PUN AND FANCY.
«■ A MUTUAL SURPRISE. Head Waiter : " Good morning, doctor ! Have you slept well ? " Doctor : '• Pretty fair; but say, who was the fellow that occupied the next room ? He snored like a bear; I could hardly get a wink of sleep." Head Waiter : " Very sorry, (To surveyor, who has just come into the room): Ah ! good morning, sir ! Slept well ? " Surveyor : " I should have slept like a top had it not been for a fellow in the adjoining room, who snored all night like a creaking barndoor. Every time I dropped off to sleep he was at it again, and I awoke." Doctor : " Just my case ! You might just as well try to sleep in a sawmill ! Pray, what is the number of your room ? " Surveyor : " No. 26 — and your6 ?" Doctor : " No. 27 ! "
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7000, 1 November 1890, Page 3
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