I “Waiter, bring me a chop, please, I rather well done. Look sharp; I’m in a , hurry.” “Very sorry, sir, but we haven’t n chop in the house to-day.” “Well, then, I’ll have a steak.” “Just as bad . as before, sir, for we haven’t a steak I left.” “Ob, well, what joints have you?” . “None, sir.” “Wh-a-t! No chops, no [ steaks, no joints? What have you got • then?” “Got the bailiffs in, unfortunate- \ ly.” “Bailiffs, eh?” (sharpening his knife on his fork). “WeJJ, bring in a bailiff!”
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 21 January 1939, Page 18
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