INTERNATIONAL HUMOUR
“What will happen to the present generation, as it has absolutely no reverence for age?” “ What's the matter? Has the editor rejected your jokes again?” —Hie Nuskele, Vienna.
Clerk (invited to dine at his employer’s house) : “Is it to be evening dress, or do we wear our own clothes'.” • —Sondagsnissc-Strix, Stockholm.
“ When I was in town I saw a conjurer who poured two kinds of wine out of the same bottle.” “That’s nothing. The village grocer hero can take three kinds of coffee out of the same box.” —Vikingen, Oslo.
Plumber: “Well, what’s the matter?” Lady: “ I am accustomed to people calling me ‘madam.’” Plumber: “ Well, yon needn't have fetched me for that 1 I can t put that fight.” —Lachcn Links, Berlin.
“Yes, Mrs Bleschke, my pickled herrings had a reputation for being fresh even in my late father's time!” —Nagels Lustige Welt, Berlin.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3831, 16 August 1927, Page 75
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147INTERNATIONAL HUMOUR Otago Witness, Issue 3831, 16 August 1927, Page 75
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