There was a distinct bumping, and the car stopped. “A puncture,” announced the driver to his wife. “Oh, dear, why weren’t you more careful George!” remonstrated his wife. “I distinctly heard the scout warn you there was a fork in the road.” Estate Agent: “You think, perhaps, that the climate would disagree with your wife?” House-hunter: “It wouldn’t dare! ”
The captain of an Atlantic liner was bothered by a woman passenger who was always enquiring about the possibilities of seeing a whale. A dozen times a day she asked lnni to have her called if ono hove in sight. “Why, madam, the captain demanded at last, “are you so eager to see a. whale? ’ “Captain, she answered, “my desire in life is to see a whale blubber. It must be very impressive to watch such an enormous creature cry.”
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 30 January 1933, Page 9
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