Shaun’s Patch

Southland Times, Issue 22011, 10 May 1933, Page 6

Shaun’s Patch

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

Checks on interviews rather than cheques for interviews is what cricket needs. * » * • China has the idea that if the Russians sell the Eastern Manchurian Railway to Manchukuo she will be sold. If values, as the Technocrats say, are to be determined by energy, we must remember that electricity is energy, and probably the currency will be electric. But watt will be used to get it ohm? * * ♦ * From a correspondent: Song of the Lorneville: “Cheap sheep! Cheap sheep!” THE INNOCENTS. She blushed when they told her she looked the pink of perfection. The Four Ages of Man: Bossed by mother. Bossed by sister. Bossed by wife. Bossed by daughter. * * * * EDUCATIONAL AIDS. Give a sentence containing the word “dismissal”:— “Dissmissal be married some day.” » * ♦ * The Japanese build houses of paper. In many other countries they are built on paper. RECENT SIMILES. As lost as the man who is asked to sing the second verse of the National Anthem. * * * ♦ If you have received wedding presents you are not likely to believe the statement that no two people think alike. * • * • For the chief from a Canadian journal: “Yes,” said the commercial traveller, "we have had letters of appreciation from England, Wales and Ireland—and a post card from Scotland.” » ♦ * ♦ FAMOUS LAWS. Volstead Act. Out . In . suits. yers. Mosaic . F . “An eye for an eye.” Rules. By . "Oh 1” , Moral . Ten Commandments. For the rich. For the poor.