Wife (keen on gardening, to husband): "Did you write to the florist about the herbaceous border?" Husband: " No, I 'phoned. I'd rather say ' herbaceous ' any day than spell it." —Humorist.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20982, 19 September 1931, Page 2 (Supplement)
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30Wife (keen on gardening, to husband): "Did you write to the florist about the herbaceous border?" Husband: " No, I 'phoned. I'd rather say ' herbaceous ' any day than spell it." —Humorist. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20982, 19 September 1931, Page 2 (Supplement)
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