The Graphic FUNNY LEAF
THE BEST WAY. Seeorf: Did your wife do anything to prevent seasickne-s? Topdeck: Yes; she declined with thanks the preventives that all our friends recommended.
"Is Mr Forbes in?"—"No, Sir." "Is he on the Telephone?"—“l don’t know where he is. Sir."—“Punch.”
PASSING IT ON.
The corkscrew opens the bottle, and the bottle opens the man.
THEN WHAT?
Briggs: “My rule in life has always been. ‘Choose your companions from your superiors.’ ”
Griggs: “Yes; but what if your superiors happen to be following the same rule?”
A RHEUMATIC TANNER. Eugenia: “Why, Willie, you didn’t get tanned half as much thi summer as you did last.” Willie: “No. ma’am. Grandpop had the rheumatism, and 1 could heal, him running every time.”
NOT IN BUOYANT SPIRITS. Mrs Shark: I’m afraid my poor husband is doomed to spend the rest of his life on the surface of the sea. Mrs Halibut: Goodness Gracious! What in the world has happened? Mrs Shark: About ten days ago he ate a man’s leg off before he discovered it was a cork one!
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3, 20 January 1906, Page 64
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179The Graphic FUNNY LEAF New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3, 20 January 1906, Page 64
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