INTERNATIONAL HUMOUR
“Dear friend, would you mind giving my son one of those cigars you gave me yesterday? I am trying to break him off the habit!” —Le Rire, Paris.
“What do you mean by only giving me a letter now that arrived three days ago?” “Don’t get excited. It is only making an appointment with you for Sunday!” —Pele Mele, Paris.
“If you have a letter to go to Paris don’t give it to our local postman!” “Why not?” “He doesn’t know where Paris is!” —Vikingen, Oslo.
Mistress: “Why are you so miserable?” Cook: “My young man has thrown me over !” Mistress: “Well, you can easily get another!” Cook: “Not in this place, where we have hash at least twice a week!” —Sondagsnisee-Strix, Stockholm.
“Your mother buys four yards of material and pays 40 francs for it. Next morning she requires another yard. How much does she have to pay. “I don’t know!” “Why, ten francs, of course!” “Oh, no! The price would have gone up in the night!” —Pele Mele, Paris.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3743, 8 December 1925, Page 57
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173INTERNATIONAL HUMOUR Otago Witness, Issue 3743, 8 December 1925, Page 57
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