JOKES

Waipa Post, Volume 47, Issue 3385, 26 October 1933, Page 3

JOKES

AGREEMENT. "Honest, now, do you like Sadie?" "Well, she's got a good heart, and she means well." "Neither do I." BEAU-TIFUL. A gallant old gentleman had allowed two girls to shelter under her umbrella during a sudden downpour. "How kind it was of him to let us share his gamp," said one of the girls later. "It certainly was," said her friend. "One doesn't often meet such politeness these days. He was one of Nature's shining lights." "Yes," said the first readily, "quite a rain-beau." A MEAN TRICK. Client: This dress doesn't fit. It is the third dress you have spoiled for me. Dressmaker: Does that mean that madame will take her custom elsewhere? "Yes. But I shall send my friends to you.!' ENTOMOLOGY. First Little Girl: My daddy always says that mummy's a butterfly! Second Little Girl: Well, my daddy says my mummy's a moth, the way she goes through his clothes. EXPECTED TOO MUCH. The Smithsons went away for their annual summer holiday and gave Jane, their maid, a month's wages and an allowance for board. On their return, four weeks later, Jane demanded further wages. Mrs. Smithson was naturally horrified. "Gracious Jane," she exclaimed, "this is monstrous! You already get better pay than most of the girls in the town. Why, you've only just had a holiday with full wages! You should consider yourself very fortunate." "That's just it," said Jane. "You paid me that money for doing nothing, so it isn't fair to expect me to do all the work now for the same wages."

Paragraph in a newspaper: "On Thursday I ■ lost a gold watch I immediately inserted an advertisement in your "Lost and Found" column . and waited. Yesterday I went home and found the watch in the pocket "of^ ; another suit. God bless your paper."