INTERNATIONAL HUMOUR
“ I hope you won’t leave us at the end of a fortnight.” “ Oh, no. My fiance wouldn’t let me.” “ Your fiance seems to be a reasonable man.”
“No. He suffers from stomach trouble and cannot stand many changes in his food.”
—Meggendofler Blaetter, Munich.
I have a vase at home just like that one. How much will you give me for it? ” It is hardly worth a hundred francs.” ■ “ Here you are, I will buy this one.” —-Moustique, Charleroi.
“ Why do you rest your rifle on the ground when you talk to me?” “ How can I talk if I have anything in my hands?”
—Mucha, Warsaw.
“My new film features the greatest thing in modern culture. I kiss in slow motion! ”
—Lustige Blaetter, Berlin.
“ Straubiuger writes us strongly. We have to tcjl itrra the truth about the position of things. He wants to See our balance sheet.”
“ Now, what does he really want —the truth or the balance sheet? ” —Meggendoiler Blaetter, Munich.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3853, 17 January 1928, Page 11
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164INTERNATIONAL HUMOUR Otago Witness, Issue 3853, 17 January 1928, Page 11
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