A man approached a clerk at the Labour Exchange and asked: “Is this where you pay out the eternity benefit?” ‘‘You mean the maternity benefit, don’t you?” “No, I mean the eternity benefit.” “Do you know what ‘eternity’ means?” asked the clerk. “It means llie ‘hereafter.’ ” “That’s right ! I’m here after it!"
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 18 June 1932, Page 10
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