Coal Merchant: “Quick! Quick! My coalyard’s on fire! ” Fireman: “ Oh, is it? Well, if its the .same stuff as you sold me the dtheij day there’s no hurry.”
Scot (to friend while visiting Wellington): “Nae, mon, I can’t stand taxicabs! Wjhen I sit wi’ ma back tae the driver it makes me feel sick, ahd when I sit wi’ ma face the the taxitheter it makes me feel worse! ”
. A man was arrested by a policeman for dangerous driving. On being stopped, he callqd the constable an asSi This was mentioned at the court; the man asking this magistrate, “ Cannot I call a policeman an ass ? ” “ Nb,” replied the magistrate. “Then can I call an ass a policeman V’ he asked. “If you like,” answered the magistrate. As the man left the court, hie turned to,: the constable and said: “ Goodi fifterridon, policeman! ”
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Waipa Post, Volume 51, Issue 3645, 19 July 1935, Page 5
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