INTERNATIONAL HUMOUR

Otago Witness, Issue 3899, 4 December 1928, Page 15

INTERNATIONAL HUMOUR

“Your boy has his father's eyes.” “ And his mother’s forehead.” Boy: “ Yes, and father’s trousers.” —ll Travaso, Rome.

'"'Miss, that is just what I need. Take the baby home and then bring the reins and fetch me.” —Gemutliehe Sachse, Leipzig.

John: “It’s awfully jolly having a doctor for a father, you can be ill for nothing.” Tom: “ Yes, but it’s much nicer to have a clergyman for a father, then you can be good for nothing.” —Everybody’s Weekly, London.

“ Doctor, you ordered me to rub my bad eye with brandy, but I can’t—try as I will, I can’t get the brandy past my moutix.” —Lustige Kolner Zeitung, Cologne.

“ This car has eight cylinders, fourwheel brakes, water-cooled ■” “ That does not interest me. My wife wants a pearl grey car with a nice vase of flowers and fitted with wireless.’* —Beun Humour, Madrid.

“ How .‘is your husband ? ” “I dol/t know; I haven’t seen him for five. years. The last time I saw him I I just have said something to annoy —Die Muskele, Vienna;