IRISH PUNS.
Charles Lamb made some famous puns, and, according to the London Truth, his mantle seems to have fallen upon his namesake, Mr Charles Lamb Kenney. The popular journalist just mentioned was dining at the house of a friend, and by chance swallowed a bit of cork with his wine, which gave him a severe conghing fit. • Take care, my friend.’ said his next neighbour, with a very brilliant attempt at a witticism ; * that’s not the way for cork.’ ‘ No,’gasped the sufferer, * it’s the way to kill Kenney.’
‘ You’re a liar!’ said the obstreperous man in the railway carriage. ‘ You’re a gentleman !’ retorted his opponent. sarcastically. * I say again you’re a liar!’ snorted the first speaker, hotly ; and then the listeners laughed, and he got out at the next station.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XIX, Issue V, 24 July 1897, Page 160
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131IRISH PUNS. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XIX, Issue V, 24 July 1897, Page 160
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