Shaun’s Patch

Southland Times, Issue 21118, 25 June 1930, Page 6

Shaun’s Patch

A little nonsense now and then Is relished by the wisest men. — Hudibras.

I watch the teams'go filing out The little wicket gate, Thrill to the crowd’s ecstatic shout Feel their excited state.

I see the cameras take their snaps, The formal change of cheers, The kick-off seeking out the gaps, The ref. who interferes.

I think, before the warning yell The game’s begun in truth, They do not plav one-half as well As I did when a youth. * * * * Blue or Maroons, Maroons or Blue O let a sporting game ensue.

Maroons or Blue, Blue or Maroons: Are we unpricked or pricked balloons * -st * * Footballers’ weights: At the intervals. **• * * THOSE DAUGHTERS. Constant Reader offers: She’was only the brickmaker’s daughter, but she was a clinker. »,« * * FAMOUS STONES. Foundation Blarney . ey. Tomb —. Grind . Ginger, 141bs. Cobble —. Philosopher’s —; 1 Peter. Mill . Directory. Bride’s first scones. Carrara. Blue . -—henge. . Fred —. » » * * THE INNOCENTS. She thought neckwear was produced at a collar stud. * * * * AID FOR MR ATMORE. Give a sentence containing the word “syndicate.” "I had plenty syndicate so little.” * * » * First: I think I can make good coffee. Thirst: On what grounds ? * * * * Mr Jones once said that young people got too much education. I wonder if Mr Stevenson thinks that education _ gets too much Mr Jones. » * * » Remembering an old jape, he might ask: “Who put the ‘j’ in education?” * ■» * * Some day I shall write the full story of a soldier’s life in the Great War from “Now cough” to “Sorry, we have no work for you.” * * * * War will be made impossible when nations get rid of time servers and make their statesmen work on a peace-work basis. # * * * In Russia they have Red money but not much readv money. 4r :;t * * MODERN PROVERBS. A switch in time saves crime. The anti-nionarchists in Hungary have adopted as a slogan: . Blotto, Otto. Freedom: Liberty to be silent. * * * * The public works, but does the Public Works? * * * * When you give a motorist his driver’s license you frequently give him a lie sense. * * * * One little question I would like to ask the moralists: Is the world getting worse or does it know' more? * * * « SOUTHLAND LIMERICKS. There was a young fellow of Dipton Who swore till his friends were allpipt on Being told that his mana Went with the banana Peel that he recently slipton.