The lunch-counter man had ambitions to better his station in life and secured employment in a fashionable jewelley shop. His first customer was a womar who asked to see a wrist-watch. The fellow bellowed lustily: “On< ticker on a handcuff, female!” A second customer wanted some matched pearl necklaces. “I’ve got just what you want,” declared the salesman. “Fifty oystal growths on a rope. Line ’em up! Who’s next?” “I want a ring,” stated the third customer. “Engagement ring, platinum with a diamond about two carats.” “Coming up,” announced the salesman. “One tin shackle with a g'.ais eye—two veg!”
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 56, 8 March 1939, Page 11
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99Page 11 Advertisements Column 5 Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 56, 8 March 1939, Page 11
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