Some Election Jokes

NZ Truth, Issue 1018, 30 May 1925, Page 8

Some Election Jokes

■ — .» : — Frankness at Franklin. The Franklin fight has already been responsible -for some election "incidents," writes "Northerner." At one preliminary meeting the chairman welcomed all present, and glancing round remarked: "I .sunpose sill present are sound Reformers?" One somewhat, simple-minded man m the room explained that he was a Liberal bu^ had been -invited to attend. When asked to account for his peculiar political faith ho explained that his father and grandfather had been Liberals before him, . so ho naturally followed m 'their footsteps. "Oh, but come," said the chairman m his most persuasive manner, .'"suppose your father had been a fool, and your grandfather a fool befo"e him, would you be a fool now?" "Oh, no," replied the simple-minded one 1 quietly, "I'd be a Reformer!" . At 1 the bar of the Papakura Hotel two enthusiastic electors were debating the merits of. the candidates and one emphatically declared that he was loyally supporting Blank for the byelection because he carried the Government brand. The; other debater broke up the discussion — and the bar, by remarking that only justice would have been done if the candidate m question had bQan. made to ctvrry f.he Government brand years ago.