WIT AND HUMOUR
TWO OF A KIND. The visitor claimed to be a good pianist, with unusual ability in reading music at sight. Seeing a sheet of music on the piano rack, she sat down and began playing, pounding the keys with little regard for correctness or time. Observing the small daughter of the household watching her earnestly, the player pressed harder on the loud pedal, lifted her hands higher, and ended the performance with a, flourish and a bang on a discord. Whirling around on the stool she bestowed a patronising smile upon the child, who looked up and naively] remarked, “I can’t play that, either.” HOW TO CARVE . A loin of mutton was on the table, and the gentleman opposite took tha carver in hand. “Shall I cut it saddlewise?” quoth he. “You had better cut it bridlewise,” said his friend, “for then we shall stand a chance of getting a bit in our mouths.”
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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 53, Issue 3795, 14 August 1936, Page 3
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