MUSICAL JOKES.
It is said that a respectable tradesman of the name of G. Sharp was astonished one morning to find that some musical wag had added to his name the words "is a flat," which, however correct in a musical sense, was certainly far from complimentary to the worthy tradesman.
There is another instance in which a capital musical pun was perpetrated equally correct in a technical- sense, and equally uncomplimentary to the person at whose expense it was made. Two gentlemen were passing the shop of a music-seller in the south-east district of the metropolis, and the proprietor was standing outside the door. As they did so, one of them pointed in the direction of the shop, and remarked:
"That liar is always outside!"
The unoffending tradesman heard the remark, and wonderful to relate, seemed immensely tickled at the observation. The secret of it was that he knew the remark had reference to his sign— a golden lyre—over the shop-front.
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Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 17 February 1915, Page 7
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