Shaun's Patch

Southland Times, Issue 21835, 12 October 1932, Page 8

Shaun's Patch

A little nonoense now end then Xa relished by the wisest men. —Hudibrai. _ . .. Jl THE NEW VERSION. Be gay, sweet maid, and let who will be righteous; Make the pace hot, and let the goodies croak; And so make Life, that’s if you will invite us, A Rare Old Soak. * Highland Fling: Tossing the caber. IS IT CRICKET? What are the rights of a player who writes? What is the worth of writers who play: Is it the same to be playing the game And beating a journalist out of some pay? Frank McErlane, the Chicago gangster, is described as the inventor of the “one way ride.” Having died of pneumonia, he is able to test his invention for himself. » » » » Some people think freedom of speech means that one may take liberties with the King’s English. * * SPEED LIMITS. Road Hogs. Flight Lt. Stainforth Death. Time. Light. * * « * The hoardings which give exaggerated information about the distance to the next town do some good. They increase the driver’s admiration of his car’s performance. It is encouraging to find a positive writer like Rebecca West committing herself to this: .... taking money from an employer whom you know despises you. Miss West, who wrote this, should remember that the feelings of the employer who pays you do not affect the currency. * » » » The chief question in Miss West’s mind seems to be: Whom pays who? On a warm sunny day the more-accurate-than-he-thought reporter wrote: It took the procession two hours to pass a given pint. Probably on St. Andrew’s Day. * ♦ * * ONE OF THE OLDEST JOKES. She: Say you love me. He: I love you. * * * * The remarkable hold wrestling has on some people was brought heme by two messages I read yesterday; Wanganui, October 10. Dean Detton won the wrestling bout against Al Karasick here tonight, Karasick complaining of a rib injury at the end of the fifth round and refusing to go further. Auckland, October 10. Persistent use of the rabbit punch after repeated warnings from the referee led to the disqualification of Al Karasick in a professional wrestling contest with Harry Mamos at the Town Hall last evening. Hardly time to turn about between bouts'! * * * ♦ 1932 MADAM GOOSE. Old Mother Hubbard looked in the cupboard To snatch a quick toothful of gin; But when she got there the cupboard was bare— For daughter had been the first in. • * V <•