WAITING.
The following amusing dialogue is reported from a Liverpool police-court. •' What were you doing at the time of your arrest.'" said the magistrate. "I was waiting." "Whom were you waiting for?" <? ; "Nobody; I was just waiting." "What were you waiting for?*' • "For my money." " Who from'/"
The man I was waiting, for?" " What did he owe it you for?" "For waiting," said the prisoner. "One moment," said tho magistrate; " just let my head stop spinning first. Now, what is your profession?" • "I am a waiter," said the man.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13369, 26 December 1906, Page 9
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89WAITING. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13369, 26 December 1906, Page 9
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