Dad (sternly): “Where were Vou last night?” Son: “Just riding round with some of the boys.” Dad: “Well, tell ’em not to leave, their hairpins in the ear in future.”
Tommy: “What is a den?” Pater: “A den, my son, is a place where wild beasts make their homes.” Tommy: “No; I mean a den in a man’s house.” “Eddie,” interjected the mother, “your father's definition applies to that- also.”
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 8 September 1926, Page 2
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