INTERNATIONAL HUMOUR.
Aien t you afraid of burglars in your counting house? ” “ No. the cashier sleeps in the countin'* house.” ° " But I mean at night.” En Rolig Half Timina, Gothenborg.
\\ hat should you say to a gentleman who gave you sixpence? ” “ Aleasly bounder.” —Been Humor, Madrid.
“ I am so worried about my debts that I cannot sleep at night.” “ But you must sleep.” “les, I have to do it in (he daytime.” • —Muskete, Vienna.
“ What are you doing.” “ My lirother is practising for his new job as restaurant car waiter on the 'trains." - Hummel, Hamburg.
“How much to take my portrait’’ “ Fifteen shillings.” “ And for my grandson ? ” “ Another fifteen shillings.” “ And how much for my grandson on my knee?” — Buen Humor, Madrid.
“ Do you comb your hair with a razor, uncle! ’’ . —Kasper, Stockhohß.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3961, 11 February 1930, Page 9
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133INTERNATIONAL HUMOUR. Otago Witness, Issue 3961, 11 February 1930, Page 9
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