An elegantly dressed young man had an accident with a newly minted scat in the park. Crimson with rage, lie rushed to the minter, who was at work on another seat. “W’why don’ 1 - vqu nut ‘Wet Paint’ on your seats?” lie shouted angrily. Jhe painter stared at him and said: “Lummn mate, that’s what I’m doing, ain’t I?”
“And when your wife is out, old boy. do von mind the baby?” “Yes — awfully.”
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 7 October 1936, Page 5
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