Why is grass like a mouse? Because the cat’ll (cattle) eat it, Why is the sun like a good loaf? Because it’s light when it rises.
I went to'a wood and got it, I sat down to look for it, and brought it home because I could not find it? A thorn in my foot.
What is the difference between a stoat and a weasel? The stoat is stoatally different. What has a bark but cannot bite? A tree.
Why do little birds in their nests agree? Because they are afraid of falling out. What is the difference between jumping out of a window and a piece of bacon. One is a rash art, but the other is a rasher.
Jenkins, the gardener, was acting as butler and announced the guests, “Mr Jones, Mrs Jones, and Misg Jones.” .
“Shorten your announcements,”
whispered his employer. ■ The next arrivals were the members of the Penny family. ■ “Fourpence,” announced Jenkins.
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Southland Times, Issue 23652, 29 October 1938, Page 7 (Supplement)
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