INTERNATIONAL HUMOUR
“Dear Editor, can you tell me why my Sweetheart always closes her eyes when •he kisses me?” —Nagels Lustige Welt, Berlin.
*• I wag shocked to hear that he had (eloped with your wife. I thought he was your best friend.” “ He is, but he doesn’t know it yet.” —Everybody’s Weekly, London.
Bride: “ Did all your bachelor friends congratulate you ?’’ Bridegroom: “ Yes. Some of them thanked me!’’ —Sondagsnisee-Strix, Stockholm.
‘‘ What have you sown there?” “I thought I would like to try growing my own coffee, and I have sown two pounds of freshly ground coffee.” —Borfbarbier, Berlin.
“What does she represent?” ** The goddess, who crowns the victor.” “But why is she running?” “To get him crowned before his record is broken.”
M You have painted your wife. It is not like her.”: ? ....“Hat is my only consolation.” —l’ele Mele, Peris.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3877, 3 July 1928, Page 6
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141INTERNATIONAL HUMOUR Otago Witness, Issue 3877, 3 July 1928, Page 6
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