STILL THEY COME!
A few specimens will best illustrate the character of the rich store of entertaining folly and accidental wisdom to be found in Mr 11. Cecil Hunt’s third “Book of Howlers” : A miracle is something that mother doesn’t understand.
Magna Charter provided that no free man should be hanged twice for the same offence. t • Gorilla warfare means when the sides get up to monkey tricks. A Tory is a man who is for some time on one side.
Tho prevailing religion of England is Hypocrisy. Britain lias been responsible for many damns on the Nile. A ball falls to the ground because it is pulled by gratitude. The objective of “he” is “she.,”
Wild beasts used once to roam at will through the wholo of England and Ireland, but now wild beasts are only found in theological gardens. Sins of omission aro those we have forgotten to do. Democracy is tho form of government wiiero quantity rules and quality pays.
The Dictatorship of tho Proletariat is a few knaves holding clubs bluffing many innocents holding spades. The horse you bet on js called a cert; if it loses it is called a dead cert.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 21 February 1931, Page 11
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197STILL THEY COME! Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 21 February 1931, Page 11
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