THE FACETIOUS VISITOR.
The local funny man invaded the printing office the other morning, and made the usual query: "What do you call this den ■"' " Well,'' smiled the editor, "Some people call it the sanctum sanctorum. " " Urn, " mused the visitor, " I suppose some blatherskites would call a nursery a spanktum spanktorum, or a bar a tanktum tanktorum, or a lunatic asylum a crauktuin cranktoruin, or Pugh's timber yard a planktum planktoruni, or the bank a banktum banktorum, or — "Hold on there," interapted the startled editor, "enough's as good as a feast. I'll thank you to close the door behind you." "Very well," assented the visitor submissively. "You've converted the office into a thanktir.ii thanktoruni.'' He passed out smartly, and the staff adjourned to the qpen air.—Exchange.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LVI, Issue 8695, 1 March 1907, Page 6
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