Current Humour
Chief: “ I told you to do this mth ago. Why is it not done?” Office Boy: “ I forgot.” Suppose I forgot to pay your wages ? ” “ I should tell you at once, art wait a whole month and then grumble.” —Vari Hem, Stockholm.
“ Your husband seems to be a man of rare gifts.”
“He is. He hasn’t given. me one since we were married.” —Everybody’s Weekly, London.
“ Say, don’t walk in front of my house when your wife is wearing a new dress. I don’t want my wife to see it.” “ But that is what it was bought for.” —Buen Humor, Madrid.
THE HEAVY CIGAR. —Lustige Sachse, Leipzig.
“ There was a man in the kitchen yesterday.” “ He was my brother.” “The other cook used to say that.” “ She was my sister.” —Kokkei Shimbun, Tokio.
“ There you see what happens to people who bite their nails.” —Vart Hem, Stockholm.
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Otago Witness, Issue 4057, 15 December 1931, Page 9
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149Current Humour Otago Witness, Issue 4057, 15 December 1931, Page 9
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