ASK ME ANOTHER
On a somewhat informal basis, we asked 50 people chosen at random throughout New York City: “ Where are the United Nations headquarters? ” Here are some typical answers: Tailor: “At the old World’s Fair grounds.” Hairdresser: “ Paris.” University of Pennsylvania freshman: “ Dumbarton Oaks.” Polish Housekeeper: “ Somewhere on the water—l once read the name.” Bostonian: “At the St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco.” Manicurist: “Moscow twice a year.” Spanish teacher: “ Casablanca.” Young lawyer: “ I thought it was all vetoed.” Grocery clerk: “ Eh —do you mean the American or the Russian one?” School girl: “Well, lots of places, of course . . .” Butler: “ Westbury.” Electrician: “Who cares?” Exterminator: “ Lake Success.” Flushed with success, at last, we discontinued cur polling. —U.N. World.
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Northland Age, Volume XVII, Issue 95, 31 August 1948, Page 3
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