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A German and a Frenchman sat opposite each other at a table d'hdte in a Swiss hotel. _ "You are a Frenchman, I suppose? inquired the German at the commencement of the """Yes," was the reply ; " but how did you manage to find that out ? " , „ • , .r, "Because you eat so much bread," said the There' was a long pause. When the dinner was over, the Frenchman in his turn questioned his vis-a-vis : " You are a German, I presume ? "To be sure ; bub tell me, pray, how you made that discovery." " Because you ate so much of everything, was the dry retort.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2051, 15 June 1893, Page 50
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101Repaid. Otago Witness, Issue 2051, 15 June 1893, Page 50
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