INTERNATIONAL HUMOUR
She: “Oh, look at the sweet doves. How tender they are!” He: “Are they? Then we will have them for supper!” —Buen Humor, Matirid.
"Does anyone named Theodore Schmierig live here?” “Nobody of that name has ever given me a tip!” —Meggendorfer Blatter, Munich.
Winter Sport: “I don’t want to overstrain myself. I have to jazz this evening!” —Kasper, Stockholm.
“Hello! How are you, Pettersen?” “My name isn’t Pettersen now. I have changed it to Petri!” “0, I see. Sort of Petrified!” —Bondage Nisse-Strix, Stockholm.
“My master says I mustn’t return without the money for this account.” “Poor fellow, that is only his way of discharging you!” —Journal Amusant, Paris.
She: "This time I nm ready before joul" He: “I should have been ready long ■go If I only had to pnt a shirt onK’ —Sondags NLw*-9trlx, Stockholm.
“Now say a word about the fall In prices. We attracted the people here with that subject—and charged extra prices for admission.” —Meggendorfer Blaetter, Munich.
“Jump off, Fido, or the sofa will ireak!” —Kasper, Stockholm.
“What kind of piano do you wish foi your daughter? Upright, table form, oi what?” “I don’t know —but it must be one thai I can lock up!” —Klods Hans, Copenhagen.
LITERAL. Court Official: “How dare you come to the court in that dress?” “I have to be here at 11 o'clock to represent my father!” —Nagels Lustige Welt, Berlin.
WINTER RUGBY. “What! You, with your rheumatics! "Ye»—l have been ordered mud baths I —L’Omtm, Purls.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3714, 19 May 1925, Page 61
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