BRITISH HUMOUR
First Neighbour: “When we leave here we shall be in . a more respectable neighbourhood.” Second Neighbour: “So shall we —Passing Show, London.
Customer: “I want to return this book, “Stories for all Occasions.” Bookseller: “What is the matter with it?”. Customer: “It’s a fraud. There's toothing in it for a man to tell his wife when he gets home at 2 a.m.” —Passing Show, London.
. Young Man: “Not too short. I don’t want to be taken for my twin sister.” —Weekly Telegraph, Sheffield.
“I am sure that women have cleaner minds than men I” “They should have —they change them more frequently I” —Everybody's Weekly, London.
> Victim of Motor Smash: “Confound Jiim. Why doesn’t he stop?” Wife (former telephone girl) • “Don’t Worry, dear. I have his number. It is XA 7031.” !—Passing Show, London.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3802, 25 January 1927, Page 10
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136BRITISH HUMOUR Otago Witness, Issue 3802, 25 January 1927, Page 10
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