a gentleman?”

(Sent in by Jean Tito. Titoki) What is it we oat that, goes everywhere in the summer? Butter. Husband: “I think I am having appendicitis, my dear!” Wife: “You’ll have nothing ’till I get my new hat.” What is it that sails in the sky, but never lands on the ground? Clouds. Father: You are going to take your medicine like a good man, Jos. Joe: No fear! It says double dose for adults.

What has teeth yet never gets tooth ache? A comb. When is a fish like an, airman? When it rises and takes a fly. «r * * * (Sent in by Jean Tito, Titoki) Mother: Why are you crying, darling? Susan: 800-hoo-hoo! My teeth have stepped on my tongue. Frankie: Look, mother, this ought to do your cold good. I saw it at the chemist’s, and it’s called “vanishing cold cream.”