FISH, BEER AND POLITICS.
A FISH'S TALE.
[To The Editor Stratford Post.]
Sir, —Mr Sole’s hshy invitation to Mr Perry Winkle to come out of his shell and bo gobbled up is, though vulgarly cannibalistic, well enough in its wav j but W inkle does not think it would be quite a fair thing to Sole, for life is positive that he could give any flatfish that ever floundered all the indigestion he ever wanted. At least taht’s my opinion, and as it is, apparently, the fashion in the S 3 degenerate days to jump in on a pal’s behalf without being asked, I am. following fashion’s lead. I must confess I am merely acting on behalf oi dear old Winkle, without his knowledge or consent. W inkle (gay dog? has gone out of town with Ann Etnone (she sells seashells by the seashore — at Opunake), When old Vi inkle hies back from the briny—in, say, a fortnight or ten days’ time—things may possibly hum. In the meantinrae. I am, etc.,
JOHN DORY
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 26, 1 October 1913, Page 5
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